Classifiers
What is the first thing you should always do before using classifiers when your signing?
You must tell what the classifier is representing before using it!
Why are you learning sign language?
YOU LEARN SIGN, WHY?
Famous American actress, activist, and author. Starred in Children of a Lesser God, CODA, Switched at Birth
Marlee Matlin
1st Deaf President of Gallaudet University
I. King Jordan
What are the five parameters in ASL?
handshape, palm orientation, movement, location, and expression/non-manual signals
What are classifiers used for in ASL?
They are used to represent general categories or “classes” of things, as well as describe the size and shape of an object or person.
YOU LIVE HERE HOW-MANY YEAR?
Loss her hearing and sight when she was 19 months old. She was an American author and disability rights activist.
Helen Keller
Where was the first school for the deaf established?
American School for the Deaf. Hartford, Connecticut.
What is the world’s oldest Deaf advocacy organization?
National Association for the Deaf (NAD)
What would CL: Y be used to describe?
CL: Y - high heels, pitcher, telephone, wide objects, objects with handles, waddling, ruler, mug, cow horn
What time did you wake up yesterday?
YESTERDAY, YOU WAKE-UP, TIME WHAT?
Was a French teacher who played a crucial role in introducing sign language to the US.
Laurent Clerc
Who brought ASL to America from France?
Laurent Clerc
Which law or “act” was originally passed in 1990 and has had a profound beneficial impact on the lives of Deaf people?
ADA American With Disabilities Act
What would CL: R be used to describe?
CL: R - rope, curled hair, braids, things rolled or twisted, cigar, curled ribbon, cable
What is your major in school or your line of work?
YOUR MAJOR, OR JOB WHAT?
was an American professional baseball center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1888 to 1902, most notably the Cincinnati Reds and two Washington, D.C. franchises.
What year (or decade) was ASL seen as a language?
1960, because of the publishing of William Stokoe's book Sign Language Structure
What is the common syndrome that affects many interpreters and Deaf people and causes numbness and/or pain in the wrists?
Carpal tunnel
Name 5 types of classifiers.
Descriptive (DCL), instrumental (ICL), plural (PCL), environmental (ECL), locative (LCL), body (BCL), body part (BPCL), semantic (SCL)
Kenny Walker is deaf and played football in the NFL for the Denver Broncos.
K-E-N-N-Y W-A-L-K-E-R HE DEAF HE PLAY FOOTBALL N-F-L WHICH TEAM? D-E-N-V-E-R B-R-O-N-C-O-S
Was the American founder of Girl Scouts of the USA.
Juliette Gordon Low
When did the Deaf President Now Movement take place? (month and year)
March 1988
Signing and voicing at the same time is frowned upon by many Deaf academics and Deaf community leaders. What do we call signing and voicing at the same time?
Simcom