The University of the West Indies, Mona

The languages of Deaf communities represent important linguistic minorities in the Caribbean. This course aims to expose students to communication in Jamaican Sign Language, a language which makes use of a visual-gestural mode. Students will acquire basic conversation skills, and beginners’ level insights in the structure of the language. Jamaican Sign Language is largely mutually intelligible with other Sign Languages of the Anglo-Caribbean region. This course has replaced LING2819 Structure and Usage of Caribbean Sign Language I. can understand phonological rules, the structure of syllables, and phenomena such as stress, tone and intonation in languages.