Protactile Linguistics: Discussing recent research findings

Researched and presented by Jelica Nuccio and John Lee Clark

To cite this published work, copy this line:
Clark, J.L. and Nuccio, J.B. (2020). Protactile Linguistics: Discussing recent research findings. Journal of American Sign Languages and Literatures.

Authorship: Jelica Nuccio and John Lee Clark
Project coordinated by: DeafBlind Interpreting National Training and Resource Center (DBI)
Contact Person: Terra Edwards
Protactile Language Researcher and Expert: Jelica B Nuccio
Protactile Language Researcher and Expert: John Lee Clark
Video Director/Editor: Terra Edwards
Video Assistant Director/Narrator/Captions: Heather Holmes
Video English Translator/Narrator: Halene Anderson
Videography: Treehouse Video

This video was funded by The National Science Foundation (BCS-1651100) and the US Department of Education (CFDA #84.160D)/Rehabilitation Services Administration (H160D160005).

References

Diane Brentari and Carol Padden (2011). Native and foreign vocabulary in American Sign Language: A lexicon with multiple origins. Foreign vocabulary in sign languages: A cross-linguistic investigation of word formation, ed. By D. Brentari. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Terra Edwards and Diane Brentari (2020). Feeling Phonology: The conventionalization of phonology in protactile communities in the United States. Language 96 (4).

[MsArtfullife]

This is so informative and it is so exciting that there's research happening in this area. Thank you for the filming technique, it will make it easy to point out parts of the conversation to my ASL students to help them learn all the nuances of Protactile.

[dillon]

I'm so thankful for those involved in making this video!!! It is so well-made, understandable, and it answers (and indeed raises) so many questions. I wonder how deaf-blind people have been feeling on the whole since Covid started, I imagine it must increase their sense of isolation to be unable to use Zoom or similar applications.

[jaimemarshall]

Brilliantly made! Love, love, love! So very informative.

[davedempsey]

This was insightful. I think that it gets a bit technical at times which it may be beneficial to have towards to the later part of the video rather than the beginning to help with viewer attention retention. The information on addressing some of the barriers and challenges may invoke more of an empathic response from viewers in a separate video all together and have more of a technical video in another. Thank you for this and I enjoy this information as I want to become more familiar with PT.

[a-ju]

I recently found out about protactile languages and they are actually so cool. Hope that there's more research about it!

[TheSignPolyglot]

Brilliant! Thank you for explaining the research from multiple areas of expertise (linguistics, anthropology, etc.)

[RobbieSchroederComedy]

Very informative. I hope we can create programs for d/Deaf-blind people to teach other d/Deaf-blind children and people. This makes sense.

[rpitanga]

5:20 "we *feel* language. this is a profound difference."

[senortilapia]

i wonder how this form of communication has been impacted by the covid pandemic

[silvanagarbarini]

Me intriga la forma de enseñarlo a una persona multi impedida...

[proapocalypse]

What if you are deaf blind and also have no arms?

[ldskjfhslkjdhflkjdhf]

The idea that people can't internalize protactile without themselves being DeafBlind strikes me as an incredibly vulgar form of linguistic relativism. Great video though!