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2. ASL Linguistics: Verbs
Linguistics, 5th Edition, Unit 18, Page

3. EAT

4. ENJOY

5. FORGET

6. HAVE

7. LIKE

8. LOVE

9. PUNISH

10. UPSET

11. Static location =

12. location doesn’t change

13. articulatory means having to do with producing the sign

14. articulation is void of meaning

15. articulation is form and process but not meaning

16. If a sign’s location is articulatory …

17. … then location doesn’t influence meaning

18. An articulatory location is just a phoneme.

19. We call such verbs: “plain”

20. New topic…

21. GIVE

22. INFORM

23. TELL

24. PICK-ON

25. SEND

26. PAY

27. you-GIVE-me

28. you-INFORM-me

29. TELL-me

30. you-PICK-ON-me

31. you-SEND-me

32. you-PAY-me

33. These verbs are called…

34. Indicating verbs

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

36. The direction and orientation of the verb indicate…

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

38. 1st location equals subject

39. 2nd location equals the object

40. Exception:

41. HIRE and INVITE

42. HIRE: 1st location is object.

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

44. New topic…

45. look-at-each-other

46. understand-each-other

47. Reciprocating action

48. reciprocal verbs

49. New topic…

50. Consider the sign “THROW”

51. Example: “JOHN THROW ^ ROCK”

52. THROW = “locative” verb

53. Locative: HURT #HURT

54. Locative: PUT

55. New topic…

56. Depicting verbs:

57. Example: use-SCALPEL

58. Depicting verbs: handshape has meaning

59. Former term: CLASSIFIER PREDICATE

60. Emerging term: Depicting verb

61. VEHICLE-DRIVE-BY

62. PERSON-WALK

63. FLAT-SURFACE

64. VEHICLE-DRIVE-UP¬HILL

65. Depicting verbs blend objects into communication …

66. Example: telling about a “rocket”

67. 3 types of depicting verbs…

68. 1. Show where something is.

69. Example: VEHICLE-be-at

70. 2. Show what something looks like.

71. FLAT-SURFACE-EXTEND-UPWARD

72. (sizes and shapes)

73. 3. Movement or Action

74. Example: VEHICLE-DRIVE-TO

75. VEHICLE-WIND-DRIVE-TO

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77. If used often enough, depicting verbs become…

78. lexicalized into regular signs. For example…

79. KEY

80. DRINK

81. PACK

82. FUNERAL

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84. Metaphorical depiction:

85. FALL-IN-LOVE

86. TRUST

87. 

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