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1 Syllabus for course at first level Sign Language I Teckenspråk I 30.0 Higher Education Credits 30.0 ECTS credits Course code: LIT100 Valid from: Autumn 2008 Date of approval: Department Department of Linguistics Subject Sign Language Decision This syllabus was ratified by the Board of the Department on the 11th of March 2008, and is a revision of the syllabus ratified on the 12th of September Prerequisites and special admittance requirements Swedish upper secondary school course English B, or equivalent. Course structure Examination code Name Higher Education Credits 1010 Introduction to Swedish Sign Language and the Deaf community The form and meaning of signs Grammar Discourse analysis 7.5 Course content This course provides basic knowledge of sign, sentence and text structure in Swedish Sign Language, basic skills in sign and text transcription and in the use of annotation tools, as well as an overview of the status of sign language from an individual and social perspective. Course unit 1: Introduction to Sign Language and the Signing Community, 7.5 HECs This course provides an introduction to language and communication, both spoken and signed languages. The course provides a survey of language structure and an overview of the structure of sign language as well as the development of sign language research. The course also deals with the status of sign language from a historical perspective, bilingualism in the deaf community, the multilingual signing community, and linguistic variation in sign language. Course unit 2: The Form and Meaning of the Sign, 7.5 HECs This course aims to provide basic knowledge of the form and meaning of signs, as well as of sign formation processes. The course also provides knowledge of the Swedish transcription system and an overview of sign language dictionaries. This course aims to provide basic knowledge of the form and function of sentences, sentence types, word order and non-manual syntactic markers. The course also covers word classes and morphological processes in sign language. This is a translation of the Swedish original Page 1/5

2 This course aims to provide basic knowledge of conversational structure and narrative discourse. The course also gives proficiency in the use of annotation tools for documentation and analysis of sign language material. Learning outcomes - give an account of the main features of the structure of sign language, and of central aspects of the Swedish signing community; - describe the structure of signs; - give an account of the central grammatical processes of sign language; - transcribe and analyse sign language texts. Course unit 1: Introduction to Sign Language and the Signing Community, 7.5 HECs - give an account of the main features of the structure of sign language; - discuss and reflect upon language and communication from a sign language perspective; - give an account of central phenomena in the Swedish signing community. Course unit 2: The Form and Meaning of the Sign, 7.5 HECs - give an account of central aspects of the structure of signs; - use the Swedish transcription system; - give an account of meaning relations and sign formation processes. - give an account of central aspects of the form and function of sentences; - describe word classes and morphological processes; - give an account of non-manual syntactic markers. - use tools for transcription/annotation of sign language texts; - transcribe sign language texts; - give an account of narrative and conversational features of sign language texts. Education Instruction is given in Swedish Sign Language. The provision of instruction at any given time is dependent on resources. Forms of examination a. The course is examined with written examination and take-home exams, as well as active participation. b. Students will receive letter grades on a seven-point scale related to the learning outcomes of the course units 1-3, as well as on the whole course: A = Excellent B = Very Good C = Good D = Satisfactory E = Adequate Fx = Inadequate F = Totally Inadequate For Course Unit 4 students will receive letter grades on a three-point scale related to the learning objectives of that unit. VG = Very good, G = Pass, U = Fail. c. The assessment criteria for the course units will be distributed at the beginning of each course. d. In order to pass the course, the grade E or higher is required for course units 1-3, as well as the completion of any course requirements. For Course Unit 4 a G or VG is required. e. If students fail a course unit and receive the grade Fx or F on an examination (U for course unit 4), they are This is a translation of the Swedish original Page 2/5

3 allowed to retake the examination up to four times, as long as the course is still provided, in order to obtain a grade of E or higher (G for course unit 4). Students who receive a grade of E or higher on an examination (g for course unit 4) may not retake the examination to attain a higher grade. If students receive the grade Fx or F on an examination twice by the same examiner (U for course unit 4), they are entitled to have a new examiner appointed to determine the grade on the examination, unless there are any specific reasons against it. Such a request should be addressed to the Board of the Department. Interim If this course is discontinued, or its contents are substantially altered, students have the right to be examined according to this syllabus once per semester for three further semesters. However, the restrictions mentioned above still apply. Limitations This course may not be included in a degree together with a course, taken in Sweden or elsewhere, of identical or partially similar content. Required reading (allowing for changes due to availability) Course Unit 1:Introduction to Sign Language and the Signing Community, 7.5 HECs Ahlgren, I T-språk och S-språk i inlärningsperspektiv. I Nordisk tidskrift för Dövundervisningen, Nr 4, p (6 pp.) Ahlgren, I. & Bergman, B Det svenska teckenspråket. I Teckenspråk och teckenspråkiga. Kunskapsoch p (43 pp.) Ahlström, M. & Svartholm, K Barndomshörselskadades erfarenheter och upplevelser av tvåspråkighet. En pilotstudie. Forskning om teckenspråk XXI. Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. (42 pp.) Bergman, B. & Nilsson, A-L Teckenspråket. In Hyltenstam, K. (ed.), Sveriges sju inhemska språk. Studentlitteratur, Lund. p (23 pp.) Dahl, Ö Språkets enhet och mångfald. Studentlitteratur, Lund. p9-30, 93-99, , (95 pp.) Dahl, Ö Grammatik. Studentlitteratur. Lund. p9-29. (21 pp.) Fredäng, P Teckenspråkiga döva. Sociologiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet. p (27 pp.) Glansholm, L Teckenspråket och de dövas situation förr och nu. En sammanställning av Linus Glansholm (27 pp.) Hedberg, T Dokumentation av ålderdomliga och regionala tecken i svenskt teckenspråk. In Hoyer, K, Londen, M. & Östman, J-O. (eds.), Teckenspråk: Sociala och historiska perspektiv. Institutionen för nordiska språk och nordisk litteratur, Helsingfors universitet. p (10 pp.) Hyltenstam, K Inledning: ideologi, politik och minoritetsspråk. In Hyltenstam, K. (ed.), Sveriges sju inhemska språk. Studentlitteratur, Lund. p (30pp.) Nilsson, A-L Forskning om teckenspråkstolkning en översikt. TÖI Rapport nr 6. Tolk- och Översättarinstitutet, Stockholms universitet. p1-4, 51-57, 59-62, (17 pp.) Svartholm, K Döva och samhällets skrivna språk, En forskningsöversikt och en tillbakablick. Forskning om teckenspråk XII. Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. (13 pp.) af Trampe, P Språkbrukaren och orden. Studentlitteratur, Lund. p (13 pp.) This is a translation of the Swedish original Page 3/5

4 Course unit 2: [The Form and Meaning of the Sign], 7.5 HECs Ahlgren, I. & Bergman, B Det svenska teckenspråket. In Teckenspråk och teckenspråkiga. Kunskapsoch p20-26, 33-35, (15 pp.) Ahlgren, I., Bergman, B., Björkstrand, T., Johansmide, L. & Wallin, L Digital version av svenskt teckenspråkslexikon. Version 1.1. (DVD) Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. (Se även Internetversionen i Bergman, B Tecknad svenska. FoU-Rapport nr 28. Skolöverstyrelsen Liber/Läromedel, Stockholm. p33-74, (60 pp.) Bergman, B. & Björkstrand, T Kompendium i teckentranskription. Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. (26 pp.) Dahllöf, M Språklig betydelse. Studentlitteratur, Lund. p19-22, (10 pp.) Wallin, L Sammansatta tecken i svenska teckenspråket. Forskning om teckenspråk VIII. Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. (27 pp.) Wallin, L Polysyntetiska tecken i svenska teckenspråket. Doktorsavhandling. Avdelningen för teckenspråk, Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. Sid 11-22, (18 pp.) Dessutom tillkommer videoinspelade och transkriberade teckenspråkstexter för analys. Ahlgren, I. & Bergman, B Det svenska teckenspråket. I Teckenspråk och teckenspråkiga. Kunskapsoch p27-33, 35-38, (16 pp.) Bergman, B Verb och adjektiv: Några morfologiska processer i det svenska teckenspråket. Föreläsningsanteckningar. Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. (8 pp.) Bergman, B Kompendium i teckenspråksgrammatik. Avdelningen för teckenspråk, Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. (54 pp.) Dahl, Ö Grammatik. Studentlitteratur. Lund. p (91 pp.) Wallin, L Polysyntetiska tecken i svenska teckenspråket. Doktorsavhandling. Avdelningen för teckenspråk, Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. p (8 pp.) Dessutom tillkommer videoinspelade och transkriberade teckenspråkstexter för analys. Ahlgren, I Texttyper. Föreläsningsanteckningar. Avdelningen för teckenspråk, Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. (10 pp.) Bergman, B Teckenspråkstranskription. Forskning om Teckenspråk X. Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. p (9 pp.) Bergman, B Förkortad version av arbetspapper nr 2 om Lokalisation. Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. (17 pp.) This is a translation of the Swedish original Page 4/5

5 Bergman, B Det svenska teckenspråket ett språk i fyra dimensioner. Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademiens årsbok p (14 pp.) Engberg-Pedersen, E Lærebog i tegnsprogsgrammatik. Døves Center for Total Kommunikation, København. (Avser kapitlet "Referens" i svensk översättning av Lars Wallin 1998.) p (19 pp.) Mesch, J Teckenspråk i taktil form. Turtagning och frågor i dövblindas samtal på teckenspråk. Doktorsavhandling Avdelningen för teckenspråk, Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. p (12 pp.) Mesch, J Annoteringsprogrammet ELAN. Lathund för ELAN version 3.0 Windows och Mac. Institutionen för lingvistik, Stockholms universitet. (11 pp.) In addition, there are videorecordings and transcribed sign language texts for analysis. This is a translation of the Swedish original Page 5/5

Syllabus for course at first level

Syllabus for course at first level Sign Language I Teckenspråk I 30.0 Higher Education Credits 30.0 ECTS credits Course code: LIT100 Valid from: Autumn 2009 Date of approval: 2008-03-11 Changed: 2009-03-17