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16 Cards in this Set
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Lexicon |
Is the vocabulary of a language |
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Facial expressions |
Display emotion, reinforce meaning and grammatical role |
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Regional signs: |
“Colfax” |
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List buoys |
1st, 2nd, 3rd |
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Semantics |
The study of meaning and how meaning is formed in a language |
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ASL builds meaning not only through construction of the lexicon, but also |
through use of space, context, concepts and classifiers |
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Deixis |
Indexing in ASL; e.g. “there” “here” |
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Space is used to enhance |
meaning and create context: Create a more elaborate picture. |
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Gestures: Full use of the body to |
convey/emphasize the meaning. |
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Lexicalized signs |
(not a particular sign for, become integrated as signed or abbreviated words; “b-u-s”, “w-h-a-t”, “h-s” |
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Non-manual signals |
(used to reinforce meaning) “th” “far” |
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Idioms |
“Train gone” |
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Compounds |
“home” |
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Surrogates |
Where the signer becomes the person or thing he/she is referencing. |
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Gradient features |
“far” “diverse” “change” “past –vs- long time ago” |
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Token blends |
Categories created in a neutral space in front of the signer. |
