William Stokoe Timeline

1919- William C. Stokoe jr. was born on July 21 in New Hampshire. 2 1937- He attended Wells College with the in the intention to adopt physical chemistry, but he decided that it consumed too much time and money and decided to reputation English instead. 1946- William Stokoe receives his Ph. D. in English and teaches at Wells College for seven years. 2 1955- William Stokoe is hired as the peak of the Department of English at Gallaudet College. It was a year later he was outgrowth exposed to indifferent(p) people signing.Stokoe decides to query signing because, unlike the opinions of many of his colleagues, he viewed signing as its own typical language. 2 1957- Stokoe receives a research grant from the American Council of Learned Societies to begin analyzing ASL as a language. deuce years later, The National Science Foundation continued the funding for his study. 1-2 1960- Stokoe publishes his first book on the research he conducted on signing, titled Sign Language Structure An Outline of the Visual Communication Systems of the American Deaf. -2 1965- Stokoe, along with Carl Croneberge and Dorothy Casterline, published his second book A Dictionary of American Sign Language on Linguistic Principles. This book includes Stokoes development of a written notation for ASL. This book also helped Stokoes ideas gain wide acceptance and prove the legitimacy of sign language as an independent, fully real language. 1-2 1971- Gallaudet University found a Linguistic Research Lab with Stokoe as the director until 1984.In the same year, he starts the consequence of the newsletter, Signs of Our Times. 1-2 The first presentation of information about ASL takes place at the conference held by pack Woodward, at the Linguistics Society of America. Two years later, the Linguistic Society of America creates a subsection for sign languages to be included in their conference. 1 1975- The Communicative Skills program of NAD (National Association of the Deaf) established for th e sign language teachers, called Sign Instructors Guidance Network (SIGN).Read alsoSummary Love Is neer SilentA year later, SIGN begins to certify sign language teachers at the NAD convention. 1 1979- Gallaudets susceptibility recognizes ASL as a means of communication to be used in classes. Gallaudet offers its faculty and staff the first course on the Structure of ASL. 1 1980- Stokoe is finally honored for his research 20 years subsequently the publishing of his first book. 1 1984- Stokoe retires from Gallaudet University. Four years later, he receives an onorary doctorate from Gallaudet. 2 2000- William Stokoe dies of Myeloma on April 4 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. 2 References 1. ASL Timeline. (2006, May 15). Linguistics and Dialects of American Sign Language. Retrieved September 29, 2012, from http//buaslbutterfly. tripod. com/id7. html 2. William C. Stokoe Jr. (n. d. ). Angelfire Welcome to Angelfire. Retrieved September 29, 2012, from http//www. angelfire. come/ut/stelok/Sto koe. html