CDI American Sign Language Proficiency 4

Question 1

Which sentence structure reflects ASL topic-comment order?

Accepted Answer

STORE I GO YESTERDAY (with raised brows on STORE)

Answer

Topicalization fronts the topic with raised brows, followed by the comment.

Question 2

What does the mouth morpheme MM generally convey?

Accepted Answer

Something is normal, regular, or done with ease

Answer

MM (lips pressed together) indicates normal, regular, or relaxed manner.

Question 3

In ASL, how is a sentence typically negated non-manually?

Accepted Answer

Headshake, often with furrowed brows

Answer

A side-to-side headshake co-occurring with the predicate marks negation.

Question 4

A signer lists four reasons using the non-dominant hand's fingers as placeholders. What is this called?

Accepted Answer

Listing (buoy) technique

Answer

List buoys on the non-dominant hand keep track of items in a series.

Question 5

Which pair of signs is an example of a minimal pair differing only in location?

Accepted Answer

SUMMER and UGLY

Answer

SUMMER (forehead) and UGLY (nose level) share handshape and movement but differ in location.

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