Using NMS & Classifiers to describe people Unit 8 Using NMS & Classifiers to describe people
Non-Manual Signals “oo” = small, thin, narrow, etc. “mm” = average or medium “cha” = large, wide, tall, etc. “puffed cheek” = large (weight), crowds Classifiers can do many things….
Show the way a noun MOVES He walks slowly. The car served wrecklessly all over the road. The cup fell off the table.
a noun Describe The man was balding, had a thing goatee, & large ears. The buttoned collar shirt had polka dots.
Show the between two nouns… we’ve practiced these before! RELATIONSHIP Show the between two nouns… we’ve practiced these before! The man sat under the tree and slept. The girl walked up to me. The lamp is on the shelf.
Show I can’t decide which zebra to buy. This one only has a few stripes, but the other one is covered with stripes! There are a ton of cars parked outside! My mom has a huge collection of snow globes on the coffee table. Quantity
CL:1 Long, skinny things People Outline Pencil on a desk Man standing chalkboard CL:1
CL:A or (CL:10) Used to show where tall objects are located. Things on a shelf Buildings
CL:3 Used for vehicles & large animals Cars Boats (NEVER USED AS AN AIRPLANE! Shamu
CL:4 Used to represent multiples of items and their arrangement Hair Curtains Line of people Stripes
CL:5 or CLAW Used to large groups of people or textures on a surface. Auditorium or stadium Crowd of students going to cafeteria curly hair
CL:B Used to show “flat” things or surfaces Tables Shelves & countertops Rolling hills Bulletin board
CL:C CL:C Used to show round objects or thickness Flag hole Thick layer of snow on the ground
Used to show small round objects Buttons Coins Eyeballs CL:F
CL:2 Used to show people (leg movement!) Walk Lay down in bed Dive Skip Marching CL:2
CL: bent 2 Used to represent people sitting or animals 4 people sitting on a park bench Sit around a table Owl sitting in the tree Desks in a row
Practice
She walked away very angry. The boy & girl met, then walked off together. The two of them followed her. Two vehicles next to each other. One vehicle passing another.
A full parking lot. A cup on the top shelf. A man diving off a platform. A lot of people running away A head on car collision. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Three of us skipping along.