GLOSS NOTESGLOSS NOTES
GLOSS NOTESGLOSS NOTES
ASL IIASL II
Ms. ClevelandMs. Cleveland
Grammar
•Nouns and adjectives are reversed
•EX: red ball (English)
BALL RED (ASL)
•“WH” Questions are included at theend of the question or choice
•EX: Where is the red ball? (English)
BALL RED WHERE (ASL)
•Tense and topics are indicated at thebeginning of the question or statement.
•EX: My favorite show is “Numbers” (English)
NUMBERS SHOW FAVORITE MY (ASL)
I lost the red ball last week. (English)
LAST-WEEK BALL RED I LOSE (ASL)
General Grammar Rulefor Time
•In general the ASL shows the tenseat the BEGINNING of the thoughtor story and that tense remains untilchanged.
•Past
•Present
•Future
PAST
•The sign moves BACKWARDS
•EX: Maria went to the store to buysome bread
PAST fs-MARIA GO STORE BUYBREAD.
PRESENT
•The sign remains on the FRONT ofthe body of the signer.
•EX: I have to go to the doctor at3:00.
NOW 3 ME HAVE-TO GO DOCTOR.
FUTURE
•The sign moves FORWARD
•EX: In two weeks my family iscoming to visit.
FUTURE TWO-WEEKS FAMILY MYCOME VISIT.
Months of the Year
•Fingerspell the abbreviations of themonth
•Use FIRST and LAST letter of theabbreviation with the signCALENDAR (Except May, June, July).
•January
•February
•March
•April
•May
•June
•July
•August
•September
•October
•November
•December
•JAN
•FEB
•MAR
•APR
•MAY
•JUNE
•JULY
•AUG
•SEPT
•OCT
•NOV
•DEC
Numbers
•Numbers 1 – 5
–Keep palms facing inside
•Numbers 6 – 9
–Palm faces out
–Thumb on pinkie for 6
–Thumb on ring for 7
–Thumb on middle for 8
–Thumb on index for 9
The teens!
•10: thumb sticks in air and shake
•Flickers: 11 and 12
•Wigglers: 13, 14, 15
•Shakers: 16, 17, 18, 19
The 20’s
•20: tap the index and thumbtogether with the palm facing out.
•21: gun salute
•22: 2 + 2 palm down
•23 – 29: L + 3 (+4, +5, +6, +7, +8, +9)
100 - 500
•Use the scrunch method.
•Palm is out
600 - 900
•Use the “C” method
•Palm is out
1,000
•Non-dominant hand is sideways anddominant hand hits the bottom of thepalm of the non-dominant hand.
1,000,000
•Non-dominant hand is sideways anddominant hand hits and moves up thebottom of the palm of the non-dominant hand.
•Billion and up: fingerspell
Phone numbers, socialsecurity #, etc.
•Sign the numbers as you would say orwrite them. Give pauses whereappropriate to keep the grouping theway it would be.
•123-45-6789
ASL Symbols
•WORD
•fs
•#
•OH-I-SEE (- - -)
•NOT+HERE (+)
•REAL/TRUE (/)
•“ ”
•!BORED! (! !)
•If you are to sign the wordthen you must captialize it.
•Fingerspell the word
•Fingerspelled loan sign
•Single sign
•Compound signs
•One sign/2 differentmeanings.
•Gesture-like sign
•Emphasize (stressed)
•DIFFERENT++ (++)
•(2h)
•(2h) alt.
•(wh)3
•IX
•IX-loc
•IX-dir
•Repetition
•2 hands
•2 hands alternate
•Sign “3” w/ weakhand.
•Point at person
•Point at location
•Point withdirections
•q
•WHq
•T
•RQ
•Rs:
•Mmm
•Oooo
•Cha
•Yes/no question
•Wh- question
•Topic
•Rhetorical question
•Role shifting
•Medium
•Small
•large
•DCL – Descriptive classifiers:describe an object or person
–DCL “curly hair”
•LCL – Locative classifiers: objects inits place
–LCL:B “leaf drifting to the ground”
•SCL – Semantic classifier: categoryof nouns such as vehicle or person
–SCL:1 “person walking stiffly andhurriedly”
•BCL – Body classifier: body enactsthe verb of the sentence.
–BCL “acting macho”
–BCL “put arms around friend”
•ICL – Instrument classifier: whichpart of the body manipulates theobject.
–ICL “driving”
–ICL “talking on the phone”
•BPCL – Body Part classifier:specific part of the body doing theaction.
–(2h)BPCL:1 “crossing legs”
–(2h)BPCL:B “taps foot”
•PCL – Plural classifier: indicateseither specific # or non-specific #
–PCL:3 “people walking”
–(2h)PCL:4 “long line of people”
–(2h)PCL:5 “traffic”