Parameters
What are the 5 parameters of a sign?
Handshape, Palm Orientation, Movement, Location, NonManual Markers (includes Facial Expression - but more!)
What role do Non-Manual Markers play in ASL?
They are part of grammar.
Who were the two men responsible for starting the first school for the Deaf?
Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Sign: What is your name?
YOUR NAME WHAT(WH-Q)
What sign is a 5 handshape tapping the chin?
MOTHER/MOM
When asking a Yes/No question what is the most appropriate Non-Manual Marker?
Eyebrows up
When did Deaf President Now occur and who as the first Deaf President of Gallaudet University?
1988. Irving King Jordan
Sign: The library is on the 4th floor.
LIBRARY (topic brows) 4TH FLOOR
What sign is two bent-Ls, palm orientation facing each other, slight side to side movement and an "ooo" facial expression?
SMALL
When asking a who, what, when, where, why or how question, what is the most appropriate Non-Manual Marker?
Eyebrows down or furrowed
Where is the first school for the Deaf in the United States located?
Hartford, Connecticut
Sign: Do you live near the mall in Lenexa?
YOU LIVE-THERE LENEXA NEAR fs-MALL (Y/N-Q)
What parameter do the signs DAD, GRANDFATHER, and MAN have in common?
Handshape
What is the Non-Manual Marker for "Topic Eyebrows"?
Eyebrows up
What is the name of the only Deaf Liberal Arts University in the world and where is it located?
Gallaudet University in Washington D.C.
Sign: Where is the bathroom?
BATHROOM WHERE (W/H-Q)
Name 3 signs that have the same location
answers will vary
What do we mean when we say a sentence is Negated?
Shake your head "No" when signing the statement.
When there are people signing and you need to get by them, what is the most appropriate way to get past?
Go around them or pass straight through quickly. (You may lightly touch a shoulder as you pass through)
Sign: My sister is happy.
MY SISTER SHE HAPPY SHE.