Signs
Sign SORRY
Remember this uses an A handshape.
Sign Meet
Meet
facial expressions and body movements that add detail to signs
ASL is mainly used in what two countries?
US and Canada
Name 2 ways to get a deaf person's attention.
Wave in their sightline, light tap, flicker lights, stomp
Sign WOMAN.
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What parameter is different between the signs CHAIR and SIT?
Movement
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.
What percentage of lipreading is visible on the lips?
30%
HOME+WORK
Using a ONE handshape!!
What parameter is different between DOOR and OPEN-DOOR?
French
LSF
Name one influential Deaf advocate that we have watched or you heard me mentioning in class.
There are several.
Sign SAME-AS and DIFFERENT
SAME-AS and DIFFERENT
What is the sign for SHOES?
Use an S handshape!
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.
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.
What is the difference between capital Deaf and lowercase deaf?
Capital Deaf refers to culture and lowercase refers to medical.
Sign numbers 11-15
Numbers 11-15
Sign 3 different colors.
ex; purple, white, red, pink, green, etc
Name all five of the parameters to a sign.
handshape
location
movement
palm orientation
non-manual markers
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
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