Question Forms

 The study of language  Gives us rules to follow when using language  Helps us to better understand the language  Has terms to describe features of language  One of these terms is “Question Forms”

 How we ask questions in Sign Language  Use of N.M.F.  Use of Sign Order  Use of Referent

Non – Manual Features (N.M.F.) Facial Expression Movement Very important. Changes a statement into a question. E.g: Alright.

 This is the sentence structure when asking questions.  Wh? (Who, What, When, Where, How, Why, etc.) usually comes at the end of the sentence.  1 st : Topic, Timeline, Object  2 nd : Topic, Comments  Last: Wh?, Action

Point to what/who you are asking the question about. Not relevant for all questions. E.g: Generally questions relating to the weather.

BSLENGLISH  Next week weather like what?  Holiday go where? ...  What will the weather be like next week?  Where are you going on Holiday?  How much is that Doggy in the window?