Getting started
For people who don't use sign language very often, this part is bound to be unfamiliar. So I tried to focus on the topic of today's letter in sign language and sign language. Since sign language was officially recognized as the second official language after Korean in Korea, I thought it would be a meaningful job to tell you about this. I sometimes encounter sign language through dramas and watching news. I hope this letter will bring you one step closer to the sign language, so I'll start today's letter as well.
Is the sign language the same in every country
If I had to start with the correct answer, this is not the case. Just because you know only one sign language doesn't mean you can use it in all regions at home and abroad. The reason is that sign language, like spoken language, also varies from region to region and country to country. Therefore, there is an “international sign language” that farmers in each country can use uniformly. When I see something like this, I feel that sign language has the same characteristics. It's actually quite obvious. After all, sign language is one of the many languages that exist in the world. It's natural for the languages we speak to have the same characteristics.
What are the important elements in sign language
When we talk, we often capture our emotions with the accent, tone, and nuance of the words. When it comes to speaking, “sound” takes up a large part, such as the pitch of the sound, how loud you speak, or how quiet you speak. So how does sign language convey nuance? It's just a non-verbal expression like a facial expression.
Of course, nonverbal expressions such as facial expressions are important when we speak, but the importance of nonverbal expressions in sign language, which excludes the element of “sound,” is bound to increase. In fact, it is said that this kind of nonverbal expression is a very important part of farmers' communication. There is a reason why sign language interpreters use facial expressions to express sign language.
Also, unlike phonetic language, which represents words based on “sound,” sign language uses a symbol represented by a “hand.” Also, sign language, like other phonetic languages, has grammar and vocabulary, and it can be divided into several types as shown below based on the component of sign language, or the expression hydrogen. It is said that hydrogen is broadly divided into water level, type, manual, water direction, movement, and non-resin signals. I'll continue with the explanation later.
Description of hydrogen
- Level: It refers to the place where hands act in the part that makes up the vocabulary of sign language.
- Form: Something related to a shape or symbol that seems to make up a shape, or something that shows a symbolic configuration.
- Manual: It refers to the movement of a hand.
- Su-hyang: It means the direction of the receiver's palm and the direction of the outstretched fingertips.
- Body movement: It refers to taking actions on parts of the body other than hands or fingers when the meaning of a word cannot be conveyed using only a combination of water level, shape, manual, and direction.
- Non-resin signal: It means that non-resin signals other than hand movements, such as facial expressions, head and head movements, lip movements, eyebrow and eye movements, and shoulder and body movements appear naturally along with hydration and sometimes alone. It refers to something that plays the same role as intonation, intensity, and rhythm in phonetic language.
I hope you're a little familiar with that sign language, and I'll return to the next note.
Editor l Lee In Hye
inhye.lee@twigfarm.net
