Quiz: BASL & Physical Description Flashcards
True or False: The sign for ‘short’ in ASL involves a downward motion.
True
True or False: The sign for ‘freckles’ involves tapping the cheeks with the fingertips.
True
What is the ASL sign for ‘glasses’?
The ‘G’ handshape moves to the area of the eyes.
What is the ASL sign for ‘freckles’?
The fingertips tap on the cheeks multiple times.
Fill in the blank: The sign for ‘hair length’ is indicated by using ________ gestures.
hand
What can the signed description for ‘body type’ include?
It can include gestures that indicate width, height, and overall shape.
In Deaf Culture, describing ones appearance is
neutral, a truthful explanation of what the eyes see
In hearing culture
we think things we don’t say
Describing ones appearance only becomes rude in Deaf Culture if
paired with unflattering facial expressions, exaggeration or under lying tone of malice
What is BASL?
Black American Sign Language
Who is Nakia Smith?
4th generation Deaf Black woman, sharing history of BASL & signs through social media following
What is code switching in reference to BASL?
switching how you sign between BASL and ASL depending on the situation or who you are signing with as a means to fit in with the people or environment
What played a major role in the development of BASL?
Segregation
Typically, can white interpreters properly represent Black signers and speakers?
No
Which Classifier (handshape) is used to describe a braid or braids?
R
What mouth morphemes represent size?
“CHA” - tall or large
“mm” - medium or average
“oo” - small or short
The sign for “tall” requires an upward motion
true
