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Welcome ASL 3!
Change of test date:
Written
culture/grammar test
wiill be Friday (by
class choice), not
tomorrow.
Tomorrow:
appointments for 7
expansion techniques
if you want to sign
yours; review for
exam; I will see if
iPads are available.
Review handouts
today; final
exam
preparation info.
Also, I am uploading
this PowerPoint with
review information for
you 
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Classifiers
in ASL
General Overview of
Classifiers
2012
Iconic signs and Classifier
Descriptions
*Many non-signers believe signing is
“gestures in the air”- no!!!
*There are some elements of ASL that are
more iconic than others, and appear
“gesture-like”- such as classifiers- but
they are a part of the grammar
*ASL has a complex grammatical system
and has a structure more similar to
spoken Chinese than English
*One examples is the classifier system
What are classifiers?
*Classifiers have no meaning on their own- they
must be used in conjunction with their noun
*English has very few classifiers- (tons=? Stack=?)
example: tons of homework, stacks of paper
(and we can avoid using classifiers if we choose
to do so)
*In spoken Chinese-Must use them: Flat objects
(table, paper, bed) vs. thin objects, etc.
*In ASL, we have a similar required system
*Classifiers show, for example, the shape,
description, and number of items
*In ASL, classifiers (classifier predicates) are
required for certain expressions
Lexicalized signs vs.
Loan Signs
Lexicalized signs- #fun, #what, #style
True loan signs- from another language, eg.
CHINA, KOREA, etc.
Reduplication
Seen in several
Noun-Verb Pairs in ASL
Verbs-move slow and once
Nouns-undergo reduplication: repeated and faster
Examples:
To-Fly vs. Airplane
To-Sit vs. Chair
Non-Manual Signals in
ASL include anything
conveyed beyond the
use of hand signs
NMS
ASL NMS
Face
Mouth (oo, mm, cha, cs, “th”,
...)
*mouth morphemes often
show “intensity” or “degree”
Eyes (eye gaze, squint, ...)
Eyebrows (raised, lowered…)
Nose (e.g. crinkled=yes)
Tongue (e.g. Not-Yet)
Head
Upper Body
Shoulder
Shrug (e.g. shy, …)
Role Shift movement
Etc…
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Parameters
in ASL
HANDSHAPE
PALM ORIENTATION
MOVEMENT
LOCATION
NON-MANUAL SIGNALS
Parameters: can
be compared
similar to
individual
sounds
Minimal Pairs: Two words or signs that are identical
except for ONE change; & this changes the meaning
(minimally distinctive)
English- Pat, Bat, Sat
ASLFATHER, MOTHER, FINE
(location)
NAME, WEIGHT, KNIFE; SCHOOL, PAPER, CLEAN
(movement)
HOME, DEAF, YESTERDAY
(handshape)
LATE, NOT-YET
(non-manual signal)
THING, CHILDREN
(palm orientation)
ASL Uses Space!!!
Know what is Neutral Space in ASL,
and the different “planes” we
generally use when signing
Deixis- know this concept
(establishing referents)In ASL, we generally do this through
indexing (pointing) and eye gaze
Movement
ASL can use both non-manual signals
and movement in space to
simultaneously add meaning “on top of”
signs, Movement changes to indicate
person, number, etc.- often through
certain verb types
Links to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language/Grammar_1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language_grammar
Movement can change meaning:
e.g. MORNING; EVERY-MORNING; ALL-MORNING
Verb Types in ASL
p. 37 SN Level 2
Plain/Uninflectedbasic verb e.g. TO-LIVE,
TO-DIE, TO-UNDERSTAND
Inflecting Verbs
e.g. THROW-UP
(may have a plain/uninflected form, e.g. TO-THROW-UP (once)
Recurring Inflection: repetitions (e.g. several times a day, every
Monday)
Continuous Inflection: repeated circular movement (e.g. continuously
with little interruption- the whole hour, all morning, all week long)
Spatial/Agreement Verbs
(person, number) e.g. TO-SHOW, TO-GIVE, etc…
Almost The End!
Great Job!
Almost…-Double Letters
in
Fingerspellingtwo slides, then
done!!! 