• directional ASL signs (e.g., follow)
  • iconic ASL signs (e.g., learn)
  • initialization (i.e., using first letter of word to create sign) examples: blue, family, nurse
  • mouth morphemes
  • noun/verb pairs - whether noun or verb have same handshape but difference typically depends on movement of sign
  • past tense = sign finish, future = sign will, if = sign perhaps
  • rhetorical questions ask & provide info (function like because)
  • yes/no questions = raise eyebrows, wh questions = lower eyebrows
dec 14 2023 ∞
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