ASL Glossing
American Sign Language I & 2
What is “glossing”
• “Glossing” is a fancy word for written ASL.
What is “glossing”
• “Glossing” is a fancy word for written ASL.
• Yet, ASL does not have a written form, this
is a way to keep note of ASL
What does ASL glossing look like?
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MY NAME fs-B-A-R-B-A-R-A
What does ASL glossing look like?
Shows that you are doing
something with your eyebrows
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MY NAME fs-B-A-R-B-A-R-A
What does ASL glossing look like?
Shows that you are doing
something with your eyebrows
t
MY NAME fs-B-A-R-B-A-R-A
Shows that something is
fingerspelled
What does ASL glossing look like?
Shows that you are doing
something with your eyebrows
t
MY NAME fs-B-A-R-B-A-R-A
Shows that something is
fingerspelled
ASL does not use
“is” like English
What does ASL glossing look like?
Shows that you are doing
something with your eyebrows
Shows the type of
sentence this is
t
MY NAME fs-B-A-R-B-A-R-A
Shows that something is
fingerspelled
ASL does not use
“is” like English
What does ASL glossing look like?
Shows that you are doing
something with your eyebrows
Shows the type of
sentence this is
t
MY NAME fs-B-A-R-B-A-R-A
ASL is
glossed in
all capital
letters
Shows that something is
fingerspelled
ASL does not use
“is” like English
What does ASL glossing look like?
Shows that you are doing
something with your eyebrows
Shows the type of
sentence this is
t
MY NAME fs-B-A-R-B-A-R-A
ASL is
glossed in
all capital
letters
Shows that something is
fingerspelled
ASL does not use
“is” like English
There is no
English
punctuation
What does ASL glossing look like?
Shows that you are doing
something with your eyebrows
Shows the type of
sentence this is
t
MY NAME fs-B-A-R-B-A-R-A
ASL is
glossed in
all capital
letters
Shows that something is
fingerspelled
ASL does not use
“is” like English
There is no
English
punctuation
Each sentence is written on a different line.
What does ASL glossing look like?
Shows that you are doing
something with your eyebrows
Shows the type of
sentence this is
t
MY NAME fs-B-A-R-B-A-R-A
ASL is
glossed in
all capital
letters
Shows that something is
fingerspelled
ASL does not use
“is” like English
There is no
English
punctuation
Each sentence is written on a different line.
Your turn!
Gloss these sentences:
1. I live in Sacramento.
2. Where do you live?
3. Are you attending CSUS?
4. What’s your name? (4)
Answers:
1. ME LIVE SAC
2. WHERE YOU LIVE
YOU LIVE WHERE
WHERE YOU LIVE WHERE
3. CSUS YOU GO-TO
4. YOU CALLED WHAT
WHAT YOU CALLED
NAME WHAT
NAME