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Theory of ASL - Midterm Flashcards

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ASL is considered the native language of who?

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American Deaf individuals in the US and Anglophone Canada.

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ASL is a complete human language

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intimately tied to American Deaf culture

  • Language arises from culture; culture can be understood as shared experience and evaluation of that experience.
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ASL is different and distinct from?

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Pidgin Signed English (PSE) also known as Contact English or Manually Coded English (MCE). You may also hear this called Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE).

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A 3rd version of signed language is?

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Signed Exact English (SEE), designed to teach and reinforce deaf people English grammar.

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The Rochester Method

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Communication where everything is finger spelled

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Modes of English (not spoken or written)

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  1. SEE
  2. Rochester Method
  3. Morse Code
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Deaf individuals code switch -

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From ASL to PSE (just as non-deaf individuals code switch in many situations)

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Deaf individuals use ASL to communicate to

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other deaf individuals

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Deaf using an interpreter

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allow the deaf to communicate to the non-deaf each in their own language

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Interpreters work from

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  • English to ASL
  • ASL to English
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Transliteration

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Is when an interpreter uses PSE instead of ASL

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We know that communication has occurred when?

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both the sender and receiver understand the same message.

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Source language intrusion

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When we force English into ASL - via finger spelling or English syntax

-OR-

When we force ASL into English by glossing rather than interpreting.

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ASL does borrow some English words

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they are called Lexicons -

  • fingerspelled, but evolves to look more like a sign and less like finger spelling
  • When glossed they are preceeded by #
  • Examples: #APT #BANK # PARK # BACK #WILL
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ASL is a HIGH Context Language meaning….

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It’s difficult to drop into a conversation in progress and understand what the topic is.

This is Due to:

ASL’s use of sign names, classifiers and spatialization.

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English is a low context language

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with regard to everyday topics, an individual could theoretically drop in to the middle of an ongoing conversation and understand what is being said.

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Features of ASL

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  1. No Orthography
  2. Some signs are Iconic
  3. Some signs are Arbitrary
  4. Spatialization
  5. The Reality Principle
  6. Pronominalization
  7. Directionality
  8. Classifiers used to represent nouns
  9. Sign Parameters
  10. Dominant / Non-Dominant hands
  11. Two-handed signs
  12. Many signs can be inflected for intensity
  13. “Agent” marker
  14. Signs vary
  15. Negation
  16. Numeral incorporation
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No Orthography

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No Orthography - it can’t be written.

Glossing is an effort to write it but it doesn’t capture a lot of necessary info and was developed by researchers, not deaf individuals for the purpose of writing

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Iconic Signs

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Some signs are Iconic - They look like what they mean

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Arbitrary Signs

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Some signs are Arbitrary - they don’t look like what they mean

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Spatialization

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Spatialization - ASL is a 3 demensional language and can therefore make use of space in ways that spoken language can’t

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The Reality Principle

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A Noun can be established in a location and it is then treated as if it is really there.

23
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Pronominalization

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Pronouns made by pointing

about 9 different handshapes

Different from English pronouns

Some headnods, eye gaze behaviors and facial movements

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Directionality

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Closely tied to spatialization, the reality principle and pronominalization

some verbs can move through space

EXAMPLES: Give to me, give to him, give to her

Help me, Help you

Pity for me, Pity for you

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Classifiers

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Used to represent nouns ( the noun must be signed first)

May be established in space

Classifiers frequently represent the size and shape, or at least the relative proportions of the nouns they represent.

Classiefiers can often move

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Sign Parameters

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Hand Shape

Point of articulation

Palm orientation

Movement

Non-Manual features

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Dominant / Non-Dominant hands

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The Dominent hand is the more important hand in terms of sign production

Non-Dominant handshapes are limited.

Often stays in 1 location

Same as dominant

Handshapes - B,A,S,O,C

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Two-Handed Signs

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Can move parallel to each other

Opposite to each other

Alternating with each other

29
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Inflection

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many signs can be inflected for intensity; often English adverbs (which describe how and action occurs) can be built-into the sign, especially in verb signs

30
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“Agent” Markers

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Add an “Agent” Marker to a verb sign to indicate a person who does that verb.

EXAMPLES: TEACH-agent, COOK-agent, WORK-agent

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Signs Vary

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Multiple signs for 1 concept, regional signs, old/new signs, individual preference.

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Negation

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Head shake simultaneous with sign

Negation by throwing away

use Negative sign (CAN’T, DON’T, WON’T, NOT)

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Numeral Incorporation

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Certain numbers can be incorporated into the formation of certain signs

EXAMPLE: OLD, DAY, WEEK, MONTH, EVERY YEAR

34
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Define Language

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A System of relatively arbitrary symbols and grammatical signals that change accross time and that members of a community share and use for several purposes:

To interact with each other

To communicate their ideas, emotions and intentions

To transmit their culture from generation to generation

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Define ASL

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Native, Manual, Cultural Language of the Deaf in teh US and Anglophone Canada

36
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Types os ASL sentences

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Statement (Topic/Comment)

Negation

Yes-No question

WH-question

RH-question

Time sequenced ordering of events

Conditional (IF-Then)

Directionality

Spatialization (Use of Space)

Classifier

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Topic / Comment Sentence

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A basic declarative sentence

EX: It is important to eat breakfast every morning

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Yes / No Question

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A asks B something; the answer is either “yes” or “no”

EX: Are you addicted to watching TV?

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WH-Question

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Who, What, Where, When, Why, or How

EX: How much did you pay for your car?

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Rhetorical Questions (RH-Questions)

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A question is asked that you intend to answer yourself

EX: I was just hired because I have 15 years of work experience.

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Use of Space

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People / Things are established and referenced in sign space

EX: Who is that red-headed girl

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Directionality

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Verbs move in space - to the right, left, up daown, in arc

EX: I need help becasue my car is broken.

43
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Negation

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Includes the concept of “no, not, none, do not, etc…

EX: I can’t find my glasses!

44
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Classifiers

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Handshapes that represent - make pictures of- nouns

EX: The man walked as if he were drunk.

45
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Conditionals

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If-Tne Propostions and their variation When-Then

EX: My boss will fire me if I call in sick again.

46
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Time Sequence Order

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ASL prefers events in chronological order

EX: I’m tired becasue I’ved worked hard all day after getting up so early this morning.

47
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Sign Parameter - Handshape

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Usually named for letters or numbers; variations include

clawed

bent

open

48
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Sign Parameter - Point of Articulation

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Location of the sign

49
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Sign Parameter - Palm Orientation

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Which way the palm faces when making the sign gives information concerning the sign’s meaning.

50
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Sign Parameter - Movement

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Of the Sign itself or the fingers

Some signs have the same handshape but have different meanings becasue of the way the sign moves.

51
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Sign Parameter - Non-Manual Features

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  1. Facial Expressions
  2. Body Shift
  3. Cheek-to-Shoulder (CS)
  4. Foot Stamp, shoulder shrug, miming
  5. Mouth Movements
  • TTTHHHHH
  • MMMMMMM
  • PAH (FSH)
  • Puffed cheeks
  • Sucked-in cheeks
  • Pursed lips

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