Linguistic+Observations+and+Comparisons

During our travel and study in Paris, France with Flagler College's Study Abroad program, we were exposed to French and LSF (Langue des Signes Francaise aka French Sign Language). Prior to this time, we had background knowlege about English and ASL as well as information about manual English and its influence. However, this experience offered the opportunity to briefly analyze (speculatively) the structures between French and LSF, some possible infiltrations of manual French, and a comparison of LSF and ASL. These observations will be described below: