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The Fascinating World of Sign
Language
History, Myths, and Surprising Linguistic Facts

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Early History: How It All Began
Ancient Roots:
Plato noted in ancient Greece that deaf people
naturally used hand gestures to communicate.
The First Book (1620):
[ Visual Illustration: Ancient Greece & Historical
Archives ]
Showing the timeline from Plato's dialogues to Juan
Pablo Bonet's first book (1620) and the Paris Public
School (1750s).
Juan Pablo Bonet published the first manual
alphabet to teach deaf students.
Useful Vocabulary
• Ancient roots
[древние корни]
Father of the Deaf:
Charles-Michel de l'Épée founded the first free
public school for the deaf in 18th-century Paris.
• Breakthrough
[прорыв / достижение]
• To publish
[опубликовать книгу]

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Myth vs. Reality: Is It Universal?
It is NOT Universal:
There are between 140 and 300 entirely
different sign languages worldwide.
ASL vs. BSL:
[ Visual Map: Global Diversity of Sign Languages ]
American and British sign languages are
completely mutually unintelligible.
Useful Vocabulary
• Misconception
[заблуждение / миф]
Contrasting American Sign Language (ASL) and British
Sign Language (BSL) to show they are completely
distinct families.
Language Families:
Surprisingly, ASL is historically closer to French
Sign Language than to British.
• Universal
[всеобщий]
• Completely
[абсолютно / полностью]

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Fascinating Linguistic Facts
More Than Hands:
Facial expressions, lip movement, and body
posture define structural grammar rules.
Independent Grammar:
[ Visual Graphic: Facial Grammar & Body Language ]
It has its own complex syntax, rules, and
idioms, distinct from spoken English.
Useful Vocabulary
• Facial expressions
[мимика лица]
Demonstrating how expressions, eyebrow
movements, and posture serve as inflection and
actual grammar.
Accents Exist:
Just like spoken language, signers from
different regions (e.g., NY vs Texas) have distinct
accents.
• Body posture
[осанка / положение тела]
• Regional accents
[региональные акценты]

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