Nonmanual Grammar
Bicultural Identity
Acronyms
For Hearing People Only
LASL
100
Furrowed eyebrows.
What is nonmanual grammar for wh-questions.
100
A person who can function in both deaf and hearing worlds but prefers to be with deaf people
What is a deaf-dominant bicultural individual.
100
CODA
What is Child of Deaf Adult.
100
Deaf children who have roughly 50 words in their vocabulary at age five.
Who are deaf children enrolled in oral programs.
100
The classifier shape for a soda can.
What is CL:C.
200
Raised eyebrows.
What is the nomanual grammar for topics.
200
An individual who is not comfortable in either the deaf or hearing communities
What is a culturally marginal individual.
200
PSE
What is Pidgin Sign English.
200
Upper torso, from shoulder to shoulder
What is normal signing space.
200
The numbers that can typically be incorporated into signs like OLD, TIME, and CENTS.
What are #s 1-9.
300
Raised eyebrows and head tilted forward.
What is the nonmanual grammar for yes-no questions.
300
The last and final stage of bicultural identity development
What is awareness.
300
SEE
What is Signing Exact English.
300
How ASL is transmitted as a language.
What is from child to child.
300
"just," "only," "already," "that's it"
What are possible meanings for the sign FINISH.
400
Lips pursed, signer points in direction from his/her own perspective.
What is the nonmanual grammar to convey distances medium distance away.
400
The stage in which a deaf person begins to question hearing values and culture and wonders what else it out there.
What is dissonance.
400
DCARA
What is Deaf Counseling, Advocacy, and Referral Agency.
400
Signs that vary depending on where one lives.
What are regional signs.
400
An ASL idiom that means "Oh my gosh," "I can't believe my eyes," or "I'm shocked!"
What is CL:5-EYES-FALL-OUT.
500
Eyes squinted, mouth dropped open, signer points in direction from his/her own perspective
What is the nonmanual grammar for conveying distances that are far away.
500
An individual who functions with hearing people, but has had no exposure to deaf culture.
What is a culturally captive individual.
500
MCE
What is Manually Coded English.
500
The first people to take ASL in a formal setting
Who are hearing college students.
500
The sign choice for a motor-operated device that stops working.
What is BREAKDOWN.
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