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Sign Linguistics

4.3 BSL as an Unwritten Language

		BSL is unwritten and this makes it different from written languages like English, French or Spanish. However, fewer than 100 of the world’s languages have literatures, out of a total of over 6,000 languages.

1. BSL similar to some Spoken Languages

1.1. Adjectives

1.2. Verbs using Classifiers

1.3. Quiz Questions

1.4. Quiz Answers

2. BSL and Celtic Languages

3. BSL as an Unwritten Language

3.1. Features of Unwritten Languages

3.2. Functional difference in Unwritten Languages

4. BSL as a Minority Language

Unit Navigation - Sign Linguistics

1. This is Sign On-line

2. Introducing the Linguistics of Sign Language

3. What is British Sign Language?

4. How does BSL fit into the World’s Languages?

5. The Structure of Words, Gestures and Signs

6. Morphemes in BSL

7. Verb Types in BSL

8. Language Change

9. BSL Borrowing from English

10. Sign Language Storytelling and Narratives