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Dr. Bill Vicars Lifeprint

Dr. Bill Vicars Lifeprint.com. ASL Linguistics: Time and Aspect. Are you able to sign about yesterday?. Can you sign about tomorrow?. ASL is not limited to "here and now.". What is that called?. Displace-ment. What is an independent lexical item?. It is a "word" or a "sign.".

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Dr. Bill Vicars Lifeprint

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  1. Dr. Bill Vicars Lifeprint.com

  2. ASL Linguistics:Time and Aspect

  3. Are you able to sign about yesterday?

  4. Can you sign about tomorrow?

  5. ASL is not limited to "here and now."

  6. What is that called?

  7. Displace-ment

  8. What is an independent lexical item?

  9. It is a "word" or a "sign."

  10. What is displacement?

  11. "Able to talk about other times."

  12. What lexical items are used for displacement?

  13. tomorrow

  14. yesterday

  15. soon (versions)

  16. two days ago

  17. will

  18. To "mark" something in language means what?

  19. "mark" means to indicate

  20. "mark" means "attach meaning"

  21. "mark" means designate

  22. What is an independent lexical item?

  23. A word (or sign).

  24. What is a unit of meaning that is (generally) smaller than a word?

  25. morpheme

  26. Give me an example of...

  27. An English morpheme that marks time.

  28. "-ed"

  29. For example "walked" = walk in the past

  30. "He walks" = third person present

  31. "-s" and "-ed" are called...

  32. tense markers

  33. "-s" and "-ed" show what time is intended

  34. They "mark" time.

  35. Instead of adding a morpheme we can...

  36. Use a different form of the verb

  37. What is a different form of “SEE”?(in English)

  38. SEE > SAW

  39. What is a different form of “run”?(in English)

  40. RUN > RAN

  41. So, English creates displacement how?

  42. independent lexical items

  43. special morphemes

  44. "-ed" and "-s" are bound morphemes

  45. Does ASL use bound morphemes to mark tense?

  46. Generally “no.”[That is the answer for any tests]

  47. You will see stuff like: “very-RECENT” but the “very” (cheek-shoulder) is an adverb in this situation and part of the independent lexical item “very-RECENT” which is the tense marker for whatever your are saying happened recently.

  48. ASL (usually) marks time via ...

  49. independent lexical items.

  50. For example:

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