ASL Final 1st semester

Question 1

What are the 5 parameters of ASL?

Answer 1

Palm orientation
Handshape
Location
Movement
Non-manual signals

Question 2

Why are NMS/facial expressions important?

Answer 2

• Grammar

- Indicates the sentence type.

Question 3

Are classifiers signs? Give examples.

Answer 3

No, classifiers are handshapes that represent objects, people, animals, descriptions, locations… CL:3, CL:1, CL:5, etc.

Question 4

What is the difference between pathological (medical) and a cultural view of deafness?

Answer 4

• Medical = broken, needs to be fixed,

- cultural=view in positive light, successful if can’t hear, Deaf have culture

Question 5

What is Deixis?

Answer 5

Pointing with the index finger

Question 6

What are the 2 types of name signs?

Answer 6

Arbitrary & Descriptive

Question 7

Give some examples of number types.

Answer 7

Cardinal, Ordinal, Age, Money, Time

Question 8

Give some examples of sentence types.

Answer 8

Yes/No, Statement, “Wh” question, Topic comment, time-topic, rhetorical

Question 9

What is CODA?

Answer 9

Hearing Child of Deaf Adult

Question 10

What is DPN and when did it happen?

Answer 10

“Deaf President Now” Protest in Spring 1988

Question 11

How is fingerspelling used in ASL?

Answer 11

For proper nouns: names of people, places, and things

Question 12

Which 2 sign languages formed ASL?

Answer 12

French & Martha’s Vineyard

Question 13

What is Audism?

Answer 13

Discrimination against deaf or hard of hearing

Question 13

What is Audism?

Answer 13

Discrimination against deaf or hard of hearing

Question 14

What are the different forms of schooling for the Deaf?

Answer 14

Residential Schools, Mainstreaming

Question 15

What is the Rochester Method?

Answer 15

Fingerspell everything

Question 16

How do make a negative statement in ASL?

Answer 16

Head shake no or sign NOT

Question 17

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Answer 17

Founder of American School for the

Deaf who brought Laurent Clerc to America

Question 18

Laurent Clerc

Answer 18

1st Deaf teacher in America, moved from France

Question 19

Helen Keller

Answer 19

deaf and blind author & speaker

Question 20

Marlee Matlin

Answer 20

Grammy award actress

Question 21

Heather Whitestone

Answer 21

Miss America

Question 22

Dummy Hoy

Answer 22

pro baseball player

Question 23

What did Gallaudet Football contribute to the sport?

Answer 23

The Huddle – Paul Hubbard

Question 24

How do you get a Deaf person’s attention?

Answer 24

Tap on shoulder or wave hand across the room or flash lights

Question 25

If your path is blocked by two signers and there is no other route to take what do you do?

Answer 25

Go ahead and walk through

Question 26

The least effective way to communicate with Deaf is what?

Answer 26

Speech and lipreading

Question 27

ASL was formed from what?

Answer 27

French Sign Language and Martha’s Vinyard Sign Language

Question 28

Describe how Deaf people may do these things differently than hearing people.

Answer 28

-Goodbyes (Long, may hug again and again) -Conversation environment (Walk through 2 signers if they block a pathway) -Talk on the phone (Use TTY (older tech) Relay Service, Video Phone (VP), text, video apps) -Wake up in the morning (Alarm Clocks vibrate or flash lights)

Question 29

One should always watch what of the other person signing?

Answer 29

their face and hands

Question 30

define audism (noun)

Answer 30

the notion that one is superior based on one’s ability to hear and speak, or behave in the manner of one who hears and speaks

Question 31

What type of discrimination does audism relate to?

Answer 31

Discriminating someone because of their race.

Question 32

what always goes at the beginning of a sentence?

Answer 32

when somethings going to happen: - Time - Days of the week - Past and Future Tenses - Months of the year - Years - Dates

Question 33

Give an example of a personal pronoun in ASL.

Answer 33

I, ME,YOU, HE/SHE/IT, WE, YOU,THEY

Question 34

what is Diexis?

Answer 34

pointing of the finger

Question 35

Give me an example of a possessive pronoun in ASL.

Answer 35

MY, YOUR, HIS/HER/IT’S, OURS, THEIRS

Question 36

The role of facial expressions or non-manual markers is what in ASL?

Answer 36

grammer

Question 37

ASL is traditionally handed down from generation to generations through:

Answer 37

Deaf family members and deaf schools

Question 38

WH questions are used with eyebrows down or up?

Answer 38

WH eyebrows down

Question 39

Yes/no questions are used with eyebrows down or up?

Answer 39

eyebrows up

Question 40

The cultural perspective of deafness, or big “D” refers to what?

Answer 40

Deaf have a culture and part of a community, viewed in a positive life

Question 41

The medical/pathological perspective of deafness, or little “d” refers to what?

Answer 41

- Viewed in a negative light | - Deaf person is “broken” and needs to be fixed

Question 42

What is the name of the woman who was Deaf who won Miss America in 1985?

Answer 42

Heather Whitestone

Question 43

what is audism?

Answer 43

the notion that one is superior based on one’s ability to hear and speak, or behave in the manner of one who hears and speaks

Question 44

What type of discrimination does audism relate to?

Answer 44

Discriminating someone because of their race.

Question 45

Who invented the football huddle at Gallaudet University?

Answer 45

Paul Hubbard

Question 46

What is the name of the famous Deaf baseball player?

Answer 46

William “Dummy” Hoy

Question 47

What is the name of the person who was against sign language and taught Deaf to speak?

Answer 47

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 48

Who is one of the founding fathers of ASL and established the first School for the Deaf in America?

Answer 48

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Question 49

Who was the Deaf French teacher, and one of the founding fathers of ASL, who established the first School for the Deaf in America?

Answer 49

Laurent Clerc

Question 50

What does ++ mean after a word in glossing?

Answer 50

Sign the word again

Question 51

What does a hyphen(-) mean in glossing?

Answer 51

One sign for two words

Question 52

Classifiers make up what percent of ASL

Answer 52

60%