Written Sign Language Exam 2 Flashcards
How many parameters are there?
4/sometimes 5
What are the parameters?
Location
Hand shape
Palm orientation
Movement
Facial expressions (sometimes)
PHLM
What are indications that someone is using ASL?
-Facial Expressions
-Object, Subject, Verb sentence structure
-Classifiers
-Use of space
What are indications that someone is using PSE?
Combination of ASL and SE
What are indications that someone is using SE?
-Subject, verb, object sentence structure
-Articles
-Mouths
-Initialization
What are some deaf culture values?
-dont shake hands
-facial expressions
-which school they attended
-blunt
-physical touch
-eye contact
What are loan signs?
Fused into their own signs
Noun-verb-pairs
-Hand shape- same
-location- same
-orientation- same
-movement- different
Negation
Shaking your head
Frowning
Some people use not
Past tense
Behind you
Present Tense
at you
Future Tense
In front of you
Directional Verbs Examples
-pay
-influence
-sent
-help
MCE Systems
Bad Habits in fingerspelling
-Bouncing
-Alphabetization
-Pumping
-Palm orientation
Grammatical Facial Expressions
-non manual markers
-non signed signals that influence the meaning of signs
What are the three types of classifiers?
Manipulative/locative
Entity/semantic
Tracing/descriptive
Compounds and Fused Constructions
-signs created from two signs that been notified by a change in one or more parameters
-brother/sister
Yes/No questions
Eyebrows up
lean forward
WH questions
Eyebrows down/furrowed
William Stokoe
First ASL dictionary
Came up with 3/4 parameters
Ursula Belugi
Child language acquisition
Carol Padden
Researched deaf culture and conditionals
Ted Supalla
Noun/verb pairs
Nancy Frishberg
historical linguistics
loss of iconicity and tightening
Robin Battinson
4th Parameter: orientation
Charlotte Baker Sherik
Conversational ASL
Turn-taking
Andrew Foster
Father of deaf education in Africa
