Accent variation in ASL (E&W PA)

1. ACCOMMIDATION

   Annotations:

   • Would signers of from east/west use accommidation?  Stamp (2016) However, this leaves room for other influencing variables...ie. is accommidation due to native signer signing to hearing individual
2. British Sign Langauge

   Annotations:

   • Stamp (2016) has considerable regional variation; esp. at lexical level used color signs outcome: signers have poor knowledge of various regional signs for colors (just lexical?)
   1. ACCOMMIDATION

      Annotations:

      • BSL uses accommidation regularly too...more contact between regions than in previous generations  Stamp (2016) 
3. **Usually reserved for distinct lexical items**

1. Philly ASl

   Annotations:

   • potential dialect-specific features beyond the lexicon, unusual phonological alternations and word orders unique to Philly? 
   1. Purpose

      Annotations:

      • documentation video-recorded philly signers (naturally) to be incorporated into a "searchable, web-based corpus"
   2. Variants
      1. Lexical

         Annotations:

         • variant for "woman" in old philly ASL
      2. phonological

         Annotations:

         • older generations have larger signing space unexpected phonetic forms (handedness, repetition, path, orientation), phonetic alternations, and morphological processes
2. "Black ASL"

   Annotations:

   • linguistic featres which make this a variety: handedness, lowering, size of signing space, AAE, repetition, role shifting, amt of mouthing, and lexical differences. 
3. ACCOMMIDATION/LEVELING

   Annotations:

   • pressure toward leveling through current generations...variants being lost? disappearing with older generations.  "old (Philly) signs" 

Annotations:

• Some older sign languages do contain an overreaching, accessible corpus