Reality Rules and Conditionals Flashcards
Four Reality Rules
General to Specific
Concrete Before Abstract
Spatial Relationship
Chronological Order
Describe General to Specific
Know as the big picture. Begin with the big picture, next add details, making sure each object relates to the one before it.
Move from big to little
Describe Concrete Before Abstract
You must have objects in your space BEFORE any action can occur.
Concrete objects before abstract things
Describe Spatial Relationships
We must us spatial relationships as they exist in the real world. Example The ball is in the box. First place the ball, then indicate the ball is in the box.
Remember: No two signs can exist in the same space at the same time.
Describe Spatial Relationships with Verbs
Verbs in ASL are the same in English - you must make sure the direction of the movement makes sense within the signed concept.
Example - make a house on the left side of the body and you want a person to move towards it you can not move the person to the right.
Actions have to progress as they do in the real world in order.
Describe Chronological Order
We must do things in the order the events actually happened. Example I got scared when the dog barked at me. Place the person first, then the dog then show the action of barking at me then the reaction.
Things must happen as they do in the real world
Conditional Sentences
What we express in English as if/then sentences. Compound sentences where the second phrase is caused by the first.
Conditional Sentences are joined by
a transitional sign or non manual maker that establishes relationship.
Conditional Sentence Rule
The first sign is always “Suppose”
The first phrase gets the topic indicator
The first phrase is always signed on one side of the body followed by a pause
The transition sign is in the center of the body followed by a pause - sign is usually MEAN or MAYBE
The second phrase is signed on the opposite side of the body and accompanied with a head nod for positive/negative phrases
When to use MEAN or MAYBE
If the second phrase is absolutely caused by the first then use MEAN
If the second phrase may be cause by the first the use MAYBE
What NMM to use for MAYBE and MEAN
MAYBE - side to side
MEAN - head bob
What are the exception to the MEAN MAYBE rule
If the object have to be placed on the same side of the body you would not use a body shift
Rhetorical Questions
Used to emphasize something and does not expect an answer back
The cause thing being emphasized is moved to the end of the sentence
Sometime the two halves of the sentence are reversed chronologically - example The game was cancelled because of the rain - the rain happened first.
Rhetorical Questions NMM
RI
The eyebrows are up
The body stays back and the pause is shorter
This shows that you are not expecting an answer, but are going to supply the answer
Example
I got mad because my brother read my diary
I mad (left)
why RI (center)
my brother read my diary (left)
Example of General to Specific
Example painting a picture of a sunny day, you would begin with the sky colors and move to added details of the sun and then the rays to come off the sun. Move to the specifics of the picture such as the sun ray piercing through a rain cloud creating a raindrop that is glistening from the sun’s rays.
