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2. Derive a noun from a verb.

3. Example: SIT ~ CHAIR

4. Show me a compound sign.

5. Example: THINK-MARRY = BELIEVE

6. Show me an example of lexicalized fingerspelling

7. Examples: #JOB, #BACK

8. Morphology: Verbs ~ Nouns, Compounding, & Lexicalizing …

9. … are all ways to derive new signs.

10. Another way is to borrow from other languages.

11. Example: ITALY CHINA

12. Verbs ~ Nouns, Compounding, Lexicalizing, & Borrowing …

13. … all involve using “free morphemes”

14. Free Morphemes can stand alone.

15. In English, “Cat” is a free morpheme.

16. The suffix “-ed” is not a free morpheme.

17. “-ed” is a bound morpheme.

18. “-ed” is a meaningful unit of language but it must be attached to a word.

19. In the sign WEEK, you can change the handshape from a 1 to a 2, or a 3 and so on to mean a specified number of weeks.

20. The sign “TWO-WEEKS” can be thought of as having two meaningful parts:

21. 1. The bundle of information consisting of the holds, movement, location, orientation, and nonmanual signal.

22. 2. The handshape: In the sign “TWO-WEEKS” the “2 handshape” is a bound morpheme.

23. Note: For most native signers, the handshape for WEEK can be changed from 1 through 9.

24. WEEKS

25. 3-WEEKS

26. 9-WEEKS

27. 11 WEEKS

28. MONTHS

29. 2-MONTHS

30. 6-MONTHS

31. 9-MONTHS

32. 14 MONTHS

33. DOLLAR AMOUNTS

34. YEARS

35. 3 YEARS

36. 3-YEARS AGO

37. 4-YEARS AGO

38. 5 YEARS AGO

39. EXACT TIME

40. 3 O’CLOCK

41. 7:36 AM

42. Around 2 PM

43. PERIOD OF TIME

44. From 9 to 11

45. HEIGHT

46. 5’ 7”

47. FIRST PLACE

48. SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE

49. Numbers on a shirt (Jersey)

50. Sports SCORES 7 to 9

51. $1 - $9

52. 1 cent

53. 5 cents

54. 10 cents

55. 25 cents

56. 50 cents

57. $3.52

58. Ask yourself, what does assimilation mean?

59. Now ask yourself, is assimilation taking place in the sign "OLD-9"?

60. The handshape change that we see in “ages 1 to 9” is the result of phonological assimilation (NOT numerical incorporation).

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