Asl Unit Flashcards

Front 1

What does Unit 13 discuss?

Back 1

Location of objects in a room, classifiers.

Front 2

What are classifiers?

Back 2

Used to tell where things are located & categorize nouns

Front 3

Give 8 examples of classifiers

Back 3

Refrigerator, table, chair, window, counter, vase, bed, desk.

Front 4

What does indicating spatial relationships mean?

Back 4

Establishing locations. They use different areas of their signing space to correspond to different areas in the room.

Front 5

What did Shane need in Minidialogue #4?

Back 5

Dictionary

Front 6

What are 2 ways to clarify the location?

Back 6

Point, eye gaze, signs

Front 7

What are the several ways to indicate plurality in ASL?

Back 7

Cardinal Numbers, Quantifier Signs, Classifiers

Front 8

What are handshape stories?

Back 8

Form of creative play.

ABC, Number, One-handshape

Front 9

What does Unit 14 discuss?

Back 9

Complaining, Making Suggestions, & Requests

Front 10

What are 3 inflections for Temporal Aspects?

Back 10

Uninflected, Recurring, Continuous

Front 11

Uninflected

Back 11

Once. Basic form of verb, basic movement

Front 12

Recurring

Back 12

Several repetitions

(every day, every Monday)

Front 13

Continuous

Back 13

Circular movement

(all morning, all week)

Front 14

What does Spatial Agreement?

Back 14

Talking about a 3rd person. Set up referent for the 3rd person & use pronouns/inflections on verbs that agree with that location

Front 15

List 2 examples of using verb agreement:

Back 15

"Show", you to third person, third person to you

Front 16

What does Unit 15 discuss?

Back 16

Exchanging Personal Information, Life Events

Front 17

What were Cinnie's jobs in California?

Back 17

Taught ASL @ Vista College, teacher for deaf/blind.

Left after 2 years & got a teaching job seeking skills to Deaf adults. Was laid off 1 year later

Front 18

When telling about family history, what 3 language tools are important for keeping the information clear ad easy to follow?

Back 18

Possessive pronouns, Listing, Contrastive Structure

Front 19

When is Laurent Clerc's birthday?

Back 19

Dec. 26, 1785

Front 20

What periods of time did captioned films occur?

Back 20

1960s & 1970s

Front 21

What years did Edward M. Gallaudet serve as college president?

Back 21

1864-1910

Front 22

List 2 time signs

Back 22

"cs" - shortly after

"mm" - standard size

Front 23

What does "oo", "mm" and "cha" mean?

Back 23

oo - small

mm - medium

cha - large

Front 24

What is the answer for 1975 on page 100?

Back 24

Printers were added to these devices. The printouts were about 2 inches wide

Front 25

What does Unit 17 discuss?

Back 25

Talking about the weekend

Front 26

What is the difference between "transitions" and "continunity"?

Back 26

T: marks the end of one part & beginning of the next

C: shows how long an activity continued

Front 27

List 3 "beginning-end pairs" signs

Back 27

"Come over", "plane take off", "arrive"

Front 28

Why did Carlene miss her flight?

Back 28

The flight changed gates & she was not informed about the change. She asked twice about the flight & by the time the agent told her, the plane had already left