DEAF 2700 — ASL Linguistics

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath WIusually offered: springtypical days: T/FBostonTraditional

Introduces the basic issues in linguistics by examining the structural properties of American Sign Language. Includes phonology (formational properties of signs); morphology (word formation, rules, derivation, inflection, complex verbs, classifiers, and verb modulations); semantics (the meaning structure of signs); and syntax (the structure of ASL utterances in terms of old vs. new information and the structure of ASL narratives). Examines sociolinguistic variation of ASL usage (such as region, age, and Black ASL), as well as language attitudes and change over time.

Prerequisites

all of:
- one of:
  - LING 1150 (min D-)
  - ENGL 1150 (min D-)
- one of:
  - ENGL 1111 (min C)
  - ENGL 1102 (min C)
  - ENGW 1111 (min C)
  - WRIT 201M
  - ENGW 1102 (min C)
- AMSL 1102 (min C)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Spring 2024	1	6	15	40%	9.0
Spring 2025	1	3	15	20%	12.0
Spring 2026	1	2	8	25%	6.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 100%

Common patterns: TF (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Spring

Tory Sampson (55% of students)
Keith Grant (27% of students) · reviews
Heather Hanson (18% of students)

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

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