Dr. Bill
Vicars
Lifeprint.
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ASL
Linguistics:
Verbs
EAT
ENJOY
FORGET
HAVE
LIKE
LOVE
PUNISH
UPSET
Static
location =
location
doesn’t
change
articulatory
means
having to do
with producing
the sign
articulation
is
of
void
meaning
articulation
is form and
process but
not meaning
If a sign’s
location is
articulatory
…
… then
location
doesn’t
influence
meaning
An
articulatory
location is
just a
phoneme.
We call
such
verbs:
“plain”
New
topic…
GIVE
INFORM
TELL
PICK-ON
SEND
PAY
you-GIVEme
youINFORMme
TELL-me
you-PICKON-me
you-SENDme
you-PAYme
These
verbs are
called…
Indicating
verbs
Example:
“I hate him.”
doesn’t
need “I”
or “him.”
The
direction
and
orientation
of the verb
indicate…
… who is
the subject
and
who/what is
the object.
st
1
location
equals
subject
nd
2
location
equals the
object
Exception:
HIRE and
INVITE
st
1
HIRE:
location
is object.
#SAY-NO-TO
can be used to
express the
English
sentence
I SAY NO TO
HIM.
New
topic…
look-ateachother
understa
nd-eachother
Reciprocating
action
reciprocal
verbs
New
topic…
Consider
the sign
“THROW”
Example:
“JOHN
THROW ^
ROCK”
THROW =
“locative”
verb
Locative:
HURT
#HURT
Locative:
PUT
New
topic…
Depicting
verbs:
Example:
useSCALPEL
Depicting
verbs:
handshape
has meaning
Former
term:
CLASSIFIER
PREDICATE
Emerging
term:
Depicting
verb
VEHICLEDRIVE-BY
PERSONWALK
FLATSURFACE
VEHICLEDRIVEUP¬HILL
Depicting
verbs blend
objects into
communication
…
Example:
telling
about a
“rocket”
3 types
of
depicting
verbs…
1. Show
where
something
is.
Example:
VEHICLEbe-at
2. Show
what
something
looks like.
FLATSURFACEEXTENDUPWARD
(sizes and
shapes)
3.
Movement
or Action
Example:
VEHICLEDRIVE-TO
VEHICLEWINDDRIVE-TO
---
If used often
enough,
depicting
verbs
become…
lexicalized
into regular
signs. For
example…
KEY
DRINK
PACK
FUNERAL
---
Metaphorical
depiction:
FALL-INLOVE
TRUST
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