Black American Sign Language

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Black_American_Sign_Language
GPTKB entity
Statements (87)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf sign language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:BASL
gptkbp:containsCommunity gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:developedBy segregation era
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature gptkb:dictionary
gptkb:syntax
gptkb:phonology
facial expressions
signing space
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Joseph_Hill
gptkb:Carolyn_McCaskill
gptkb:Ceil_Lucas
gptkb:Robert_Bayley
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1970s
gptkbp:hasDistinctSignsFor common words
gptkbp:hasGrammar use of metaphors
use of classifiers
lexical differences
use of space
use of neologisms
use of irony
use of metaphor
phonological differences
use of honorifics
expanded signing space
facial grammar
morphological differences
pragmatic differences
prosodic differences
syntax differences
two-handed signs
use of address
use of archaisms
use of belief
use of borrowing
use of calques
use of ceremony
use of chant
use of code-mixing
use of code-switching
use of custom
use of deixis
use of etiquette
use of humor
use of hyperbole
use of iconicity
use of idioms
use of indexicality
use of loanwords
use of metonymy
use of narrative
use of non-manual markers
use of norm
use of performance
use of poetry
use of politeness
use of practice
use of proverbs
use of reference
use of regionalisms
use of repetition
use of respect
use of ritual
use of sarcasm
use of similes
use of slang
use of song
use of storytelling
use of taboo
use of tradition
use of understatement
use of value
gptkbp:hasVariant regional variation
generational variation
gender variation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Black American Sign Language
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:African_American_English
segregated schools
gptkbp:ISO639-3 nan
gptkbp:notMutuallyIntelligibleWith other sign languages
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Hidden_Treasure_of_Black_ASL
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:linguist
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:American_Sign_Language
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:usedBy African American Deaf community
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Sign_Language
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5