LIGN 148The Psycholinguistics of Gesture and Sign Languages

4 units · LIGN · UC San Diego

The study of how sign languages are structured, and how they are understood and produced by adults. Topics include the contrast between gesture and language, sign language acquisition, brain processing, sociolinguistics, and the role of sign language in reading.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “LIGN 101 or LISL 1C/1CX.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

One of the options in (4)

Linguistics (B.A.)
Linguistics (Cognition and Language) (B.A.)
Linguistics (Language and Society) (B.A.)
Linguistics (Speech and Language Sciences) (B.A.)