Signs
Phrases
Parameters
Comparisons
Deaf Culture
100

Sign SORRY

Remember this uses an A handshape.

100

Sign Meet

Meet

100
What are non-manual markers?

facial expressions and body movements that add detail to signs

100

ASL is mainly used in what two countries?

US and Canada

100

Name 2 ways to get a deaf person's attention.

Wave in their sightline, light tap, flicker lights, stomp

200

Sign WOMAN. 

WOMAN
200

fingerspell "onomatopoeia"

onomatopoeia

200

What parameter is different between the signs CHAIR and SIT?

Movement

200

What is the difference between symmetrical and non-symmetrical signs in ASL?

Symmetrical, both hands are signing simulataneously.


Non-symmetrical, one hand moves and the other stays stationary. 

200

What percentage of lipreading is visible on the lips?

30%

300
Sign HOME+WORK

HOME+WORK

300
What's the sign for DEAF?

Using a ONE handshape!!

300

What parameter is different between DOOR and OPEN-DOOR?

movement
300
Historically, ASL is most commonly related to which sign language?

French 

LSF

300

Name one influential Deaf advocate that we have watched or you heard me mentioning in class. 

There are several. 

400

Sign SAME-AS and DIFFERENT

SAME-AS and DIFFERENT

400

What is the sign for SHOES?

Use an S handshape!

400

What is the purpose of using facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in ASL? Yes, these are all non-manual markers but what is the role it serves in this language?

Grammar

Grammar is found on the face in ASL.

400

What is the difference between an iconic sign and an arbitrary sign?

Iconic looks like the intended meaning but arbitrary signs are ones that do not look like the meaning.

400

What is the difference between capital Deaf and lowercase deaf?

Capital Deaf refers to culture and lowercase refers to medical. 

500

Sign numbers 11-15

Numbers 11-15

500

Sign 3 different colors.

ex; purple, white, red, pink, green, etc

500

Name all five of the parameters to a sign.

handshape

location

movement

palm orientation

non-manual markers

500

Compare ASL and English phrases when it comes to a wh-word.  Where does a wh-word appear in English and where in ASL. 

at the end

English: Beginning and ASL: end

500

fingerspell "onomatopoeia"

onomatopoeia

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