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2. Linguistics of American Sign Language

3. Lexical Categories (5th Edition Pages 100 – 111)

4. Lexical = "words or vocabulary"

5. Lexical Unit = "a word" (or a sign)

6. Lexical Categories =

7. Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs etc.

8. Can divide signs into two types:

9. “Content Signs” & “Function Signs”

10. “Content Signs” Examples:

11. nouns verbs adjectives adverbs

12. Function signs include:

13. pronouns prepositions conjunctions

14. What are some “Content Signs" lexical categories?

15. noun verb adjective adverb

16. What are some Function Signs lexical categories?

17. pronouns prepositions and conjunctions

18. If a lexical category tends to accept new signs it is "open."

19. If a lexical category doesn’t accept new signs it is "closed."

20. Example: Sometimes we need new nouns…

21. MICROWAVE I-PHONE E-Mail

22. We don't seem to need new pronouns:

23. "it"

24. Existing pronouns can refer to new nouns.

25. So we don't need new pronouns.

26. So, the lexical category of "pronoun" is closed.

27. Topic: “Nouns”

28. Name sign: “Dr. Bill”

29. Name sign: Katie

30. = noun

31. CHICAGO = noun

32. #SEARS = noun

33. #DENNY'S = noun

34. COMPUTER TABLE THEORY = noun

35. Nouns include: individuals …

36. places…

37. concrete things…

38. abstract things

39. Nouns tend to be countable.

40. How do you make a noun plural in English?

41. Generally you add an "s"

42. How do you make a noun plural in ASL?

43. reduplication

44. brothers = BROTHER++

45. sisters = SISTER++

46. words = WORD++

47. plants = PLANT++

48. "Verbs"

49. Verbs =

50. actions …

51. events …

52. processes …

53. states of being …

54. RUN

55. WALK

56. ENJOY

57. LIKE

58. HELP

59. INFORM

60. Topic: "Adjectives"

61. Adjectives describe nouns

62. Adjective examples:

63. opinions

64. sizes

65. age

66. color

67. Adjectives tend to appear before nouns

68. Adj after noun = "adjectival predicate"

69. Example: MOVIE, FUNNY

70. adj FUNNY (after movie) acts as a verb

71. Ex: The movie is funny!

72. Adjectives can be modified…

73. TALL MAN vs …

74. VERY-TALL MAN

75. Topic: "Adverbs"

76. Adverbs are used to…

77. express manner

78. indicate temporal frequency

79. modify adjectives

80. modify other adverbs

81. English tends to use "-ly"

82. ASL modifies via "articulation"

83. Articulation means…

84. "How a sign is produced"

85. Example: SIT vs…

86. SIT-FOR-LONG-TIME

87. Adverbs also indicate "when" …

88. YESTERDAY

89. TWO-WEEKS-AGO

90. NEXT-TWO-DAYS

91. STILL

92. Example: TOMORROW PRO-1 WORK

93. CLOSED LEXICAL CATEGORIES…

94. Pronouns Modal_verbs Prepositions & Conjunctions

95. What does a pronoun do?

96. Represents an already identified…

97. PERSON

98. PLACE

99. THING

100. English: he, she, it, them, us

101. How are ASL pronouns different from English pronouns?

102. ASL only has two categories of pronouns:

103. 1. Pronouns that point at oneself

104. 2. Pronouns that point away from self

105. PRO-1 = I / me

106. PRO = you, he, she, it, they

107. English has 3 categories of pronouns:

108. 1st person: I / me

109. 2nd person: you

110. 3rd person: he/she

111. Another difference: subject and object pronouns

112. English: I / me we / us he / him

113. ASL: initial location / final location (direction)

114. ASL has "numeral morphemes"…

115. ASL pronouns can identify a specific number

116. PRO-MULTI-THREE (first person)

117. PRO-MULTI-THREE (non-first person)

118. Examples:

119. PRO-1 = I/ME

120. PRO-DUAL-1 = "WE-2"

121. "you 2"

122. "you 3"

123. "those three"

124. PRO-PL-1 = "we"

125. PRO-PL = "they"

126. Topic: "Modal Verbs"

127. Modal verbs express: necessity or possibility

128. Usually modal verbs come before other verbs

129. Sometimes modal verbs come after a verb

130. verb > modal verb = "emphasis"

131. Examples:

132. WILL

133. CAN

134. MUST

135. SHOULD

136. Topic: Modal Verb "emphasis"

137. What is the difference between these concepts in ASL?...

138. should need-to must

139. Playful intensity: MUST!-[4-fingers]

140. Topic: "prepositions"

141. Prepositions show relationships of nouns

142. English: under, on, in, above, with, do, etc.

143. ASL: "depiction"

144. depiction used to be called "classifiers"

145. depiction = showing how

146. Predicate = "says something about"

147. "Predicate" = "comment"

148. ASL prepositions tend to incorporate…

149. more information, for example…

150. INSIDE-(near_chest)+ = "inner feelings"

151. Example…

152. OLD FEELING STILL INSIDE-MY-CHEST

153. Topic: Conjunctions

154. Conjunctions join words or phrases

155. ASL conjunctions: …

156. BUT

157. UNDERSTAND

158. #OR

159. PLUS

160. Examples…

161. PRO BRING #TV, SHELF PLUS S-O-F-A

162. PRO CAN GO STORE UNDERSTAND HELP MOTHER FIRST

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