ASL Culture Flashcards
Lexicalized Fingerspelling
fingerspelled words that look like a sign
numerical incorporation
incorporating a number into a sign
wh question
furrowed eyebrows
yes/no question
raised eyebrows
directionality
sign towards person you are talking about
classifiers
signs that use hand shaped that are associated with specific categories of size shape or usage or designated hand shapes
signed communication systems
ASL, Signed English, Linguistics of visual English, contact sign, manually coded English, Rochester method
Gloss
english words that best descibe ASL signs
contact signs
english signs in asl word order
noun verb pairs
a sign that is the same except for the amount of times you sign it
5 parameter or a sign
hand shape, movement, location, palm orientation, NMM
reversal orientation
same sign the opposite way (don’t want)
index
sign a persons name and point to a spot in the room.
How do you get a Deaf person’s attention
Flicker the lights, tap them on the shoulder, stomp on the floor (if it is wood).
Big D versus little d
Upercase d for describing the Deaf culture, lowercase d for describing a physically deaf person
Possesion
Using a flat hand
initialized sign example:
Call, family, group, team
tense of a sentence
beginning of a sentence
explain bi - bi
Bilingual- someone who can speak English and ASL
Bi cultural- someone from the Deaf and hearing culture
Where from versus where live
where from in where you were born where live is where you are living right now
name sign
a name sign is a specific sign given to a person to represent their name, by a deaf person.
