ASL Exam 2

DCL- Descriptive classifier

o   Describe object or person

o   “curly hair”

ICL- instrument classifier sign

o   Part of body manipulates an object

o   “play jacks”

BCL- Body classifier sign

• body enacts verb

• “acting macho”

LCL- locative classifier sign

• represents object in specific place

• “leaf drifting to ground”

ASL Grammar

• Wh- eyebrows lowered, eyes narrowed, head lift, last sign held

  • Often located at end of sentence

• Yes-No eyebrows raised, slight head tilt, last sign held

Contrastive structure

index finger points to person or object which may not be visible

shoulder-shifting

contrasting, comparing, separating

ASL Parameters

H: handshape

PO: palm orientation (outward, inward)

L: location

M: movement

NMS: non-manual signals (head nod, frown)

Sign of Respect: Reading 3B

recent graduates of interpreter programs should take time to evaluate their readiness to provide service to school age children

Deaf person gets attention pg. 33

• waving- size of wave corresponds to distance between waver and person

• tapping- shoulder or upper arm 2-3 times

• using an intermediary- ask someone else, used when person is too far away

negotiating a signing environment

• walk through- pass quickly, don’t hunch, may sign excuse me

• use touch- press someone’s shoulder or upper back, avoid tapping 

• ask person to move- press shoulder in direction that would clear view 

o   Regina Olson Hughes (1895-1993)

• Went to Gallaudet

• got bachelors and masters

• married Frank Hughes

• lived at Gallaudet for 30 years

• language translator, artist

• only deaf artist to have solo exhibition at Smithsonian

• plant species named after her

Andrew Foster (1925-1987)

• Teacher, pioneer, missionary, opened schools in West Africa

• Alabama School for the Colored Deaf

• one of the first 3 black members to be enrolled at Gallaudet

• two master’s degrees

• Founded Christian Mission for the Deaf

• 31 schools for the Deaf in 13 countries

Douglas Tilden (1860-1935)

• Michelangelo if the American West

• San Francisco Bay

• first Californian sculptor to receive recognition outside of U.S.

• Deaf at 4 from scarlet fever

• Taught at California School for the Deaf

• mentored by Paul Choppin in Paris

Marie Jean Philip (1953-1997)

• attended American School for the Deaf in Connecticut

• Freshman at Gallaudet at 16

• attended Oberlin college

• taught at Northeastern, Harvard, and MIT

• Bilingual Bicultural Coordinator for The Learning Center for Deaf Children

• helped establish Commission for Deafness

• elementary school named after her

Deaf Culture

o   What is ASL? Language capable of expressing abstract ideas and language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning

o   ASL is related to French Sign Language

o   ASL most used in U.S. and Canada

o   90% of Deaf people married to other Deaf people

o   ASL is typically handed down through Deaf family members and residential schools

Numbers 1-100

Study

#

• lexicalized sign

• fingerspelling that looks like sign

-

• represents single item

• LOOK-AT

+

• compound signs and contractions

• MOTHER+FATHER

• TIME+4

“ “

• gesture-like sign

• “what”

! !

• sign is stressed or emphasized

• !HARD!

++

• repetitions of sign

• TEACH++

all-LOOK-AT-her

Lower case words before and after glosses
for inflecting verbs indicate the subject
and object of the verb.

IX

Short for INDEX,IX indicates pointing
and is used for third person pronouns
(he, she. it, him, her).

size and shape

• oo- small

• mm- small medium

• cha- large

Expressive Part

• Shelf Shoes You Put-on-shelf

• Door Jacket Put-on-door

• I live duplex, 3 years, duplex old, exterior red, trim brown

• My desk big and white, my chair old and brown, mirror black trim

• I live with 3 roommates, Kayla is 22, Hayley is 22, Marie is 21, I am youngest, I have two cats, one pink and medium, one black and small, both no hair

• I drive to school, close, 8 minutes