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American Sign Language (ASL) users are no strangers to video chatting. The technology lets deaf and hard-of-hearing people sig
American Sign Language (ASL) users are no strangers to video chatting. The technology lets deaf and hard-of-hearing people sig
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2022-02-15
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American Sign Language (ASL) users are no strangers to video chatting. The technology lets deaf and hard-of-hearing people sign via the air waves. But after the coronavirus pandemic began confining people to their homes early last year, the use of platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet exploded. This increased reliance on videoconferencing is altering some common elements of sign language.
Some adaptations arise as a result of a video meeting’s limited window size. "The signing space is expansive," says Michael Skyer, a deaf education lecturer. " Even if many signs are produced easily or normally in the ’ Zoom screen’ dimensions, many are not. " Besides, smaller signs with finer differences are also harder to convey on video. Finger spelled words, for example, as well as numbers and colors, all involve relatively small details formed with a single hand.
In addition, signers communicating through video must also consider how they angle their bodies to convey meaning clearly. If two people face each other in person, each can easily see whether the other’s hands are moving toward or away from them. For example, signs representing future tense are usually made with a forward motion away from the signer’s body, whereas past tense signs move the opposite way. Such
nuances
are sometimes difficult to detect on a video screen.
Will such changes fade after people return to in-person interactions? They might—but some experts say linguistic shifts are still inevitable. Because sign languages often involve their specific physical environment and are impossible to separate from it, Skyer suggests people should not necessarily think of each sign language as having a defined identity. "Instead I like to say there are ASL communities with varying practices and lexicons," Skyer says. "Yes, undoubtedly, the long-term use of Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms will shape and constrain our language practices. But that’s true for anything in our lives... Our tools, people we interact with, and other aspects of our environment will always be a factor in our language and communicative practices. "
Despite the limitations they place on American Sign Language, videoconferencing platforms can also be empowering for deaf people. Skyer says the multimodal features of these tools—which enable both video and text chat—give his students multiple avenues for learning. Instead of being constrained to one way of communicating, they can now type in written English using the chat feature or sign in ASL using the video feature, or do a combination of both—all from home.
"ASL is defined by how it is used," Skyer says. "How it is used is not static, and the Zoom changes show us this. Words, concepts and pragmatics themselves evolve and shift given new mediums of expression. "
The word "nuance" (Line 5, Para. 3) is closest in meaning to_________.
选项
A、refinement
B、interaction
C、subtlety
D、practice
答案
C
解析
词义题。根据题干可定位至第三段最后一句,由前面的Such可知,划线单词指代的是前面的内容。由“If two people face each other in person,each can easily see whether the other’s hands are moving toward or away from them”可知,在线下,每个人都能很容易地看到对方的手是朝自己移动还是远离自己,朝自己移动是过去时,远离自己是将来时,而这种“差别”是很难在屏幕上观察清楚的,选项C与文意最贴切,故选项C正确。
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