Sign Language Flashcards
Sign Language
A linguistics system that is perceived visually and produced through hand movements and facial expression.
Signed Language
The expression of language in the manual-visual mode.
Homesign
A gestural communication system for interactions with a deaf family member. A kind of pidgin unique to each family.
Village Sign
A sign language used by both deaf and hearing members of a community with a high incidence of deafness.
Deaf Community Sign Language
A sign language that naturally emerges whenever a group of unrelated deaf individuals is brought together to form a community
Oral-aural mode
Transmission from mouth to ear.
Manual-Visual mode
Transmission from hand to eye.
Signed English
An artificial sign language for use in the classroom that uses ASL signs in English word order. Created to bridge the gap between ASL and learning to read.
Prosody
Fluctuations of intonation, stress, and rhythm in speech.
Visual Prosody
Facial expressions and body movements that convey an extra layer of meaning in a signed language
Nonmanual Markers
Conventionalized expressions of the face and movements of the head that convey specific meanings in signed languages.
Signing Space
The three-dimensional space within arms’ reach in front of the signer.
Referential Locus
A region of the signing space that serves as a referring expression during a discourse.
Verb Agreement
The incorporation of referential loci in the signing of verbs.
Verb Aspect
The temporal flow of the event expressed by a verb. Signers modify the movement of a sign to indicate aspect.