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ASL Final 1st semester Flashcards

1
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What are the 5 parameters of ASL?

A 
Palm orientation
Handshape
Location
Movement
Non-manual signals
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2
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Why are NMS/facial expressions important?

A
  • Grammar

- Indicates the sentence type.

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3
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Are classifiers signs? Give examples.

A

No, classifiers are handshapes that represent objects, people, animals, descriptions, locations… CL:3, CL:1, CL:5, etc.

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4
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What is the difference between pathological (medical) and a cultural view of deafness?

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  • Medical = broken, needs to be fixed,

- cultural=view in positive light, successful if can’t hear, Deaf have culture

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5
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What is Deixis?

A

Pointing with the index finger

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6
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What are the 2 types of name signs?

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Arbitrary & Descriptive

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7
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Give some examples of number types.

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Cardinal, Ordinal, Age, Money, Time

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8
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Give some examples of sentence types.

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Yes/No, Statement, “Wh” question, Topic comment, time-topic, rhetorical

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9
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What is CODA?

A

Hearing Child of Deaf Adult

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10
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What is DPN and when did it happen?

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“Deaf President Now” Protest in Spring 1988

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11
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How is fingerspelling used in ASL?

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For proper nouns: names of people, places, and things

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12
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Which 2 sign languages formed ASL?

A

French & Martha’s Vineyard

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13
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What is Audism?

A

Discrimination against deaf or hard of hearing

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13
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What is Audism?

A

Discrimination against deaf or hard of hearing

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14
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What are the different forms of schooling for the Deaf?

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Residential Schools, Mainstreaming

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15
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What is the Rochester Method?

A

Fingerspell everything

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16
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How do make a negative statement in ASL?

A

Head shake no or sign NOT

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17
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

A

Founder of American School for the

Deaf who brought Laurent Clerc to America

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18
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Laurent Clerc

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1st Deaf teacher in America, moved from France

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19
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Helen Keller

A

deaf and blind author & speaker

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20
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Marlee Matlin

A

Grammy award actress

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21
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Heather Whitestone

A

Miss America

22
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Dummy Hoy

A

pro baseball player

23
Q

What did Gallaudet Football contribute to the sport?

A

The Huddle – Paul Hubbard

24
Q

How do you get a Deaf person’s attention?

A

Tap on shoulder or wave hand across the room or flash lights

25
Q

If your path is blocked by two signers and there is no other route to take what do you do?

A

Go ahead and walk through

26
Q

The least effective way to communicate with Deaf is what?

A

Speech and lipreading

27
Q

ASL was formed from what?

A

French Sign Language and Martha’s Vinyard Sign Language

28
Q

Describe how Deaf people may do these things differently than hearing people.

A

-Goodbyes
(Long, may hug again and again)
-Conversation environment
(Walk through 2 signers if they block a pathway)
-Talk on the phone
(Use TTY (older tech) Relay Service, Video Phone
(VP), text, video apps)
-Wake up in the morning
(Alarm Clocks vibrate or flash lights)

29
Q

One should always watch what of the other person signing?

A

their face and hands

30
Q

define audism (noun)

A

the notion that one is superior based on one’s ability to hear and speak, or behave in the manner of one who hears and speaks

31
Q

What type of discrimination does audism relate to?

A

Discriminating someone because of their race.

32
Q

what always goes at the beginning of a sentence?

A

when somethings going to happen:

 - Time
 - Days of the week
 - Past and Future Tenses
 - Months of the year
 - Years
 - Dates
33
Q

Give an example of a personal pronoun in ASL.

A

I, ME,YOU, HE/SHE/IT, WE, YOU,THEY

34
Q

what is Diexis?

A

pointing of the finger

35
Q

Give me an example of a possessive pronoun in ASL.

A

MY, YOUR, HIS/HER/IT’S, OURS, THEIRS

36
Q

The role of facial expressions or non-manual markers is what in ASL?

A

grammer

37
Q

ASL is traditionally handed down from generation to generations through:

A

Deaf family members and deaf schools

38
Q

WH questions are used with eyebrows down or up?

A

WH eyebrows down

39
Q

Yes/no questions are used with eyebrows down or up?

A

eyebrows up

40
Q

The cultural perspective of deafness, or big “D” refers to what?

A

Deaf have a culture and part of a community, viewed in a positive life

41
Q

The medical/pathological perspective of deafness, or little “d” refers to what?

A
  • Viewed in a negative light

- Deaf person is “broken” and needs to be fixed

42
Q

What is the name of the woman who was Deaf who won Miss America in 1985?

A

Heather Whitestone

43
Q

what is audism?

A

the notion that one is superior based on one’s ability to hear and speak, or behave in the manner of one who hears and speaks

44
Q

What type of discrimination does audism relate to?

A

Discriminating someone because of their race.

45
Q

Who invented the football huddle at Gallaudet University?

A

Paul Hubbard

46
Q

What is the name of the famous Deaf baseball player?

A

William “Dummy” Hoy

47
Q

What is the name of the person who was against sign language and taught Deaf to speak?

A

Alexander Graham Bell

48
Q

Who is one of the founding fathers of ASL and established the first School for the Deaf in America?

A

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

49
Q

Who was the Deaf French teacher, and one of the founding fathers of ASL, who established the first School for the Deaf in America?

A

Laurent Clerc

50
Q

What does ++ mean after a word in glossing?

A

Sign the word again

51
Q

What does a hyphen(-) mean in glossing?

A

One sign for two words

52
Q

Classifiers make up what percent of ASL

A

60%

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