ASL 1-2 Notes Debbie Redelings ASL 1-2 Notes 1
PARAMETERS ASL 1-2 Notes 2
Signs Have Parts: Parameters Handshape ABCs / Modified ABCs (non-letters) Numbers / Modified Numbers Ex: FATHER Location: Where is it? Does it change? Ex: MOTHER EX: WOMAN ASL 1-2 Notes 3
Parameters (continued) Palm Orientation Out, in, down, up, etc Ex: Movement None, Tap 2x, Small shake Ex: ASL 1-2 Notes 4
FACIAL GRAMMAR: QUESTIONS ASL 1-2 Notes 5
Question Facial Grammar 1. W-H questions: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHICH, HOW Eyebrows down, head/shoulders slightly forward Example : whq YOUR NAME WHAT? ASL 1-2 Notes 6
Question Facial Grammar 2. Yes-No questions Eyebrows up, head/shoulders slightly forward Example: q YOU DEAF YOU? ASL 1-2 Notes 7
PRONOUNS ASL 1-2 Notes 8
Pronouns Personal Handshape Possessive Handshape Singular I MY YOU HE/SHE/IT YOUR HIS/HER/ITS Plural ASL 1-2 Notes 9
FINGERSPELLING: DOUBLE LETTERS ASL 1-2 Notes 10
Fingerspelling: Double letters Open-close AA, TT, NN, MM, SS, FF, DD Slide EE, OO At the end of word: LL, FF Push/Bounce LL, BB CC, KK, GG, etc ASL 1-2 Notes 11
NUMBERS ASL 1-2 Notes 12
Numbers 31-65 (without multiples of 10 and 11) 1. Sign first number and then 2. Pull back second number OR Slide second number ASL 1-2 Notes 13
Numbers 67-98 (without multiples of 10 and 11) Numbers that end in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 No wrist movement Numbers that end in 6, 7, 8, 9 Twist toward the ending number Hint: Look at what fingers are up! ASL 1-2 Notes 14
BEGINNINGS OF SIGNED LANGUAGES ASL 1-2 Notes 15
Abbé Charles Michel de l Epée 1. Late 1760s: Established first residential school for d/deaf children in the world Brought together deaf children from all over Europe ASL 1-2 Notes 16
Abbé de l Epée (continued) 2. Learned and used LSF to teach deaf children French a) How? Invented and added signs to LSF b) Why? Signed manual French (not LSF) matched spoken/written French ASL 1-2 Notes 17
3. From original Paris school alone came Mathematicians Chemists Painters Sculptors Poets Sailors Soldiers Deaf teachers of Deaf students ASL 1-2 Notes 18
4. Epee s Students Start Schools About 12 residential schools throughout Europe ASL 1-2 Notes 19
The First Residential School in Laurent Clerc accompanies Gallaudet back to U.S. Two establish first residential school in Hartford, Connecticut April 1817 the United States ASL 1-2 Notes 20
ORALISM ASL 1-2 Notes 21
Alexander Graham Bell Supported Oralism: deaf should use only use oral method, not signed language Oral method: Lip reading and speaking ASL 1-2 Notes 22
Milan Congress 1880 1. International conference Only had two Deaf delegates Oralism: Belief that oral method was better than using sign language 2. Strongly influenced change in most/all European and U.S. residential schools Taught lipreading and speaking only (oral method) Hired only hearing teachers Fired Deaf teachers or moved them to vocational teaching ASL 1-2 Notes 23
CLASSIFIERS ASL 1-2 Notes 24
Classifiers What are they? Signs that describe size, shape, movement, location, and/or number ASL 1-2 Notes 25
1) Descriptive Classifiers Also known as Size and Shape Specifiers (SASS) Hair: Example: Clothes: Example: ASL 1-2 Notes 26
More SASS CL:C> CL: CC> CL: CC> (puffed cheeks) CL:F CL: LL CL:LL (puffed cheeks) ASL 1-2 Notes 27
2) Instrument Classifiers Classifiers that represents something by how you hold it with your hand(s) plus how it moves when you use it CL: 5 CL: O* CL: C* CL: S> ASL 1-2 Notes 28
3) Category Classifiers Classifiers that represent a category CL:3 Vehicles Cars, trucks, trains, bicycle, boats CL:Y Aircraft with wings Airplane, jet fighters, biplane CL:A> Objects that don t move Rock, building, fire hydrant, house, mail box ASL 1-2 Notes 29
: Category CL CL:1 Upright person or animal CL: Upright person or animal v CL:V Crouched/sitting person or animal; objects associated with sitting Student(s) in desk(s), dog, cat, squirrel ASL 1-2 Notes 30
VERB-NOUN PAIRS ASL 1-2 Notes 31
VERB-NOUN PAIR MOVEMENT VERB NOUN NUMBER SINGLE (some) repeat, repeat SIZE BIG small Example 1 SIT CHAIR 2 OPEN-DOOR DOOR 3 4 5 ASL 1-2 Notes 32
Example VERB 6 PUT-ON-GLASSES NOUN 7 HEARING-AID 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ASL 1-2 Notes 33
MORE FACIAL GRAMMAR ASL 1-2 Notes 34
Topicalization Introduce the subject or object as a topic Why? Draw your attention Emphasis t MAN THERE, HE SMART. ASL 1-2 Notes 35
LEXICALIZED SIGNS ASL 1-2 Notes 36
What does # mean? Lexicalized Signs: Fingerspelled words that have morphed into. signs #WHAT #DO #JOB #BUSY #IF #APT BUS #CAR #EEK #N-G (NO- GOOD) #TRUCK #T-Y-S (TOYS) #T-B (TOO-BAD) ASL 1-2 Notes 37
MONEY ASL 1-2 Notes 38
Money: DOLLAR A. $1.00 - $ 9.00 (Rule of 9) Sign number: Use single, big twist ends PALM IN Don t sign DOLLAR Gloss: 1-DOLLAR or DOLLAR+1 B. $10.00+ A. (number) DOLLAR B. Gloss:10 DOLLAR, 25 DOLLAR ASL 1-2 Notes 39
1. CENT-(number) Money: Cents a) Which numbers? b) How sign 1. Index finger touch side forehead 2. Move out, sign number Rule of 5: Palm Orientation in Example c) Gloss 2. (number) C-E-N-T-S ALL ASL 1-2 Notes 40
3. CENT+(number) Money: Cents a) Which numbers? Numbers with index available Yes: CENT+55 No: CENT-10 b) How to sign 1. Number touch side forehead 2. Move out, finish sign ASL 1-2 Notes 41
TIME: NUMBER INCORPORATION ASL 1-2 Notes 42
Rule of 9: WEEK 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 can be incorporated into A. NEXT-WEEK M: EXAMPLE: B. LAST-WEEK M: EXAMPLE: 10 or higher (10+) need separate signs EXAMPLE:
Rule of 5: YEAR 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 can be incorporated into A. NEXT-YEAR M: EXAMPLE: B. LAST-YEAR M: EXAMPLE: 6+ need separate signs EXAMPLE: