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James Womack Date: Wed Mar 15, 2000 9:21 am Subject: Re: the problem of added morphemes | |
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Cecelia Smith wrote: > > see quote below: > > Actually, the problem is that the designers of SEE and other systems did not > deal with the issue of the created morphemes adequately. It was assumed that > because we hearing/literate folks understood that the two separate signs > TOTAL LY were meant to represent the single English word TOTALLY, that > deaf kids would understand it. Instead, they parsed the two signs as two > completely different words. Same with GOVERN MENT and other similar > constructions. The key words above are: "It was assumed." This is typical audisst and folks who don't bother to really look at or listen to informed Deaf input. -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Squirrel wisdom: (\__/) .~ ~.)) /O O ./ .' {O__, \ { Photons have mass!? I didn't know / . . ) they were Catholic! |-| '-' \ ( _( )_.' https://www.education.eku.edu/Sed/faculty/womack/default.htm |
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