Final Exam Flashcards
What are the 5 parameters?
Hand shape, movement, palm orientation, location, non-manual markers
Shape of your hand used to make the sign
Hand shape
Action of your hands when making the sign
Movement
The way your palm is facing when making the sign
Palm orientation
Location of the sign in relation to your body
Location
Various facial expression/body movements that are used to create meaning
Non-manual markers
When do you use fingerspelling?
People’s names, brand names, books and movie titles, city and state names
Takes the place of using a noun using your index finger and point towards the referent
Pronoun
Noun being talked about/referred to
Referent
What do you have to do when you first use a referent?
Sign the name and point to a place in your sign space
When are pronouns signed?
At the beginning and the end of the sentence
Pairs of words that are related in meaning but have different movements
Noun/verb pairs
Describes size, shape, and relative location
Classifiers
Used for comparing 2 places, people, objects
Contrastive structure
When do you place cardinal numbers?
After the noun
How do you sign 1st-9th in an order in a series?
Number twists
How do you sign 10th and beyond in a order in a series?
Number + spell the suffix
How do you sign 1st-5th place in a place in competition
Number tilted horizontally and pulled back
How do you sign 6th-9th place in a place in competition?
Number twists
How do you sign 10th place in a place in a competition?
Number + spell the suffix
Regular verb that shows the action; Doesn’t offer any additional information so signer must indicate object + subject
Plain verbs
Verbs that show direction of movement between object and subject
Inflecting/directional verbs
Verbs that move to show location of items
Spatial verbs
Shows completion, past tense verbal agreement, as a conjunction to join ideas together
Finish
Used to describe the ages of a group of people by using the non-dominant hand to form a list
Ranking
