ASL 2 study set

Translating Negative sentences

1. establish time if specified(raise brows)

2. establish location if specified(raise brows)

3. name the topic(raise brows)

4. end with a negation(shake head)

be mindful that it may be exceptions

rhetorical questions

slight head tilt

raise your eyebrows

following signs: who, when, where, why, how, for-for, reason

5 parameters

Handshape, location, palm orientation, movement, non-manual signals.

Arthur Kruger

(1911-1992) father of the american athletic association of the deaf (AAAD)

Nat. Marbuny

(1944-2013) inspirational role model for the black Deaf community

Eric Malzkuhn

(1922-2008)celebrated teacher, storyteller, playwright, poet, and sign master

iron man manager

Alice Taylor Terry

(1878-1950) fought for equality and inclusion in the deaf community

belonged to a local deaf club(LASC)

member of the NAD

Chuck Baird

(1947-2012) Deaf painter who incorporated ASL into his paintings

FS: fingerspell

FS:FF

FS:COOL

FS:MAYO

FS: Prize

FS:SUN+eyeglasses

FS: months

FS: BUT

FS: Mustard

#: lexicalized sign

#OT(overtime)

#CO(company)

#BUS

#BUSY

#APT

#LOFT

++: repeat a sign more than once

Time++

Late++

None++

Wait++

Understand++

Laugh++

(-): represents a sign sign

Oh-I-See

two-years-ago

drive-to-location

see-you

thought-occur

(+): compound sign & contractions

tie+pocket

never+see

Next+time

Why+not

Salt+pepper

(""): lower case words indicate gesture like sign

"well"

"what"

(!!): used for empathic form= stressed or emphasized

!CLEAN!

!THAT-ONE!

!MANY!

!WOW!

!FEW!

cont- (continuous inflection of verbs)

cry-cont

non-manual behaviors

raised eyebrows

titled head

shape of mouth

last sign is held

ASL constrastive structure

Shoulder-shifting

Contrasting: multiple topics or pieces of information in the same sentence

comparing: what makes more than one person say

separating: more than one idea or concept in the same sentence

wh-questions

eyebrows down

slight head tilt

last sign held

eyes lowered

yes/no questions

eyebrows raised

slight head tilt

last sign held and point

neg. a signing environment

ask person to move

use touch

walk through

Two Handed Signs (Symmetrical)

family

language

salad

spaghetti

hot dog

America

valentine

test

One handed signs

glass

live

ice cream

alone

napkin

plane

months

FF

States

two-handed signs non symmetrical

again

ticket

soda

bicycle

vacation

medium size

read

help

buy

DCL

descriptive classifier used to describe a person or an object

For example: “padded” shirt

BPCL

body part classifier when a specific body part enacts an action

example: “legs positions”

ECL

element classifier used to describe the elements of the earth

example: liquid spilling on counter

ICL

instrument classifier used to describe when your body manipulates an object

example: turn crank

BCL

body classifier used to describe which the body enacts the verb of the sentence

example: putting arms around friend

PCL

plural classifier used to describe the specific number or non-specific

example: 4 long line of people

LCL

locative classifier used to describe an object in a specific place

example: “leaf drifting to the ground”

SCL

semantic classifier used to describe a category of nouns such as vehicle or person

example: “person walking stiffly and hurriedly”

2h

two-handed classifier used to represent actions or objects involve both hands.

Example: holding a large book.

IX

short for index finger used to represent a person or object in space

IX-loc

means there and used to tell the location of an object or place

IX-dir

used to indicate the direction of movement of a person or object in space.

POSS

to describe the third-person possessive adjective

Tell where?

name the room

name furniture

specify location