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ASL Linguistics: Verbs Linguistics, 5th Edition, Unit 18, Page 120 - 130

EAT

ENJOY

FORGET

HAVE

LIKE

LOVE

PUNISH

UPSET

Static location =

location doesn’t change

articulatory means having to do with producing the sign

articulation is void of meaning

articulation is form and process but not meaning

If a sign’s location is articulatory …

… then location doesn’t influence meaning

An articulatory location is just a phoneme.

We call such verbs: “plain”

New topic…

GIVE

INFORM

TELL

PICK-ON

SEND

PAY

you-GIVE-me

you-INFORM-me

TELL-me

you-PICK-ON-me

you-SEND-me

you-PAY-me

These verbs are called…

Indicating verbs

Example: “I hate him.” doesn’t need “I” or “him.”

The direction and orientation of the verb indicate…

… who is the subject and who/what is the object.

1st location equals subject

2nd location equals the object

Exception:

HIRE and INVITE

HIRE: 1st location is object.

#SAY-NO-TO can be used to express the English sentence I SAY NO TO HIM.

New topic…

look-at-each-other

understand-each-other

Reciprocating action

reciprocal verbs

New topic…

Consider the sign “THROW”

Example: “JOHN THROW ^ ROCK”

THROW = “locative” verb

Locative: HURT #HURT

Locative: PUT

New topic…

Depicting verbs:

Example: use-SCALPEL

Depicting verbs: handshape has meaning

Former term: CLASSIFIER PREDICATE

Emerging term: Depicting verb

VEHICLE-DRIVE-BY

PERSON-WALK

FLAT-SURFACE

VEHICLE-DRIVE-UP¬HILL

Depicting verbs blend objects into communication …

Example: telling about a “rocket”

3 types of depicting verbs…

1. Show where something is.

Example: VEHICLE-be-at

2. Show what something looks like.

FLAT-SURFACE-EXTEND-UPWARD

(sizes and shapes)

3. Movement or Action

Example: VEHICLE-DRIVE-TO

VEHICLE-WIND-DRIVE-TO

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If used often enough, depicting verbs become…

lexicalized into regular signs. For example…

KEY

DRINK

PACK

FUNERAL

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Metaphorical depiction:

FALL-IN-LOVE

TRUST

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