Thomas Gallaudet, a teacher at the American School of the Deaf, helped develop American Sign Language (ASL) in the early 19th century. To create the new language, Gallaudet ------- Old French Sign Language, various village sign languages, and home sign systems, thus codifying and standardizing a disparate range of gestures and hand signals.Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?eliminatedeliminateintroducedeliminatecombinedeliminateelucidated

Based on the article, the reader can infer that __________.A.Laurent Clerc and Thomas Gallaudet did not agree on the most effective methods for teaching people with hearing lossB.passing legislation to protect the rights of people with hearing loss was a simple and quick task to accomplishC.children with hearing loss living in the U.S. preferred to use their own forms of hand signs at school rather than ASLD.there was no single widespread method of communication among people in the U.S. with hearing loss prior to the creation of ASL

Who was the person who was able to demonstrate that ASL is in fact a separate language and not "English on the hands?"1 pointRobert StillerJames FaulknerWilliam StokoeThomas Gallaudet

Which event almost eradicated sign language?Group of answer choicesAmericans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 1990Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone invention, 1876Deaf President Now! (DPN), 1988International Congress on Education of the Deaf, 1880

Laurent Clerc, a French Deaf man, brought French Sign Language (LSF, or Langue des Signes Française) to America and from there, LSF evolved into what we know today as ASL.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

A 2017 study of sign language learners tested the role of iconicity—the similarity of a sign to the thing it represents—in language acquisition. The study found that the greater the iconicity of a sign, the more likely it was to have been learned. ______ the correlation between acquisition and iconicity was lower than that between acquisition and another factor studied: sign frequency.Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?Choose 1 answer:Choose 1 answer:(Choice A)   In fact,AIn fact,(Choice B)   In other words,BIn other words,(Choice C)   Granted,CGranted,(Choice D)   As a result,DAs a result,