asl i review asl ii 1 st 6 weeks. what are the parameters of asl? p – palm orientation h -...
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What are the Parameters of ASL?
P – Palm Orientation H - Handshape E - Expressions L - Location M - Movement
Palm Orientation
Which way your palm should face– Up– Down– out – in– Left– Right
Example: Table or Baby?
Handshape
Shapes of your hands (using the alphabet and numbers to sign)
Confused hand shapes – 1/D, D/F, E/O Example: I am Rita vs. My Rita
Facial Expression
Head nods/shakes, eyebrows, nose, eyes, and lips each carry a meaning that can be attached to a sign.
Example:
Location
Begin and end your sign at the correct position Signs are directional and originate away from the
body but end close, or begin close to the body and terminate away
Example: I’ll see you tomorrow
Movement
Types – Arc– Straight line– Circle– Alternating in and out– Twist of the wrist– Finger flick
American Sign Language
– Is not universal– Is not English– There are several different sign languages but
only ASL is the REAL language.– Native language of the North American Deaf
population.
6 different sign languages:
Non-verbal Communication In-group signs ASL PSE (Pidgin Sign English) Manual English (SEE 1, SEE 2, LOVE) Rochester Method
Non-verbal communication
Natural gestures Facial expressions Body movement Used internationally Used when common language
is not available
In-group signs
Home signs School Signs Local Signs Signs are unique to a particular group
or family Examples: football, baseball, gang,
subway
ASL
Standard Signs Finger spelling elements of pantomime Syntax of its own Ideographic Visual language that is conceptually accurate. Example: I went to the store yesterday is
signed as YESTERDAY I GO STORE.
PSE (Pidgin Sign English)
Standard Signs Contact language between English and
ASL (Hearing and Deaf) 3 guidelines followed;
– ASL in English word order– using articles and verb tenses is optional– noun plurality is deleted.
Example: I went to the store yesterday is signed and mouthed as I GO STORE YESTERDAY
Manual English
SEE 1– Seeing Essential English: Used in
Amarillo and sometimes in Richardson, TX (Amarillo sign System)
– One-on-One correlation for changing sound to hand movement.
– Uses initialized signs– visual code for Manual English– Example: comfortable, forgetfulness
Manual English
SEE 2– Signing Exact English– one sign for each morpheme in English– Example: I went to the store yesterday is
signed as I GO + ED TO THE STORE YESTERDAY.
Manual English
LOVE– Linguistics of Visual English– Deaf morphemic language that is/was not
conceptually accurate.– Example: I went to the store yesterday is
signed as I GO + ED TO THE STORE YESTER + DAY.