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Vocabulary Expansion Series Lesson 49.
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ASL American Sign Language Vocabulary Expansion Series (49)
Dr. Bill Vicars with Cäsar Jacobson
Intended audience: Students who have who have completed Level 2 or higher of the ASL University curriculum.
youtu.be/saN4-IbNxgE
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Vocabulary and topics covered in this video:
Note to students: Study VES 48 prior to this video!
Also remember: There are multiple right ways to sign complex topics.
1. WHS
2. landmark or area
3. legal protection
4. under international convention
5. administered under
6. UNESCO
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
administer take-CARE-of
administer HELP SERVE PREACH
administer keep-an-EYE-on
administer PROVIDE provided version of give
administer SUPERVISE
administer: give-INJECTION
administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Again, remember there are a variety of right ways to describe
AGREE-MENT
AIRPLANE then abbreviate to fs-UA
all linked together
ALL-OVER
an
and
around the world considered to be …
around-the-WORLD
attach
brand
CHOOSE pick select designate
CONNECT join unite
considered to be:
CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
CULTURE non-initialized version
DECIDE
DEPEND depends rely on contingent
describe
designation
EDUCATION
Educational Scientific
EXPLAIN elucidate
GIVE MEDICINE
GRANT to officially give to
GROUPED TOGETHER
HAVE
HIGHER-RANKING, executive, superordinate, premier, administrator
historical
humanity= PEOPLE non-initialized version
I EXPLAIN MEANING fs-WHS
IMPORTANT
INSIDE
INTER-NATIONAL
judge:
judgment COURT vs judged DECIDE
LABEL brand designate, labeled
LANDMARK fs-OR AREA IT HAVE LEGAL PROTECT
LOOK-over
MANAGE ORGANIZATION SUPERIOR IX-(it) WHAT?-RHET
MANAGE, control, administration, rule over, reign, administer
member
MULL-OVER
NAMED name call called christen
Nations
natural vs national
natural, normal, of course, nature
of out-standing value to humanity
official
or other significance
ORGANI-ZATION
outstanding
PONDER mull over
PRECIOUS
PRECIOUS 2 hands version
QUOTE
Regardless
S
SCIENCE scientific
significant
SOLIDARITY
The right sign for administer depends on context.
The sites are judged to contain cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.
typical
UK
UNDER
UNESCO DECIDE CHOOSE IX LOCATION LABEL WHS WHY-rhet?
UNITED
United Airlines
United Kingdom
UNITED NATIONS
UNITED NATIONS depictive version
United States
unity
USA
value
values initialized version
WHS are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance. The sites are judged to contain cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.
WONDERFUL TOP CHAMP ZOOM into the distance
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Vocabulary Expansion Series Lesson 49.
Want to order a USB drive with four semesters worth of ASL video instruction? (ASL 1, ASL 2, ASL 3, and ASL 4) for $79.95?
See "SuperUSB" in the ASLUniversity bookstore at:
lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm
For free ASL lessons check out:
lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
For a great “100 First ASL Signs” resource, see:
lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/concepts.htm
To learn basic fingerspelling see youtu.be/va1aAXpVr2w
Instructor Bio, see:
lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/instructor.htm
Take care and love to you all.
- Dr. Bill
:)
==========================
ASL American Sign Language Vocabulary Expansion Series (49)
Dr. Bill Vicars with Cäsar Jacobson
Intended audience: Students who have who have completed Level 2 or higher of the ASL University curriculum.
youtu.be/saN4-IbNxgE
=============================
Vocabulary and topics covered in this video:
Note to students: Study VES 48 prior to this video!
Also remember: There are multiple right ways to sign complex topics.
1. WHS
2. landmark or area
3. legal protection
4. under international convention
5. administered under
6. UNESCO
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
administer take-CARE-of
administer HELP SERVE PREACH
administer keep-an-EYE-on
administer PROVIDE provided version of give
administer SUPERVISE
administer: give-INJECTION
administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Again, remember there are a variety of right ways to describe
AGREE-MENT
AIRPLANE then abbreviate to fs-UA
all linked together
ALL-OVER
an
and
around the world considered to be …
around-the-WORLD
attach
brand
CHOOSE pick select designate
CONNECT join unite
considered to be:
CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
CULTURE non-initialized version
DECIDE
DEPEND depends rely on contingent
describe
designation
EDUCATION
Educational Scientific
EXPLAIN elucidate
GIVE MEDICINE
GRANT to officially give to
GROUPED TOGETHER
HAVE
HIGHER-RANKING, executive, superordinate, premier, administrator
historical
humanity= PEOPLE non-initialized version
I EXPLAIN MEANING fs-WHS
IMPORTANT
INSIDE
INTER-NATIONAL
judge:
judgment COURT vs judged DECIDE
LABEL brand designate, labeled
LANDMARK fs-OR AREA IT HAVE LEGAL PROTECT
LOOK-over
MANAGE ORGANIZATION SUPERIOR IX-(it) WHAT?-RHET
MANAGE, control, administration, rule over, reign, administer
member
MULL-OVER
NAMED name call called christen
Nations
natural vs national
natural, normal, of course, nature
of out-standing value to humanity
official
or other significance
ORGANI-ZATION
outstanding
PONDER mull over
PRECIOUS
PRECIOUS 2 hands version
QUOTE
Regardless
S
SCIENCE scientific
significant
SOLIDARITY
The right sign for administer depends on context.
The sites are judged to contain cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.
typical
UK
UNDER
UNESCO DECIDE CHOOSE IX LOCATION LABEL WHS WHY-rhet?
UNITED
United Airlines
United Kingdom
UNITED NATIONS
UNITED NATIONS depictive version
United States
unity
USA
value
values initialized version
WHS are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance. The sites are judged to contain cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.
WONDERFUL TOP CHAMP ZOOM into the distance






![ASL Lexicographer Field Notes (001)
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For free ASL lessons check out:
https://lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
For a great “100 First ASL Signs” resource, see:
http://lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/concepts.htm
To learn basic fingerspelling see https://youtu.be/va1aAXpVr2w
Instructor Bio, see:
http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/instructor.htm
Take care and love to you all.
- Dr. Bill
:)
Lexicographer-001 PPT Summary:
ASK (request) vs. ASK-to Nuance: = little differences in meaning
Im not asking you. vs Im not asking anything of you.
How do you sign the concept of AUTHOR?
How do you sign the concept of EDITOR? EDITOR (version 1) spell it
EDITOR (version 2) CHANGE (adjust version) + PERSON (non-initialized)
EDITOR (version 3) OMIT (flick thumb version) + PERSON (non-initialized)
VIDEO EDITOR (version 1) MOVIE + CLIP + PERSON (non-initialized)
(video) EDITOR (version 2) IX-(me) + CLIP [shift] CLIP + (context)
Occasionally VIDEO EDITOR = MOVIE + fsEDITOR (or sign) ADJUST or OMIT + PERSON
What is a lexicographer?
A lexicographer is an author or editor of a dictionary. In my case: Lifeprint.com and YouTube.com/@aslu
What are some of the various meanings of this sign? [main, major, career, field of work, profession, discipline (as in a branch of knowledge), etc. ]
What common sign can we use in context to mean produce?
*1. PERSON THEMSELF WRITE, EDIT, OR MAKE DICTIONARY, THAT CAREER NAME WHAT? We could have signed that as: PERSON WHO WRITE, EDIT, OR MAKE DICTIONARY THEIR CAREER WHAT?
IMPACT effect hit (Often uses NMM of Pow!)
to FOOL con fraud trick prank
betray DECEIVE trick
* APRIL to-FOOL fs-DAY, YOU LIKE DECEIVE PEOPLE?
ASSERTIVE and AGGRESSIVE use the same location, handshape, and orientation. The movement of AGGRESSIVE can be a bit more aggressive (ha) but yah, the main difference is the facial expression.
KIND as in kindness, benevolence
KIND as in the type of.
* YOU THINK YOU ASSERTIVE TYPE PERSON YOU?
[Context dependent sign: Bury, burial, cemetery, grave, an elongated hill or mound, etc.]
CL-V: Interment as in the placing of a human corpse in a grave.
CREMATE (human or bipedal)
Show me how to inflect DEAD to mean dying
* HAPPEN YOU DIE YOU PREFER BURY OR CREMATE?
How do you sign the in ASL? Version 1: Use the IX (index) sign.
How do you sign the? Version 2: Use the one-handed sign: THAT-one
Signing Exact English (SEE) has a sign that maps to the English word the. Do you know it?
ASL doesnt use the sign THE but if you are an interpreter you need to be able to recognize it if it shows up on your clients hands.
Multiple meaning sign: city, community, town
During high speed, fluent signing you may see one of the contact points of DEAF dropped when signing DEAF COMMUNITY
If you dont believe me, see 13:43 of (See this video on YouTube)
GREECE international version: index finger taps other index finger. Memory aid: crossroads
GREECE (ASL version) G slides off the nose.
THAI
GREECE (nose version) vs THAI
You should sign the version of GREECE that the Deaf people around you sign. (Recognize both.)
Note that a version of the sign for Rome looks like the ASL sign for NAME.
CRAZY (version 1) Index finger (version 2) Loose hand
LONDON (L-hand version)
* YOU PREFER VISIT LONDON OR GREECE YOU?
ASL Lexicographer Field Notes (001)
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