People
Recorded an observation of deaf people gesturing to one another in ancient history
Who was Plato?
The use of fingerspelling while excluding sign language in education of the deaf (fingerspelling and oral language only).
What is the Rochester Method?
Handshape, Movement and Location (according to one’s research)
What are the three parts of a sign according to William Stokoe’s research?
Numbers 1 - 5 will have palm orientation facing outward when counting.
What is the rule for cardinal number in ASL?
Give an example of letter-by-letter fingerspelling in a sentence.
Example: YOU WANT KNOW HOW I SPELL MY NAME? It’s fs-B-O-N-T-R-A-G-E-R
Published someone else’s manuscript and got credit for it.
Who was Juan Pablo Bonet?
It is in the form of signing, fingerspelling and then signing the same word in a single utterance.
What is “sandwich” construction?
There is less consistency among forms when fingerspelling the same word at a different time.
There are many deletions and blends of handshapes.
Name two features of rapid fingerspelling.
Numbers 1 - 9 twist toward the signer once. Used for things in order.
What is the rule of ordinal number in ASL?
Give an example of careful fingerspelling used in a sentence.
Example: HAPPEN ME LITTLE GIRL, I WENT fs-GRAND CANYON. BEAUTIFUL!
A scholar who recognized that ASL was a true language however he believed that fingerspelling was a different mode of communication from ASL.
Who was William Stokoe?
A temporary sign that is dismissed after a narration or a lecture
What is nonce?
Fingerspelled signs often correspond to the written word.
There is about the same emphasis and duration for each sign within a word.
Name two features of careful fingerspelling.
What are the five possible reasons we fingerspell?
Proper Nouns
Words with no signs
Technical vocabulary
Emphasis
Clarification
Give an example of phonological variant used in a sentence.
Example: MY DAUGHTER HER BIRTHDAY PARTY fs-WHEN NEXT WEEK
First person that taught the manual alphabets to his deaf student
Who was Pedro Ponce de Leon?
A group of signs that occur when certain letters precede or follow certain other letters in the written word
What is a phonological variant?
Lexical mouth movements which is part of the ASL sign (not part of English)
What is a word picture?
Cannot mix generations
Similar information should be given about each person
What are the two (of the four) rules when ranking family members in ASL?
Give an example of blended fingerspelling used in a sentence.
Example: FEEL ILL ME, STAY HOME WILL ME
Established a school for the deaf in Paris in 1760
Who was Abbe de l’ Eppe?
The form of symbols in sign languages
What is a light wave?
1) Learn how to recognize fingerspelled words before learning how to produce fingerspelled words.
2) Realize that signers may sign and spell the same word in a single utterance.
3) Pay attention to the hand, the face, the mouth, and the eye gaze of the signer to get the information you need to recognize the word.
4) Accept that the signer may not spell the word according to English spelling conventions
5) Realize that there are several types of fingerspelling.
6) Know which words can be fingerspelled
7) Reduce anxiety by having realistic expectations.
8) Use lip-reading when possible
9) Avoid saying the names of the letters in the Roman alphabet that correspond to the fingerspelled sign out loud or subvocally.
What are the nine effective strategies in fingerspell word recognition?
4-3-0-9-0-5-5
4-30-90-55
What are the two ways to group this phone number: 430-9055?
Give an example of compound sign used in a sentence.
Example: HOMEWORK (compound) ME HAVE