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Important Aspects of
American Sign Language
Made by: Kali Yursha
American Sign Language
Post-Secondary
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8 Important Aspects:
• HANDSHAPE
• ORIENTATION
• LOCATION
• MOVEMENT
• NON-MANUAL MARKERS
• ROLE SHIFTING
• FINGERSPELLING
• GRAMMAR
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Handshape
Refers physically to the shape of the hand
producing the sign ASL has many
handshapes. Some examples are the
handshape “C”. C can be made to produce
the sign COMMUNICATE or CLASS. The
handshape “G” can be made to produce
the sign GROUP or GOSSIP.
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Fingerspelling
Fingerspelling is the process of spelling out
words by using signs that correspond to
the letters of the word. You use
fingerspelling for the following : people's
names, places, titles, and brands. There is
there is a sign for each letter of the
alphabet.
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Grammar
ASL grammar is not like English. In ASL, you
must state the topic first. Following the
topic are comments and details related to
the topic.
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Role Shifting
Role shifting is used in ASL to explain
incidents, situations, stories, etc. This is
when you shift your body to represent
someone else's character. This is something
highly used in ASL.
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Orientation
Refers to the directions in which the hand is
turned to produce a sign. Directions of palm
include palm up, palm down, palm right,
palm left, palm outward, and palm inward.
An example of this would be DIE, the palm
orientation is one palm down and one palm
up.
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Location
Are the physical parameters of bodily
location where signs are produced. The
general parameters are 4 inches above the
head, elbow room as with hand son waist,
and about 4 inches below the belly button
or belt buckle.
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Movement
Refers to the changing of the location of the
hand within the physical parameters during
sign production. An example is a sign
moving away from or towards you to
predicate direction verb such as GIVE, HELP,
and PAY.
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Non-Manual Markers
Also referred to facial expressions, nonmanual markers are one or more emotions
that connect with a sign. These are a form
of non-verbal communication. They are
done without the use of the hands and are
mostly done with the face. Examples
include a head nod, brow raise, or a
shoulder raise.
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Which refers to HANDSHAPE?
A. Head nod
B. The letter “K”
C. HELP or GIVE
Congrats, letter B is correct!!!
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You choose letter C.
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• Letter C refers to movement.
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You choose letter A.
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• Letter A refers to non-manual markers.
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Which refers to ORIENTATION?
A. The direction of which way the hands
are turned to produce a sign
B. Direction verb
C. Brow raises
Congrats, letter A is correct!!!
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You choose letter B.
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• Letter B refers to movement.
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You choose letter C.
That is wrong, please try again.
• Letter C refers to non-manual markers
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Which refers to Location?
A. The physical parameters of where the
sign is produced
B. The direction of the sign being
produced
C. The letter “K”
Congrats, letter A is correct!!!
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You choose letter B.
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• Letter B refers to movement
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You choose letter C.
That is wrong, please try again.
• Letter C refers to handshape.
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Which refers to NON-MANUAL MARKERS?
A. Head nods and brown raises
B. The letter “O”
C. Directional verbs
You choose letter B.
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• Letter B refers to handshape.
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You choose letter C.
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• Letter C refers to movement
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