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Valerie Sutton Date: Fri Oct 20, 2000 5:34 am Subject: Re: Article on early-childhood language acquisition Newsweek | |
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At 8:38 PM -0500 10/17/00, Rebecca Larche Moreton wrote: >>>>Would somebody who can speak to this with references, >>>>authorities, etc., please write a letter to Newsweek after >>>>reading the ariticle (pp. 12-15 of "For the Love of Language," >>>>Newsweek Special Issue: Birth to Three, New Insights [no date; >>>>out this week]? Becky, <<<< SignWriting List October 19, 2000 Becky - It is so great to read a message from you. Thanks for informing us about this article ;-) And of course your points are well taken....Unfortunately, this is quite a common problem. There are articles like this from time to time...Most hearing people who write articles do not think of signed languages as real languages, so the implication that spoken language is the only form of language is all around us in our culture in hidden ways...It is hard to be in a minority, like those who sign...the majority doesn't notice the minority's issues because they have never experienced them. Remember the New York Times article that was supposed to be written on SignWriting? The journalist became ill, which of course, put the article on hold. She interviewed many people who use SignWriting. As far as I know it has never been published....so articles about such unusual subjects...are just that...unusual! I will contact Newsweek tomorrow to tell them about signed languages and SignWriting - and I might even call the journalist from the New York Times!! :-)) Thanks for your message, Becky, and your interest.... -- Val ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton Visit the SignWritingSite: https://www.SignWriting.org |
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