- 5 Parameters of Sign : handshape, location, movement, pam orientation, non-manual markers
- alphabet & numbers are necessary signs (not an actual term)
- arbitrary signs do NOT look like what they represent (e.g. apple)
- backchannelling : yes, wow, ok, awful
- but, not, can't, don't, never
- condition rules (symmetry & dominance)
- directional ASL signs (e.g., follow, help, lend, give)
- iconic ASL signs (e.g., learn, friend, I-Love-You)
- initialization (i.e., using first letter of word to create sign) examples: Blue, Friday, Class, Nurse (most colors & days of week are initialized)
- 'existential' have and 'personal' have
- left & right go opposite ways (since you are facing the person)
- lexicalized fingerspelling - where fingerspelling looks like a sign
- modality : can, should, must, finish, refuse (won't)
- money : cents space on forehead or add sign for dollar // age : chin // time : wrist (for clock)
- mouth morphemes
- negate by shaking head during sentence
- noun/verb pairs - sign the sign twice for nouns (small), once for verbs (big) (e.g., meet & meeting, chair & sit)
- past tense = sign “past” or finish/lean back, future = sign “future” or will/lean forward, present tense = sign "now", if = sign perhaps or fingerspell IF
- pronominal classifiers (3 = car, 2 = person, c = cup)
- rocking numbers (R to L for small to big, L to R for big to small) (e.g., 67, 89)
- sign for pain can be localized
- sign object before using classifier to describe it
- topic emphasis (raise eyebrows)
- why? sign then answer the question for because
- yes/no questions = raise eyebrows, wh questions = lower eyebrows (make "W" with eyebrows)
- if you don’t raise eyebrows with a yes/no sentence it becomes a statement
dec 14 2023 ∞
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