Did you REGISTER?
REGISTER indicates the level of _________ in language.
What is "FORMALITY"?
Sign: I love you with all my HEART!
What is SIGN concept: COMPLETELY or the HEART ON CHEST.
The meaning of the acronym CODA.
What is Child of Deaf Adults?
Special words or phrases used and understood by a group of people sharing the same language but cannot be understood simply by knowing the individual meanings of the words used.
What are IDIOMS?
Verbs that indicate who is doing and receiving the action; can also indicate plurality and location
What is DIRECTIONAL?
The PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE is this level of REGISTER.
What is FROZEN?
Sign: She has a HEART of gold.
What is SIGN concept: GOOD PERSON or VERY KIND.
The author of A Loss For Words: The Story of Deafness in a Family.
What is Lou Ann Walker?
The ENGLISH idiom for expressing something is TOO expensive or the cost of the purchase would be too great...or debilitating.
What is something costs "AN ARM AND A LEG".
The stylistic variation in language that is determined by occasion, purpose, audience, etc.
What is REGISTER?
This level of REGISTER uses less than standard/formal variation of language; perhaps used counselor to client OR employer to employee
What is CONSULTATIVE?
Sign: This is the HEART of the matter.
What is SIGN: MAIN POINT or the IMPORTANCE.
What function did many CODAs of the past perform that is now mostly handled by professionally certified individuals?
What is INTERPRETING?
What is "HOLD YOUR HORSES"?
Handshapes that are automatically recognized to represent a certain action or group of objects
What are CLASSIFIERS?
This level of REGISTER employs pet names and inside jokes.
What is INTIMATE?
Sign: She wears her HEART on her sleeve.
What is SIGN concept: showing all EMOTIONS or FEELINGS
The two distinct camps represented in the controversy over how Deaf children should be taught.
What is ORALISM and MANUALISM?
Though it sounds like a crime of murderous intent, this English Idiom simply expresses the action of someone being betrayed by another who was believed to be trustworthy.
What is someone "BEING STABBED IN THE BACK"?
Used to set up a place to refer to a person or object; creating referents
What is INDEXING?
This term indicates the moving back and forth between two REGISTERS or dialects or languages.
What is CODESWITCHING?
After he won the trophy, he yelled to the the others, "Eat your HEART out!"
What is SIGN concept: feel PAIN/ENVY for something one CAN'T HAVE
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION that plays a major role in the SENSE OF FAIRNESS and JUSTICE within the Deaf Community.
What is the ADA?
The ASL idiomatic expression used to let someone know they missed the information and that information is not going to be re-stated.
What is "TRAIN GONE"?
Done by using a number, a specific word, a repeated sign, directional verbs, classifiers, and/or indexing
What is PLURALIZATION?