Free Online Course: Sign Language Science: Factors Contributing to Natural Change provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 weeks long, 3-5 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from edX. Sign Language Science: Factors Contributing to Natural Change is taught by Ted Supalla.
4 weeks long, 3-5 hours a week
Self Paced
In this course, we will explore how language changes over time. We know from documentation that early ASL does not look the same as it does today. The earliest indications suggest that it originated as gesture, but that’s not what people learn today. That’s because, as it was passed down, it evolved and changed. In this course, we will look at the historical data and discuss how the language changed.
