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Dr. Bill Vicars

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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 void of

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-GIVE-me

you-INFORM-

me

TELL-me

you-PICK-ON-me

you-SEND-me

you-PAY-me

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.

1st location equals subject

2nd location equals the

object

Exception:

HIRE and INVITE

HIRE: 1st location is

object.

#SAY-NO-TO can be used to

express the English sentence I SAY NO TO

HIM.

New topic…

look-at-each-other

understand-each-other

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: use-

SCALPEL

Depicting verbs:

handshape has meaning

Former term: CLASSIFIER PREDICATE

Emerging term:

Depicting verb

VEHICLE-DRIVE-BY

PERSON-WALK

FLAT-SURFACE

VEHICLE-DRIVE-

UP¬HILL

Depicting verbs blend objects into

communication …

Example: telling

about a “rocket”

3 types of depicting verbs…

1. Show where

something is.

Example: VEHICLE-

be-at

2. Show what

something looks like.

FLAT-SURFACE-EXTEND-UPWARD

(sizes and shapes)

3. Movement or Action

Example: VEHICLE-DRIVE-TO

VEHICLE-WIND-

DRIVE-TO

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If used often enough, depicting

verbs become…

lexicalized into regular signs. For example…

KEY

DRINK

PACK

FUNERAL

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Metaphorical depiction:

FALL-IN-LOVE

TRUST

Dr. Bill Vicars

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