Grammar Rules
This comes first in an ASL sentence
Time
What is "D" Deaf
Culture/community/language nothing is wrong
The direction you move the sign "help" changes its meaning. If you move it toward yourself, it means this.
What is "you help me"?
These special signs are given by Deaf people and show acceptance into the Deaf community.
What are name signs?
Sign to break and object and to take a break
signed answers
: If you want to ask "Your name what?" in ASL, where does the WH-sign go?
What is at the end of the sentence?
These are negative labels that were historically used to describe Deaf people.
What are "deaf-and-dumb" and "deaf-mute"?
Give an example of an iconic sign
book
door
This technology allows Deaf people to have conversations using ASL with someone not with them.
videophone
sign to take a class and to take an object
signed answers
When you use a WH-sign like "who," "what," or "where," what facial expression must you use?
What is the WH-Face (eyebrows down and furrowed)?
: About this percentage of Deaf parents have hearing children.
What is 90%?
Most signs in ASL are this type, not iconic.
What are non-iconic signs or arbitrary
What is a TTY
Teletype writer (old tech)
When thinking about signs, you should always think about this, not just the English word.
What is the concept?
This structure is used in ASL when you don't need WH-signs. It follows the same order as English: Subject-Verb-Object.
What is SVO structure?
What is a CODA
Children of Deaf Adults
This non-manual signal means you're asking a yes/no question.
What are raised eyebrows?
This service connects Deaf and hearing people using an interpreter.
What is Video Relay Service (VRS)?
his is the term for signing that considers the concept behind the English word.
What is conceptually-accurate signing?
In ASL, instead of using is or and we use this...
shoulder shifting
Deaf people often see themselves this way....
proud of their identity
This technique uses the non-dominant hand to form a visual list while the dominant hand signs information.
What is the listing and ordering technique?
This is the world's only university designed for Deaf students.
Gallaudet University
Signs can have both this type of meaning and an abstract meaning.
literal meaning