"How do I know if someone is using ASL or signed English?"
First I would like to start of by saying that all of my life that I have learned and was taught sign language, it has blown my mind that there are so many details about deaf culture that I never was told. To much not to question, why? Sign- language continuum is a diagram representing the entire population of sign-language users_ that is the purest signing exact english approach. I thought that ASL and signed English were the same. English is an orally/aurally based language while ASL is an visual/gestural/spatial language. There is a manual code to sign language which is fingerspelling, which also I find myself doing when I can not think of an exact sign for a particular word. A deaf person often knows the alphabet in fingerspelling which provides a way of communication for people who are not fluent. It is important to know that "Basic sign" wont introduce you to ASL_but to some or many of the components of communication. The best thing to do is practice, practice, practice!
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