Unit 1
If a person or object is not visible, point to an empty space and continue signing, using the index finger to point.
What is Dexis?
The Deaf community has been labeled
What is "deaf and dumb"?
___________ are high valued in Deaf culture. Having one shows you are accepted by the Deaf community because you made an effort to learn Deaf culture and ASL
What is Sign name?
Common way to ask if you have____________ in your family
What is have deaf?
Where is your time spot
What is your wrist?
Other forms of sign language are called
What is Signing Exact English(SEE) and Pidgin Sign English(PSE)?
The meanings of some signs in ASL change depending on the way the signs are moved.
What is Directionality?
Anytime you point to a person or object, you gloss your index finger as
What is IX?
To distinguish several pieces of information in a signed sentence by slightly moving your head and shoulders in a different direction for each detail.
What is shoulder shifting?
A sign language _____________ that allows for Deaf people to obtain equal access to each other or information
What is an Interpreter?
They not only convey emotion and meaning but ASL grammar as well
What is facial expressions?
certain signs that vary from region to region
What is variation?
What are the two grammatical structures of ASL?
What is Topic Comment and Subject-Verb-Object
What are two signs that are not compound signs?
What is cousins and grandparents?
Who charted Gallaudet University?
What is President Abraham Lincoln?
If you “____________” or ____________ in English while signing, then you are not using ASL.
What is mouthing and talking silently?
The difference between an uppercase D and a lowercase d?
What is the medical term and what is culture?
ASL ______________ can be a challenge especially since English doesn't use topic comment strucutre
What is grammar?
Always touches the area of which your signing numbers
What is Rule of 9?
What are several options for Deaf Education?
What is ASL, Oral school, Mainstream?
When fingerspelling double letters in the beginning/middle of the word, these letters; A,D,E,F,M,N,O,P,S,T follow this guideline
What is twitching?
While many Deaf people use ______________ or other _____________________ to improve their hearing or perception of sound, most Deaf individuals do not feel the need to be fixed or cured
What is cochlear implants?
Name the 5 Parameters
What is Handshape, Palm orientation, Location, Movement, Facial Expressions
Famous Deaf Artist
Who is Chuck Baird
Name 3 Classifiers
CL: 1
CL: ^
CL: 3