Important Aspects of American Sign Language Made by: Kali Yursha American Sign Language Post-Secondary Click play to continue
Click arrow to start quiz! 8 Important Aspects: HANDSHAPE ORIENTATION LOCATION MOVEMENT NON-MANUAL MARKERS ROLE SHIFTING FINGERSPELLING GRAMMAR Click arrow to start quiz!
Click house to return home Handshape Refers physically to the shape of the hand producing the sign ASL has many handshapes. Some examples are the handshape “C”. C can be made to produce the sign COMMUNICATE or CLASS. The handshape “G” can be made to produce the sign GROUP or GOSSIP. Click house to return home
Click house to return home Fingerspelling Fingerspelling is the process of spelling out words by using signs that correspond to the letters of the word. You use fingerspelling for the following : people's names, places, titles, and brands. There is there is a sign for each letter of the alphabet. Click house to return home
Click house to return home Grammar ASL grammar is not like English. In ASL, you must state the topic first. Following the topic are comments and details related to the topic. Click house to return home
Click house to return home Role Shifting Role shifting is used in ASL to explain incidents, situations, stories, etc. This is when you shift your body to represent someone else's character. This is something highly used in ASL. Click house to return home
Click house to return home Orientation Refers to the directions in which the hand is turned to produce a sign. Directions of palm include palm up, palm down, palm right, palm left, palm outward, and palm inward. An example of this would be DIE, the palm orientation is one palm down and one palm up. Click house to return home
Click house to return home Location Are the physical parameters of bodily location where signs are produced. The general parameters are 4 inches above the head, elbow room as with hand son waist, and about 4 inches below the belly button or belt buckle. Click house to return home
Click house to return home Movement Refers to the changing of the location of the hand within the physical parameters during sign production. An example is a sign moving away from or towards you to predicate direction verb such as GIVE, HELP, and PAY. Click house to return home
Click house to return home Non-Manual Markers Also referred to facial expressions, non- manual markers are one or more emotions that connect with a sign. These are a form of non-verbal communication. They are done without the use of the hands and are mostly done with the face. Examples include a head nod, brow raise, or a shoulder raise. Click house to return home
Which refers to HANDSHAPE? Head nod The letter “K” HELP or GIVE
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You choose letter C. That is wrong, please try again. Letter C refers to movement. Click here to go back
You choose letter A. That is wrong, please try again. Letter A refers to non-manual markers. Click here to go back
Which refers to ORIENTATION? The direction of which way the hands are turned to produce a sign Direction verb Brow raises
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You choose letter B. That is wrong, please try again. Letter B refers to movement. Click here to go back
You choose letter C. That is wrong, please try again. Letter C refers to non-manual markers Click here to go back
Which refers to Location? The physical parameters of where the sign is produced The direction of the sign being produced The letter “K”
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You choose letter B. That is wrong, please try again. Letter B refers to movement Click here to go back
You choose letter C. That is wrong, please try again. Letter C refers to handshape. Click here to go back
Which refers to NON-MANUAL MARKERS? Head nods and brown raises The letter “O” Directional verbs
You choose letter B. That is wrong, please try again. Letter B refers to handshape. Click here to go back
You choose letter C. That is wrong, please try again. Letter C refers to movement Click here to go back
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