Língua Gestual Portuguesa (LGP) Level A1 Review

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the fundamentals of Portuguese Sign Language (LGP), including grammar parameters, myths, legal status, and specific sign descriptions.

Língua Gestual Portuguesa (LGP)

The natural language of the Portuguese deaf community, characterized as a visual-manual language based on hand movements, configurations, orientations, and facial expressions.

Portuguese Constitution of 1997

The legal document that recognizes Língua Gestual Portuguesa as an official language in Portugal.

LGP Interpreters

Professionals who interpret and translate information between sign language and oral language to ensure communication between deaf and hearing individuals, as defined by Law 88/99.

Myth: Universality

The false belief that sign language is the same worldwide; in reality, each country has its own sign language influenced by its specific geography and culture.

Myth: Language vs. Linguagem

LGP is a 'Língua' (Language) because it has fixed grammar and its own dictionary, unlike 'linguagem' which lacks these structures.

Surdez (Deafness)

The partial or total incapacity to hear, which can be congenital or acquired through disease.

Mudez (Muteness)

A specific deficiency indicating the total or partial incapacity to produce speech, which is distinct and independent from deafness.

Dactilologia

Also known as the manual alphabet, it is a system created in the 18th century by Abade de l´Epée to represent the letters of written oral languages using hands.

DEZ (10) Sign

Produced with the 'open duck beak' configuration, palm to the left in front of the chest, ending with a closing movement.

CEM (100) Sign

Starts with 'open hand' facing the sender, moves with a simultaneous rotation forward into the 'gama' configuration with the palm down.

MIL (1000) Sign

Starts with 'open hand' facing the opposite side, followed by a finger rotation movement that closes the hand into a 't' configuration.

Hand Configuration

One of the five parameters of LGP; it can be iconic (resembling reality) or arbitrary (abstract) and involves either the dominant or supporting hand.

Grammatical Space

The area in front of the signer where referents are fixed and syntactic relations are organized, often divided into cognitive and grammatical fields.

Nome Gestual

A specific sign used in Deaf Culture to identify a person, equivalent to a proper name and usually based on a specific personal characteristic.

Queremas

The minimal units of LGP phonology equivalent to phonemes, consisting of configuration, articulation place, movement, orientation, and facial/body expression.

Articulation Local

The zones where signs are performed, including a non-contact rectangular area in front of the body or specific anatomical contact points like the forehead, mouth, or chest.

Orientation

The parameter that describes the positioning of the palm of the hand during the execution of a sign.

Non-manual Component

Facial expressions and body postures indispensable for conveying feelings, defining sentence types (interrogation, negation), or distinguishing similar manual signs.

Gender Marking in LGP

Occurs only for animate beings, typically marking the feminine form by adding the sign MULHER (Woman) as a prefix.

LGP Sentence Structure

Typically follows the Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) order, though Object-Subject-Verb (OSV) is also used.

Glosa

The transcription format of LGP into written Portuguese, using all capital letters, the '+' sign to separate signs, and the '/' or '//' for pauses.

Segunda-feira (Monday)

Both hands in configuration '1'; the dominant hand moves down next to the neck and ends perpendicularly over the non-dominant hand.

Janeiro (January)

The dominant hand in configuration 'g' performs a circular movement in the forehead area.

Preto (Black)

Dominant hand in 'punaise aberta' configuration touches the tip of the nose with the middle finger, then transitions to an 'open hand' with a circular motion.