Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2011

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Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2011
Introduction

16. - Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics

This series comprises instructional programs that focus on Aboriginal and foreign languages and literatures, the humanistic and scientific study of linguistics, and the provision of professional interpretation and translation services.

16.16 - Sign language

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 16.1601 to 16.1699.

16.1601 - American Sign Language (ASL)/Langue des signes québécoise (LSQ)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on American Sign Language (ASL) and/or Langue des signes québécoise (LSQ) as visual and motor media of communication and discourse for deaf individuals and deaf culture. These programs include courses in the development of ASL/LSQ, ASL/LSQ morphology and syntax, signing technique, English and/or French translation of ASL/LSQ, formal and colloquial ASL/LSQ, and ASL/LSQ transcription.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • American Sign Language
    • ASL
    • langue des signes québécoise
    • LSQ
    • sign language

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • deaf studies and ASL(05.0211)
    • linguistics of signed languages(16.1602)
    • sign language interpretation(16.1603)
    • teacher of the deaf(13.1003)

16.1602 - Linguistics of sign language

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific and scholarly study of the development, structure, and use of American Sign Language (ASL), Langue des signes québécoise (LSQ) and other visual signed languages, both as vehicles for communication within the deaf community and in relation to spoken and written languages. These programs include courses in cognitive linguistics; sign language phonology, syntax, and morphology; sociolinguistics of the deaf community; comparative linguistics; and studies of specific sign languages, including, but not limited to, ASL, LSQ, Auslan (Australian Sign Language), LSF (Langue des signes française), Shuwa jiten (Japanese Sign Language), HamNoSys (German Sign Language), and Gestuno.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • linguistics of signed languages

  • Exclusion(s)

    • American Sign Language(16.1601)
    • applied linguistics(16.0105)
    • sign language interpretation(16.1603)

16.1603 - Sign language interpretation and translation

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to function as simultaneous interpreters of American Sign Language (ASL), Langue des signes québécoise (LSQ), and other sign language systems employed to assist the hearing impaired, both one-way and two-way. These programs include courses in sign language, finger spelling, vocabulary and expressive nuances, oral and physical translation skills, cross-cultural communications, slang and colloquialisms, and technical interpretation.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • American Sign Language interpreting
    • ASL interpreting
    • sign language communicator
    • sign language interpretation

16.1699 - Sign language, other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Sign language.

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