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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
:)
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ASL American Sign Language Questions Series (005)
Dr. Bill Vicars with Cäsar Jacobson
Intended audience: Students who have who have completed Level 2 or higher of the ASL University curriculum at Lifeprint.com.
youtu.be/tVKo8KhOvgA
=============================
A phrase is a group of words or signs that express a concept and is used as a unit within a sentence.
PHRASE-(fs) MEANING SENTENCE WORD++ IX-they FUNCTION SAME 1 CONCEPT
Phrase example: EAT FINISH
Phrase example: RUN-out-of FOOD (no facial grammar)
Sentence: FOOD (brows up) RUN-out-of (nod head) = a whole sentence
Review: What do we call a group of signs that express a concept and are used as a unit within a sentence?
Answer: a phrase
For example ...
RUN-out-of FOOD (no facial grammar) = a phrase: "run out of food"
We can add a subject to form to form a complete sentence. For example...
WE RUN-out FOOD.
Or we can add facial grammar and a “nod” to form a complete sentence. For example...
FOOD (brows up) RUN-out (nod head) = a whole sentence
Both of the following are correct ways to sign ...
WE RUN-out FOOD.
FOOD (brows up) RUN-out (nod)
Compare:
We ran out of food.
The food? It ran out.
If you know how to sign something but don't know how to spell it a good way to ask how to spell something is to ...
1. Sign the concept with your eyebrows up
then ...
2. Sign: HOW SPELL with your eyebrows down.
APPLE (brows up), HOW SPELL? (brows down)
HOW SPELL vs SPELL HOW
Despite what your ASL 1 teacher may have told you don’t need to put HOW to the right of SPELL.
HOW SPELL forms a “WH phrase”
You can even replace the concept of “how” by signing SPELL with your brows down:
APPLE (brows up) SPELL? (brows down)
FLOWER
ROSE
vs
RESTAURANT
DRAW art
design
illustrate
sketch
Ask me the following question ...
ROSE? (brows up) DRAW HOW? (brows down)
There are many signs for PIZZA
Today let’s do the ZZA version of pizza.
DOUGH version 1 spell it: fs-DOUGH
DOUGH version 2: In high context situations you can depict it
CHEESE
TOMATO version 1 version 2
SAUCE = pour on
OVEN version 1 spell it
OVEN version 2 depict it
BAKE = put in oven
OLIVE OIL spell it
General sign for: gravy, oil drippings etc.
Use your facial expression to create meaning of = GREASE or greasy
Can use either the middle or the index finger (and thumb) for both gravy or greasy.
Ask me the following question ...
PIZZA, HOW MAKE?
BED (for sleep) vs FLOWER fs-BED
BUG insect critter
bed bug = fs-BED BUG
VACUUM
WASH-in-machine = washing machine or laundry
HOT WATER
DISH-WASHER (machine)
(clothes) DRYER version 1: DRY spin around
DRYER version 2: DRY DRY (needs context)
DELETE can mean: get rid of
Ask me the following question ...
fs-BED BUG HOW RID-of?
_
Snapchat version 1: spell “SC”
You might see many different (weird) versions like: SNAP + CHAT
you might see: take picture of self + chat
Recommend you spell Snapchat on 1st use then spell SC after that
DISAPPEAR
DISSOLVE melt solve
fade
MESSAGE
CHAT chatting
PICTURE version 1 version 2
send back and forth electronically
Ask me the following question:
SC WHAT THAT?
_
Review
BAKE = put in oven
bed bug
chat
CHEESE
DISAPPEAR
DISSOLVE melt solve
fade
DRAW art
design
sketch
dryer version 1
DRY spin around
dryer version 2
DRY DRY (needs context)
FLOWER fs-BED
fs-DOUGH
get rid of
delete
edit
gravy
oil drippings
HOW SPELL?
vs
(how)-SPELL?
MESSAGE
PICTURE
version 1 &
version 2
pizza version:
ZZA
pour on
sauce
RESTAU-RANT non-initialized version
ROSE
send back and forth electron-ically
Snapchat
TOMATO version 1 version 2
VACUUM
WASH-in-machine
=
washing machine
Ask me how to spell APPLE.
Ask me ...
How to draw a rose?
How to make pizza?
How to get rid of bed bugs
What is Snapchat?
Donations very much appreciated:
paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
Or, if you prefer "Cash App" you can use: cash.me/$Lifeprint
Or use Patreon at patreon.com/ASLU
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 Questions Series (005)
Dr. Bill Vicars with Cäsar Jacobson
Intended audience: Students who have who have completed Level 2 or higher of the ASL University curriculum at Lifeprint.com.
youtu.be/tVKo8KhOvgA
=============================
A phrase is a group of words or signs that express a concept and is used as a unit within a sentence.
PHRASE-(fs) MEANING SENTENCE WORD++ IX-they FUNCTION SAME 1 CONCEPT
Phrase example: EAT FINISH
Phrase example: RUN-out-of FOOD (no facial grammar)
Sentence: FOOD (brows up) RUN-out-of (nod head) = a whole sentence
Review: What do we call a group of signs that express a concept and are used as a unit within a sentence?
Answer: a phrase
For example ...
RUN-out-of FOOD (no facial grammar) = a phrase: "run out of food"
We can add a subject to form to form a complete sentence. For example...
WE RUN-out FOOD.
Or we can add facial grammar and a “nod” to form a complete sentence. For example...
FOOD (brows up) RUN-out (nod head) = a whole sentence
Both of the following are correct ways to sign ...
WE RUN-out FOOD.
FOOD (brows up) RUN-out (nod)
Compare:
We ran out of food.
The food? It ran out.
If you know how to sign something but don't know how to spell it a good way to ask how to spell something is to ...
1. Sign the concept with your eyebrows up
then ...
2. Sign: HOW SPELL with your eyebrows down.
APPLE (brows up), HOW SPELL? (brows down)
HOW SPELL vs SPELL HOW
Despite what your ASL 1 teacher may have told you don’t need to put HOW to the right of SPELL.
HOW SPELL forms a “WH phrase”
You can even replace the concept of “how” by signing SPELL with your brows down:
APPLE (brows up) SPELL? (brows down)
FLOWER
ROSE
vs
RESTAURANT
DRAW art
design
illustrate
sketch
Ask me the following question ...
ROSE? (brows up) DRAW HOW? (brows down)
There are many signs for PIZZA
Today let’s do the ZZA version of pizza.
DOUGH version 1 spell it: fs-DOUGH
DOUGH version 2: In high context situations you can depict it
CHEESE
TOMATO version 1 version 2
SAUCE = pour on
OVEN version 1 spell it
OVEN version 2 depict it
BAKE = put in oven
OLIVE OIL spell it
General sign for: gravy, oil drippings etc.
Use your facial expression to create meaning of = GREASE or greasy
Can use either the middle or the index finger (and thumb) for both gravy or greasy.
Ask me the following question ...
PIZZA, HOW MAKE?
BED (for sleep) vs FLOWER fs-BED
BUG insect critter
bed bug = fs-BED BUG
VACUUM
WASH-in-machine = washing machine or laundry
HOT WATER
DISH-WASHER (machine)
(clothes) DRYER version 1: DRY spin around
DRYER version 2: DRY DRY (needs context)
DELETE can mean: get rid of
Ask me the following question ...
fs-BED BUG HOW RID-of?
_
Snapchat version 1: spell “SC”
You might see many different (weird) versions like: SNAP + CHAT
you might see: take picture of self + chat
Recommend you spell Snapchat on 1st use then spell SC after that
DISAPPEAR
DISSOLVE melt solve
fade
MESSAGE
CHAT chatting
PICTURE version 1 version 2
send back and forth electronically
Ask me the following question:
SC WHAT THAT?
_
Review
BAKE = put in oven
bed bug
chat
CHEESE
DISAPPEAR
DISSOLVE melt solve
fade
DRAW art
design
sketch
dryer version 1
DRY spin around
dryer version 2
DRY DRY (needs context)
FLOWER fs-BED
fs-DOUGH
get rid of
delete
edit
gravy
oil drippings
HOW SPELL?
vs
(how)-SPELL?
MESSAGE
PICTURE
version 1 &
version 2
pizza version:
ZZA
pour on
sauce
RESTAU-RANT non-initialized version
ROSE
send back and forth electron-ically
Snapchat
TOMATO version 1 version 2
VACUUM
WASH-in-machine
=
washing machine
Ask me how to spell APPLE.
Ask me ...
How to draw a rose?
How to make pizza?
How to get rid of bed bugs
What is Snapchat?
