sign language ling

Question 1

As of 2015, there are approximately ___ profoundly deaf and
deafened Canadians and possibly____ hard of hearing
Canadians. This stat has been getting smaller/larger with time

Answer 1

357,000, 3.21 million

larger

Question 2

ASL was developed in the early ____ from old french sign language. This is considered a young/old sign language

Answer 2

1800s, young

Question 2

First school for the deaf established in Conneticut in 1817 by ____ (hearing American) and ____
(deaf Frenchman)

Answer 2

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Laurent Clerc

Question 3

first school for the deaf that opened in canada was in ___ in Quebec city

Answer 3

1831

Question 4

t/f a single word can have multiple different sign translations depending on the part of canada

Answer 4

t

Question 5

2nd most popular sign language is: with aprox. ___ signers

Answer 5

Langue des signes québécoise
455

Question 6

Langue des signes québécoise is a(n) dependent/independent language, only recognised in

Answer 6

Ontario

Question 7

___ sign language is realted to british sign language. Although it is endangered it blends with ASL specifically within the ___ ASL dialect

Answer 7

maritime

Atlantic

Question 8

Si gn language is not based on spoken language. Some little exception to this would be:

Answer 8

-handshape based on Eng spelling (manual alphabet

Question 9

what are the 2 ways sign languages naturally arise

Answer 9

Deaf community sign languages (Deaf
schools/clubs

• Village sign languages (geographically/socially
  isolated communities)
  ex.

Question 10

t/f iconic signs obey
phonotactics, and are affected by
phonological and morphological
rules

Answer 10

t

Question 11

what is aperture? is it phonemic or allophonic

Answer 11

the open or closed relationship of the thumb to the fingers when the thumb is opposed to the palm.

can be either

Question 12

the parameter ___ is used in verb agreement

Answer 12

movement

Question 13

do all sign languages have 4 parameters

Answer 13

no

Question 14

Roots and inflections are produced simultaneously/un-simultaneously in sign language.

Answer 14

simultaneously

Question 15

whats a common example of compounding in ASL

Answer 15

fever = tea = sick

Question 16

how would the prefix in- be represented in ASL

Answer 16

its just 2 forms of the same prefix. the form of the prefix changes depending on what sign its attached to

Question 17

how does verb agreement work in ASL

Answer 17

changing movement
changes the referrents,
modifying the verb

Question 18

t/f all sign parameters are remembered in the same way

Answer 18

f

Question 19

whats the order of how location, movement, handshape are remembered

Answer 19

movement > handshape > location

Question 20

signers experience ___ phenomenon (similar to tip-of-the-tongue in hearing speakers

Answer 20

tip-of-the-fingers

Question 21

t/f brain damage effects some features more than others

Answer 21

t

Question 22

Phonological neighborhoods in sign:

Answer 22

sets of signs that share locaGon,
hand shape, or movement.

Question 23

For location: dense neighborhoods ____ for unfamiliar signs -
For handshape: dense neighborhoods _____of unfamiliar signs

Answer 23

cause problems, speed processing

Question 24

ASL word order is ___ but ___ is common in a lot of spoken and sign

Answer 24

SVO, SOV

Question 25

Deaf individuals show strongly ___-lateralized response to linguistic facial expressions; hearing not

Answer 25

left

Question 26

for a yes/no question you raise/burrow your eyebrows

Answer 26

raise

Question 27

for a wh- question you raise/burrow your eyebrows

Answer 27

burrow

Question 28

t/f silent adverbials are universal

Answer 28

f

Question 29

t/f slang in sign can differ with age

Answer 29

t

Question 30

what are the 4 diff kinds of accent in sign

Answer 30

1. regional (New york signs rly fast) 2. age 3. foreign accents 4. hearing accent

Question 31

t/f signing kids start producing language at the same time as hearing kids

Answer 31

f. signing kids start producing a bit sooner

Question 32

t/f signing one/two/multi-word milestones occur around the same time as the milestones do in hearing kids

Answer 32

t

Question 33

t/f sign language acquisition appears to be influenced by a critical/sensitive period

Answer 33

t

Question 34

____ and ___ suffer when sign acquisition is delayed until after puberty

Answer 34

morphology, syntax

Question 35

t/f for sign, age of acquisition seems to be of greater importance than amount of experience

Answer 35

t

Question 36

signing kids AND hearing kids show syllabic babbling at __m and variegated babbling at __m

Answer 36

10, 12

Question 37

4 points of how phonological sign errors occur

Answer 37

1. Handshape markedness (WATER) hard to acquire, substitute handshapes for easier ones 2. Sympathy: two-handed signs with different handshapes (COOKIE), one-handed signs (HORSE) use the same handshape instead of 2 diffores , or use 2 hands for 1 handed signs * Multi-cyclicity repeat signs more * Proximization (FISH)

Question 38

Nicaraguan Sign Language supports/denies the claim that children do not have to learn from input, but can spontaneously create language

Answer 38

supports

Question 39

Median performance in hearing impaired students is about the same as median performance of hearing ___ graders

Answer 39

third

Question 40

signers show more activity over the R/L hem

Answer 40

R

Question 41

t/f deaf readers respond to the meaning of words slower than hearing readers

Answer 41

f. about the same

Question 42

Deaf readers do not respond to closed-class words the same as hearing readers. what are closed-class words

Answer 42

syntacSc words like and, of, about, because, etc.

Question 43

Signers perform more ___ rotation than non-signers, because signers describe ____ layouts from their own perspectives

Answer 43

mental, spatial

Question 44

whats the relationship between signing and theory of mind

Answer 44

better at TOM tests, specifically for native signers

Question 45

whats the best time for children to recieve cochlear implants

Answer 45

before 2.5-3.5y

Question 46

Normally, A1/A2 processes auditory information, regardless of content and source – A1/A2 processes complex stimuli (including speech) and does multi-sensory integration

Answer 46

A1 A2