Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 16. - Aboriginal and foreign languages, literatures and linguistics
• 16.16 - Sign language

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
  • LSQ
  • sign language
  • langue des signes québécoise

  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)