American Sign Language Proficiency Flashcards
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Which sentence structure reflects ASL topic-comment order?
Answer: STORE I GO YESTERDAY (with raised brows on STORE)
Topicalization fronts the topic with raised brows, followed by the comment.
What does the mouth morpheme MM generally convey?
Answer: Something is normal, regular, or done with ease
MM (lips pressed together) indicates normal, regular, or relaxed manner.
In ASL, how is a sentence typically negated non-manually?
Answer: Headshake, often with furrowed brows
A side-to-side headshake co-occurring with the predicate marks negation.
A signer lists four reasons using the non-dominant hand's fingers as placeholders. What is this called?
Answer: Listing (buoy) technique
List buoys on the non-dominant hand keep track of items in a series.
Which pair of signs is an example of a minimal pair differing only in location?
Answer: SUMMER and UGLY
SUMMER (forehead) and UGLY (nose level) share handshape and movement but differ in location.
Which classifier type would a signer use to describe the stripes on a shirt?
Answer: Size-and-shape specifier (SASS)
SASS classifiers trace or outline the size, shape, and pattern of objects.
When interpreting for a Deaf-Blind consumer using tactile ASL, what is a key adaptation?
Answer: Conveying non-manual grammatical information through the hands, touch, or added signs
Facial grammar is not perceived by touch, so it must be rendered manually or via tactile cues.
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