ASL 2 Advanced Grammar & Culture

1. ASL 2Advanced Grammar & Culture • Welcome! Lecture • day- please clear off your desks- no phones needed

2. Reduplication • Seen in several • Noun-Verb Pairs in ASL • Verbs-move slow and once • Nouns-undergo reduplication: repeated and faster • Examples: To-Fly vs. Airplane • To-Sit vs. Chair

3. Non-Manual Signals in ASL include anything conveyed beyond the use of hand signs NMS

4. ASL NMS Face Upper Body Shoulder Shrug (e.g. shy, …) Role Shift movement Etc… • Mouth (oo, mm, cha, cs, “th”, ...) • *mouth morphemes often show “intensity” or “degree” • Eyes (eye gaze, squint, ...) • Eyebrows (raised, lowered…) • Nose (e.g. crinkled=yes) • Tongue (e.g. Not-Yet) • Head • Nod • Shake • Tilt • Etc…

5. 5 Parameters in ASL

6. Parameters: can be compared similar to individual sounds HandshapePalm orientationmovementlocationNon-manual signals

7. Minimal Pairs: Two words or signs that are identical except for ONE change; & this changes the meaning (minimally distinctive) English- Pat, Bat, Sat ASL- FATHER, MOTHER, FINE (location) NAME, WEIGHT, KNIFE; SCHOOL, PAPER, CLEAN (movement) HOME, DEAF, YESTERDAY (handshape) LATE, NOT-YET (non-manual signal) THING, CHILDREN (palm orientation)

8. ASL Uses Space!!! Know what is Neutral Space in ASL, and the different “planes” we generally use when signing Deixis- know this concept (establishing referents)- In ASL, we generally do this through indexing (pointing) and eye gaze

9. Movement Links to Wikipedia: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language/Grammar_1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language_grammar Movement can change meaning: e.g. MORNING; EVERY-MORNING; ALL-MORNING ASL can use both non-manual signals and movement in space to simultaneously add meaning “on top of” signs, Movement changes to indicate person, number, etc.- often through certain verb types

10. Verb Types in ASLp. 37 SN Level 2 Plain/Uninflected- basic verb e.g. TO-LIVE, TO-DIE, TO-UNDERSTAND Inflecting Verbs e.g. THROW-UP (may have a plain/uninflected form, e.g. TO-THROW-UP (once) Recurring Inflection: repetitions (e.g. several times a day, every Monday) Continuous Inflection: repeated circular movement (e.g. continuously with little interruption- the whole hour, all morning, all week long) Spatial/Agreement Verbs (person, number) e.g. TO-SHOW, TO-GIVE, etc…

11. Multiple Meanings in ASL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=202-hHdEyeM Conceptual Accuracy- remember to use this in ASL Residential vs. Mainstreaming in Deaf Education- law and timeline handout (I will have copies again if you need them)

12. Lexicalized signs vs. Loan Signs Lexicalized signs- #fun, #what, #style True loan signs- from another language, eg. CHINA, KOREA, etc.

13. Classifier types in ASL You need to recognize these classifier types. An excellent resource for this is found on ASL University’s website: http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/c/classifiers.htm My PPT on classifiers- sample test questions

14. Tests for this six weeks, &Final Exam Information • Tomorrow (Friday)--- Written fingerspelling tips • (see bellworks and side board);Unit 17 signs • 2. Composition book test- including 4 practice • tests, the self-assessment fingerspelling grid, and • Bellworks. • 3. Fingerspelling test- 1 on 1 signed to me- by Monday in class • Final Exam (I will have review sheets online and printed next week): • *Written cumulative culture/grammar multiple choice/true false • *A signed portion-cumulative – you watch the video of me signing, and choose the correct sentence (A-D) • *Remember, you need to know Units 1-17 signs for the final exam  • My webpage has links to videos- http://schools.birdvilleschools.net/Page/23472

15. The End! Great Job!