Linguistics and Grammar

Question 1

Sentences

Answer 1

Made up of combined clauses that are combined morphemes

Question 2

Semantics

Answer 2

Meaning/the study of the relationship between signs and symbols and what they represent, the meaning of signs and symbols in a language

Question 3

Metathesis

Answer 3

when a part of the segment of a sign changes place

ex:DEAF

Question 4

What aspect of ASL would be considered a phoneme?

Answer 4

handshape, location, palm orientation, movements, and non-manual markers

Question 5

In English the relationship of noun to another noun is spoken how?

Answer 5

With prepositions and prepositional phrases

Question 6

What is a phoneme in English?

Answer 6

Different sounds that speakers make that are part of the language but have no meaning. Individual language sounds

Question 7

Prosody

Answer 7

The rhythm of speech with pauses and phraseology as well as certain auditory intonation patterns

Question 8

Noun/Verb Modifiers describe:

Answer 8

the relationship of nouns, what nouns look like, and how nouns move

Question 9

Paralinguistic

Answer 9

study of the way something is said, including intonations, speech rate, use of silence, etc.

Question 10

Morphology

Answer 10

Word Formation/ the study of how a language uses smaller units to build larger units

Question 11

Phonology

Answer 11

Sound patterns and rules

Question 12

Does ASL or English use passive voice often

Answer 12

English! ASL tends to use a lot of active voice

Question 13

Euphemistic language

Answer 13

the use of socially acceptable terms and phrases in place of blunt descriptive ones

Question 14

Linguistics

Answer 14

the scientific study of a language system

Question 15

How do ASL and English differ in the Way they describe nouns?

Answer 15

English tends to use vocal intonation and spoken adjectives while ASL uses a combination of signed adjectives as well as a special set of classifiers called SASSes (size and shape classifiers)

Question 16

Syntax

Answer 16

Sentence Structure study of the way in which sentences are constructed and how sentences are put together

Question 17

Phonetics

Answer 17

Study production and transmission, how they are articulated and perceived

Question 18

Lexical Category: Minor

Answer 18

determiners, auxiliary verbs, prepositions, conjunctions,and pronouns

Question 19

Grammar

Answer 19

Rules that vary from language to language

Question 20

Morphemes

Answer 20

combined phonemes, formed into meaningful parts

Question 21

In ASL, the relationship of a noun to another noun is conveyed how?

Answer 21

With the use of classifiers and directional verbs

Question 22

Lexical Category: Major

Answer 22

words or signs that function as nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs

Question 23

Pragmatic use of a language

Answer 23

the way a language is actually used rather than the language function: helps us make sense of the language we encounter in our interactions with others and determine the meaning of the utterances withing the given context

Question 24

Equivocal language

Answer 24

the deliberate use of words, signs, or phrases that can be interpreted in more than one way in order to mislead someone

Question 25

Phonemes

Answer 25

symbols made up of discreet, meaningless parts

Question 26

Explain what a morpheme is in English

Answer 26

words and other units that have no meaning
for example the affix “s”
“s” is a phoneme, but when you add it to car then cars is a morpheme because it changed the meaning of a word

Question 27

What are the different type of “Powerless forms of Language”

Answer 27

Hedges, hesitations, intensifiers,polite forms, tag questions and up talk, and disclaimers

Question 28

Explain and give an example of what a morpheme looks like in ASL

Answer 28

individual signs as well as other features such as numeral incorporation that can modify the meaning of the basic sign