• 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)
  • 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, once for verbs
  • 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
  • rocking numbers
  • sign for pain can be localized
  • sign object before using classifier to describe it
  • 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 ∞
nov 16 2024 +