Language Encoding Systems Liddell Johnson TranscriptionNotation System Liddell

Language Encoding Systems

Liddell & Johnson Transcription/Notation System

Liddell & Johnson Location Transcription

Spoken English Consonants Chart

Spoken English Vowels Chart Spoken English Diphthongs Chart

Cued English Consonants Chart

Cued English Vowels Chart Cued English Diphthongs Chart

American 1 -Hand Fingerspelling Brailled Alphabet Morsed Alphabet British 2 -Hand Fingerspelling Semaphored Alphabet

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. Review Questions What are the five primary parameters for signed language phonology? Which of these five primary parameters does not play a role in lexical distinction for ASL? Identify five different signs that use the 1 o- handshape. Identify five different signs that are produced at the SF location. Identify three of the factors that combine for the creation of spoken language phonology. Identify three different pairs of English phonemes that are identically produced except for vocal cord movement (one member of each pair has vocal cord movement while the other does not). 7. What are the primary factors that differentiate English vowels? 8. What are three different kinds of writing systems? 9. Which language channel do manual cues encode? 10. Which language channel do Braille, Fingerspelling, Morse

Suggested Activities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Identify all of the signs you can think of which use each of the handshapes defined in the Liddell & Johnson Handshape Transcription Chart. Identify all of the signs you can think of which use each of the locations defined in the Liddell & Johnson Location Transcription Chart. Identify all of the letters that you can think of that phonemically represent each English sound in the Spoken English Consonants Chart. Identify all of the letters that you can think of that phonemically represent each English sound in the Spoken English Vowels Chart. 5. Practice encoding spoken English words using manual cues. How many sounds does each handshape represent? 6. Practice encoding written English with each of the following encoding systems: Braille, American Fingerspelling, Australian/British Fingerspelling, Morse code, and Semaphore. 7. Create a new substitution cipher where each letter of the alphabet (or each possible speech sound) is represented by a new symbol. Encode a message using your new code. 8. Practice a fingerspelling alphabet other than one you already know. Use it to generate messages between yourself and other students. 9. Generate a secret message of your own using the handshapes of signs to spell one message while the signs generate an entirely different message. In other words, create a sign story such that each handshape that you use spells a secret message in the midst of your signing.