ASL Final Exam Flashcards
(30 cards)
Laurent Clerc
First deaf teacher in America
Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz
Current President of Gallaudet University
Alexander Graham Bell
Supported Oral Method, opposed Manual Method (ASL)
Alice Cogswell
Gallaudet’s inspiration
Abbe DeL’Eppe
Father of Public Education for the Deaf
I. King Jordan
First Deaf President of Gallaudet
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Father of American Education for the Deaf
Abbe Sicard
De L’Epee Successor/Clerc’s Teacher
Edward Miner Gallaudet
First President/Founder of Gallaudet University
1817 Hartford, Conn.
1st American Public School for the Deaf
1755, Paris, France
1st Public School for Deaf
March 6-13, 1988
Deaf President Now
1864
Lincoln signs bill to establish Gallaudet University
5 Parameters of Sign
1) Handshape
2) Orientation
3) Placement
4) Movement
5) Non manual markers (NMM)
3 Classifiers
1) Descriptive (DCL)
2) Locative (LCL)
3) Semantic (SCL)
5 ASL Sentence Types
1) Statement
2) Yes/No question
3) “WH” question
4) Affirmation
5) Negation
3 Time Signs
1) Modal
2) Strong time indicator
3) Frequency
3 C’s of Fingerspelling
1) Context
2) Configuration
3) Closure
4 ASL Pronouns
1) Personal
2) Possesive
3) Dual personal
4) Honorific
2 Referents
1) Present
2) Absent
3 NMM associated with distance
1) “CS”
2) “MM”
3) “CHA”
NOUN VERB PAIR
Chair & Sit or Store & Sell
Fingerspelled loan sign
Bus or Apt (apartment)
Symmetrical sign
Sunday or Store
