ASL 3

DCL

Descriptive classifier meant to describe and object or person

Ex. DCL“curly hair”

LCL

Locative Classifier representing an object in a specific place

Ex. LCL:B “Leaf drifting to ground”

BCL

Body Classifier where the body acts the verb of a sentence

Ex. BCL”put arms around friend”

SCL

Semantic Classifier represents a category of nouns such as a vehicle or person

Ex. SCL:1 “person walking stiffly and hurriedly“

ICL

Instrument classifier where part of the body manipulates an object

Ex. ICL”turn crank”

BPCL

Body part classifier where a sign represents a specific part of the body doing the action

Ex. BPCL:1 “crossing legs”

PCL

Plural Classifier indicating a certain number of people specific or non specific

Ex. PCL:4 “long line of people”

ECL

Element Classifier sign representing an element of the earth like rain, wind, smoke, gas, fire ,light

Ex. ECL:1 “water dripping from faucet”

oo

Abnormally small or thin

Ex. SMALL

mm

Normal, average or ordinary

Ex. SMALL MEDIUM

cha

Abnormally large or big

Ex. LARGE

ASL 5 Parameters

Handshape

Palm orientation

Location

Movement

Non-Manual signals

Contrastive Structure

Shoulder-shifting

Used for…

Contrasting

Comparing

Separating

Kinda replaces “and”

Wh-Questions

Eyebrows lowered

Eyes narrowed

Slight head tilt

Last sign held, waiting for response

Yes/No Questions

Eyebrows raised

Slight head tilt

Last sign held, waiting for Response

WORD

stand for ASL sign, meaning may be different in English

fs-

Finger spelled word

#

Lexicalized sign

Ex. #ALL, #DO++

-

Represent single sign

Ex. LOOK-AT, OPEN-DOOR

+

Compound signs and contractions

Ex. MOTHER+FATHER

“”

Gesture like sign

Ex. “Well” “what”

!!

Empathic or stressed sign

Ex. !HARD! !WRONG!

++

Repitition of sign

Ex. Different++, teach++

-cont.

Continuous inflection of verb

Ex. CRY-cont.

()

Action or movement done without signing

Ex. (Nod), (shake head)

(Wh)

Non dominant hand/weak hand singing

Ex. (Wh) TREE

(2h)

One handed sign is done with two hands

Ex. (2h)LCL “doors open”

[]

Separate signs made at the same time

Ex. [(wh)SCL:1 “enter from left”/WOMAN…]

BRING-here

Special or locative information is written in lowercase

all-LOOK-AT-her

Lower case word before and after glosses indicate subject and object of verb

IX

Index: pointing

Used for third person pronouns, specific objects being referred to, indicated by landed words

Ex. IX “princess”

IX-loc

Indicated location of an object or place

Ex. IX-loc “Under chair“

IX-dir

Pointing figures directions or traces to a route or place

Ex. IX-dir “upstairs”

IX-thumb/index finger/mid finger etc

Used in the process of listing things on the weak hand beginning with thumb usually

POSS

Third person possessive adjective

Q

Yes no question

Whq

Wh-question

Nod

Affirmative answers to statements

Neg

Shaking head to indicate negation of answer or statement

Wrong Name: Where did parents go for vacation, how long

To Mexico for 1 week

Wrong Name: where did the children stay?

At their grandparents house

Wrong Name: What did the parents bring back each child?

Sombreros

Wrong Name: What did Michelle do to her hat? What did she use?

Painted her name on front of her hat with mom’s red nail polish

Wrong Name: What happened when she looked in the mirror?

He name was not spelled right

Wrong Name: How did her mother explain the problem?

Her mother said that the mirror was broken

Wrong Name: What does Michelle understand now that she didn’t back then?

Her name seemed wrong because mirrors reverse your image

Wrong Name: This story takes place how many days?

9 days

If only I could fly: What did Pricilla want to do?

To fly like a bird

If only I could fly: What did Pricilla’s mom ask her to help her with?

Make cookies and clean the house

If only I could fly: After mom caught Pricilla eating the cookies, she did she put them?

Up in the cupboard

If only I could fly: How was Pricilla able to reach the cookies?

She pulled out the drawers and used them as steps to get up onto the counter, then she was able to open the cupboard and get to the cookies

If only I could fly: When she heard her mother coming, what did she do?

She tried to fly

If only I could fly: What happened to Pricilla?

She broke her collarbone and was brought to the hospital

If only I could fly: This story takes place over how long a period of time?

1 afternoon

A True fish story: what did the family like to do

Go camping and fishing

A True fish story: When did the father want to go fishing?

4 am

A True fish story: When did the boys get up

10 am

A True fish story: what did they eat for breakfast

Hard boiled eggs

A True fish story: What happened when the boys threw the egg shells into the water

The fish began to nibble on them

A True fish story: How did the boys catch the fish?

Using only sting and a hook

A True fish story: How many fishes did they catch?

5

A True fish story: How long did they wait for their dad to return to camp

An hour

A True fish story: How many fishes did the father catch?

2 small fishes

A True fish story: What happened when the father saw the fish the boys caught

He was mad

A True fish story: This story takes place over how many days

Two days

How to get deaf person attention

Wave, tap, intermediary

Signing environment

Press someone to move, if someone is blocking your view and can’t see you. : press

Andrew Foster

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