ASL 103 A

Culture/Grammar Quiz #1

Study Guide

· Glossing:

o What’s a GLOSS? How does it work? What is it used for?

o Hyphen Use.

o Loan Signs (aka: Lexicalized fingerspelling)

• Phonemes, morphemes, and Bears! Oh My!

· Parameters…

o What are they?

o Can you name them?

o Are they more like Phonemes or Morphemes?

o What did Dr. Stokoe call them? (this is not on the test).

· Deaf vs deaf. How do these terms differ? How do people apply them?

· ASL VERBS

o Noun/Verb Pairs (aka: the noun/verb rule).

o Verb inflection. Review Plain, Spatial, and Inflecting verbs… know how they work.

o Which verbs are which?

· RICK’s Rules of ASL (know them! Live them! Love them!) J

• Learning to be Deaf.
• Deafness in a hearing family (Major themes)
• How do Deaf people feel about their language?
• What is the estimated percentage?
• Deafness in a Deaf family.
• What does the term “DEAF” mean to Deaf child in each setting/situation?
• How do Deaf people act with each other? Get attention, etc.
• Know your Authors (Deaf? Hearing? How do they SELF-Identify?)