Signs Have Parts
Handshape, Location, Movement, Palm Orientation, and NMMs.
What are the 5 parametes of ASL?
He was the first to suggest that signs could be analyzed. (First and last name)
Who is William Stokoe?
This issue was brought up pertaining to the Stokoe System.
What is "not descriptive enough"?
The period of time during which some aspect of the sign is in transition.
What is movement?
The process that drops the weak or passive hand from a two handed sign.
What is Weak Hand Deletion?
The study of the smallest contrastive units of language.
What is Phonology?
This system states these three parameters are produced simultaneously.
What is handshape, location, and movement?
Provide two examples of signs that only have one parameter?
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Period of time during which all aspects of the sign are in a steady state.
What is a hold?
Defined as the way in which the parts of signs interact with each other.
What is the phonological process?
This parameter is required to make a sign correct.
What are NMMs?
This parameter is referred to as tabula.
What is location?
Provide two examples of signs that have more than one parameter.
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The symbol used to denote a short hold.
The process that allows the segment of a sign to change places.
What is metathesis?
The conversion of a message from one language into the grammatical form of another language.
What is translation?
This parameter is referred to as designator.
When all segments of a sign/word are identical except one part.
What is a minimal pair?
The number of handshapes the Stokoe system counts?
What is 19?
The process of adding a movement segment.
What is movement epenthesis?
In a transcription system, these are known as agreed upon symbols.
What are conventions?
This parameter is referred to as signation.
What is movement?
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The number of handshapes the Liddell-Johnson system counts.
When a segment takes on the characteristics of another segment near it.
What is assimilation?