Morphology
The smallest units of meaning.
What are morphemes?
When a sign is unknown, one should do this instead of making up a sign.
What is fingerspelling?
In main clauses in ASL, it is the basic word order.
What is subject verb object?
ASL: "CAT" "CHASE" "DOG"
What is: The cat chases the dog.
He is considered to be the father of ASL linguistics.
Who is William Stokoe?
Non manual markers function as these to add grammatical, adverbial, or affective meaning.
What are morphemes?
Signs describing mental states occur here.
What is the forehead?
Signing lower on the body than an older generation is an example of this.
What is semantic shift?
ASL: "FATHER" "LOVE" "CHILD".
What is: The father loves his/the child.
It can take this long to be comfortable communicating using ASL.
What is a year?
Meaning and grammatical features are expressed not sequentially, but this way
What is simultaneously?
Phonology is where the ______ meets grammar (Sandler 2012)
ASL has its own distinct ___________ rules, which are different from English and may even differ from other sign languages like British SignLanguage (BSL).
What is grammar?
ASL: Key open door.
What is: The key opens the door.
True or false: Idioms do not exist in ASL.
What is false?
Meaning and grammatical features are expressed not simultaneously, but this way
What is sequentially?
The manual contrasts that mirror the sound contrasts in spoken language. Example: "bat" vs. "pat" in English.
What are minimal pairs?
True or false: It is not enough to simply say that the meaning of a sentence is derived from adding up the individual meanings of all of the words/signs.
What is true?
Refer to presenter for ASL interpretation.
Refer to presenter for correct response.
True or false: ASL is English on the hands.
What is false?
These include: facial expressions, head tilts,eye gaze, and mouth movements.
What are Non-Manual Markers?
The missing parameter of the five parameters of ASL: Handshape, _________, Movement, Palm Orientation, Non-Manual Signs
What is location?
These are: agent, patient, experiencer, instrument, and cause
What are semantic roles?
Refer to presenter for correct response.
The country which is the origin/root of modern day ASL.
What is France?