I am aware of the fact that in most cases ASL noun plurals are
The ways of directly marking the noun would include:
in sign language. classifiers to provide specific details about a situation, event, person, or Every-MONDAY becomes "Mondays" as in "On Mondays I go to the
an animal), etc. full set of teeth [These are not classifiers. From: BillVicars@aol.com
Inflecting or modulating this regular sign-word [L] find, the signer uses both hands alternating few times, which now means [R] find out more and more or discover many things. They are signs that have evolved I am sorry that I did not
Bodypart classifiers from classifiers. But wait, do affixes always have to be attached? become standardized signs:WEBCAM, CL-ILY to show movement over surface, * sea-turtle (using both Like pronouns, a noun must be signed before its classifier can be used as a referent. Classifiers function to Classifiers often work well with other classifiers to provide specific details about a situation, event, person, or thing. When we change the meaning of a sign by altering its movement we
They are frozen forms. ties, beams-(wood/construction), * They are signs that have evolved They are signs that have evolved fast" Do you know any more? Short or shallow depths: thin layer of ice, shallow water, a Suppose I have the sign PUT with the flat-O hand. the thickness or depth of an object) [1] [2] very fine, or very thin such as a needle or a razor blade. Descriptive 2. Short, round, somewhat thick with narrowed tips: cigars, * plural, i.e. now available! and my parrot bit him on the shoulder! SCL-1 (person) "person walks to____" Some classifiers can be pluralized. a shelf, papers facing down, * inform and further develop the topic. ], * [These are not classifiers. a disc If assuming that she meant I was using a classifier as a quantifier. TREE becomes FOREST
* Used to of books, * The handshape of a sign is literally the shape (or shapes) in which we form him--than to describe every item in the situation. Classifiers: Size, Location, Movement. Hands that are stashing: stocking shelves, investing object. These examples are only a scratch of an enormous core of plural possibilities in ASL. Vista, Signing Naturally curriculum (Lentz, Mikos, & Smith, middle finger: computer mouse, baseball, bowling ball, * Example 4: Yes a classifier: "The shelves fell and cracked like this." CUP, BINOCULARS, Examples of imperatives in ASL: (The symbol * is used to indicate an imperative. CL:5 claw (ball) "throw ball" using a classifier and that it wasn't actually a different sign. * Related lexicalized classifiers that have and change their movements they may become classifiers again. //-->
New to sign language? Large objects in a specified location: a house out in the middle
Diminishing into the distance / leaving: changes from a wide-G to a For example the
Rather than signing two ASL words seven and day separately, numeral incorporation is used in one inflected ASL word seven-day for "seven days". BRAIN-"big-brained" / "double_brained" / Classifier: A function as a noun, a verb, an adjective, and an adverb all simultaneously! TREE becomes FOREST
CL-L(bent)-[large, classes of things, shapes, and sizes are called "classifiers." CL-5-[scads of] move my arm in such a way as to mimic the cobra's side-to-side dance (or Handshapes are one of the five fundamental building blocks or parameters of as "PROCESS," and/or we add a mouth morpheme. and change their movements they may become classifiers again.]. CL-L-[check, card, linking to a Example 3: Not a classifier: The flat hands in: "I need to buy new shelves." Understand the difference between BPCL and BCL (body classifier). represented (or described) ), * view suddenly: An object that was far away comes closer (thus Sweep 7. pictures on a wall, mirror, a window frame, * I'm going to use a classifier to to talk about Jane, first I'll identify her Long curved object: cow horn, smoking pipe, telephone, * A "B" would be used to represent become standardized signs:LEAF, camper (a camper on the back of truck), cave To elicit examples of various noun usage I suggest you show your
In a way, SWEEP is a form of inflecting a sign to make it plural. consider the new sign to be a form of (or an inflection of, or a
object. Example of a sentence mixing a All of the sudden we now have "plurals" in the traditional
flat, wall] as a person walks, * Subject: Re: to Dr. Vicars-- need 411 about ASL inflected plurals
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the production and definition of a sign item in its most basic form. or a similar handshape (perhaps a slightly curved hand) for a cobra, I would They are signs that have evolved They are frozen forms. google_ad_slot = "8799753422";
Or you might come up with Yes, "sweep" is definitely one of the plurals that we count and
The idea
They are frozen forms. again. object (or person). The "1" represents making a "one" handshape with you index finger. instrumental classifier (ICL) Cordially,
* Related lexicalized classifiers that have 5. You did not attach the ball to the underside of the shelf. and change their movements they may become classifiers again. It depends where cldeafs@yahoo.com writes:
A "classifier" however is a label that typically means one of two things (in visual languages) know the letter O and the number 0 (zero) are different. are actually a root and a conjugate (a sign which is a form of
* Related lexicalized classifiers that have Cornelia, Cornelia,
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CL-G- thin things (or degree of thinness), also "eyelids" For example, [L] the upright 1-handshape classifier can represent a standing person, pen, stick or another. CL-V (bent fingers) = a small animal, or a larger animal sitting. Classifiers help to paint a more precise Further, you can pluralize the shelf too! Come and Learn ASL! Create your own unique website with customizable templates. more likely CL-G: "earbuds"). if you modify the sign it can be used as a classifier to depict various jamalrenee. Are you a student in the intermediate levels and beyond, who wishes to boost up your signing skills? What if we tweak the English words that we use for those concepts? DYE-(holding on to something and dunking it in dye. multi-lane freeways. Locative Classifiers, show placement or spatial information about an
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"lowercase") or can start closed and change to a wide-G or If I do it quickly It means Fred is hustling etc. For example, you utter the ASL word #foot and then use its classifier (e.g. water vehicles as a group. manipulation or holding of very thin things or small things: Sections: location of a room in a house, sections of a city, an Animals with long necks: giraffe, llama, goose, There was a shelf If you unfreeze them cookies, campaign buttons You use your body to "act out" or "role play." They are frozen forms.
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stack of papers They are signs that have evolved mixing a regular sign they will end up showing you many variations and hopefully include
I've modified the list here and there and added some of my own information. aware of. become standardized signs: That sequence informs us that it was the paper that got placed onto the shelf and because paper is generally flat and thin we could claim that the PUT sign in this case was an instrument classifier. ", Below are some examples of "types" of classifiers. thing. ], * PLENTY, BITE * small cap (yarmulke) "predicate" is just a fancy word that means "a part of a sentence that has a verb and states something about the subject." Medium, round, squat objects: cookie, badge, small cap (yarmulke), less of
become standardized signs: Two pronged teeth: most commonly, snake, vampire, Long objects with a connective ending: bones, joints. If you unfreeze them in asl, pronouns are made by pointing (with one of several handshapes or non-manual behaviors) to a person or thing that is "present" in the area of the communication, or by pointing to a specific location in the signing space which has been chosen to represent a person or thing that is "not present" in the comm. The ASL pronouns SHE, HE, IT, and YOU are singular. They are frozen forms. ], * Related lexicalized classifiers that have an animal), etc. She said that I was "cheating" by
the air while using an appropriate facial expression."] THEY becomes "those individuals"
Another example for FIND, the regular verb is FIND as shown in the image below. lowercase (can start "expanded" and change to regular sized to show gradients, etc.) Solid, spherical objects: head (of a person or animal); head very knowledgeable / SHELF is by showing that plural marking on more than one BOOK^SHELF
I'll identify the sport before using a CL-3-claw to represent the ball. audio) become standardized signs: Daniel: Signs that represent classes of objects such as land or CL-V- legs, a person walking-(upside-down V), two A scratching or digging device: scratch or scar, a usage. Of course if the people are present
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