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25 Cards in this Set
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Arbitrary - Name Sign |
First initial - location on head, torso or hands |
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Descriptive - name sign |
Shows physical or behavioral trait |
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Metropolitan areas |
Most Deaf live here. Better opportunities for jobs, social, schools, and interpreters. |
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WH questions are topic comment structure |
True |
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Topic Comment structure |
Follows object, subject, verb pattern |
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TTY |
Uses a keyboard to type a message |
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TDD |
Telecommunication device for the Deaf |
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City's name well known when? |
If it host a major league sports franchise like the NBA or NFL |
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British Sign (BSL) |
2 handed signs |
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French Sign Language |
Closest to ASL. 60% of ASL made up of French Signs. F, G, H, T, and x are different than ASL |
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ASL becoming International |
Because deaf come to the US for education then take ASL back to their country |
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Video phone |
Makes call Paul with Monitor and over the internet |
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OH-I-SEE |
Sign used to express or convey expressions like huh, hmm, oh and aha |
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Sign language end |
Never - as long as there are deaf there will be sign language |
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DURING |
Used instead of on or in as we do in the English language when talking about "on vacation" or "in the morning" |
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Deaf child signs |
Have become controversial because they alienate and point out deaf children in a negative manner |
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KISS-FIST |
sign for Non romantic love |
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Question maker |
Eyebrows up |
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Possessive signs |
Follow the same rules and movement as when deixis is used |
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Sign for live and address |
Same sign, same parameters, except sign repeated for address as it is a noun. |
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Months that are not abbreviated |
March through July |
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That way |
Related to deixis. It is used to provide the general direction of an object or location. |
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Gestuno |
Not a real language, relies more on basic visual concepts, gestures, similar to Esperanto. Used at large International Gatherings of deaf people. |
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Universal sign language? |
There is no universal sign language. |
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Emphasize depth or brightness of a color |
Swing hand forming the color, away from you |
