Conceptualization and sign language

[Cro(no)deaf]

Can anyone tell me do deaf people conceptualizate terms like love,happiness or father and mother the same as to the people who hear?
Are those terms the same in both cases or are there differences do the definition of sign lanugage as a different way of thinking and communicating?

 

[jillio]

Concept is the same--it's the symbol used to represent the concept that differs.

 

[signer16]

I would say that in general they do conceptualize those concepts the same way as a person who can hear, if they have been exposed to them in a legitimate language, such as American Sign Language, (ASL).
Really, each of us has an individual way of understanding what those concepts mean, whether or not we are deaf or hearing. But, I don't believe that a deaf person understands any of those concepts any less because they can't hear.
Also, every language and culture presents those concepts in different ways.

 

[Interpretrator]

Really, each of us has an individual way of understanding what those concepts mean, whether or not we are deaf or hearing.

Well said. Certainly language shapes the way we think, so the brain of someone whose native language is signed may work differently from the brain of someone whose native language is spoken, but the commonality is that the same part of the brain is used for both spoken and signed language. If that makes any sense. I believe my own language center has shut down for the night.