Who knew that sign language would look so bad ass when performed to a beat??
I want to start a petition that all rappers must now use sign language instead of meaningless handgestures when they perform.
Ok, you guys seem to know about sign language, so maybe you know about how deaf people perceive language aswell?
It maybe a stupid question but seeing this performance made me wonder if deaf people have a concept of rhyming, since that seems entirely based on sound. And while some words are spelled the same, that doesn't mean they rhyme...
Do you guys know about this?
To answer your question on a psychological basis; the area in the brain (Wernicke's/left hemisphere) that processes language for a hearing person is the same for a deaf person. Now from an ASL interpreter standpoint; deaf usually read lips along with watching signs, which helps them to actually be able to speak. Despite this amazing gift, the English language (or any language) is still different from sign language. Words lose their meaning when translated, and if you've ever texted a deaf person, its harder to understand because their sentence structures are very different from spoken languages, mainly because we may have a million ways to say one word, but there is only one sign for that word. I hope this has clarified for you a little into the language!
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· 10 years ago
I had a deaf friend tell me that they are not the same in other languages. That's the only reason I knew.
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I want to start a petition that all rappers must now use sign language instead of meaningless handgestures when they perform.
It maybe a stupid question but seeing this performance made me wonder if deaf people have a concept of rhyming, since that seems entirely based on sound. And while some words are spelled the same, that doesn't mean they rhyme...
Do you guys know about this?