Deaf Culture
What is a CODA?
CODA: child of a Deaf adult
Sign for "student"
LEARN + PERSON
Sign for "boss/coach"
Bent 5 HS on the shoulder
What is the base for ASL grammar?
OSV: Object, Subject, Verb
Name 3 different hearing abilities (level of hearing) a person can have.
Hearing
Hard of Hearing (HH)
Deaf
What is the sign Deaf people use to represent "Ohh, I see!"
The "Y" HS moving in a "yes" movement.
Sign for "weekend"
WEEK + END
Sign for "license"
"L" HS on both hands, bring together at thumbs
Other than OSV, what is the other "framework" we can use to translate sentences from English to ASL?
TTC: Time, Topic, Comment
Where is Gaulladet University located?
Washington D.C.
What is it called when a Deaf person gives a specific sign to a person as a representation of that person and the significance means you have been accepted into the Deaf community?
Name Signs
Sign for "Deaf residential school"
"i" HS on both hands, stacked on top of each other
Sign for "Florida"
FLA
Time first, WH-questions last
Name the 5 parameters of ASL in any order.
Location, Movement, HS, PO and NMM
What is an acceptable way to get a D/deaf persons attention
Wave, tap their shoulder, flick the lights, stomp your feet, tap on a table, use someone else to notify them.
Sign all the days of the week
HS varies (M-S), PO inward, circular motion
Sunday 2 variations
Sign for "audiology"
"a" HS next to ear, circular motion
Paired with sentence structure, this feature of ASL is pivotal to the message because it can change the meaning without changing the sign.
NMM: Non-manual markers
Explain the difference between the following 3 signs for "love" (watch Izzy)
Kiss fist: non-romantic love
LOVE: affectionate love for a person
ILY: "I love you"
What is the name and sign for the only Deaf University in the country?
Gaulladet University, "20" HS next to temple, pull back movement
Sign 3 different variations of "computer"
25 HS, circle motion, PO away from signer
"C" HS on forearm, circular motion inward
Two "C" HS, touching at wrist, flex wrist movement
Sign 3 different actions with lights
Does everyone sign ASL the same way? Tell me why.
NO! Though there is a standard set of rules the language follows, just like any spoken language, people have accents and sometimes prefer not to follow the rules.
What is SEE and what is one way it's different from ASL? Bonus 100 pts if you can name a second way.
SEE: Signed Exact English.
It uses ASL signs but in English word order.
SEE has signs for prepositions.