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Dr. Bill Vicars
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Classifiers Lesson 1
The sign for
classifier is …
CL
ASL Classifiers
Useful vocabulary
TOPIC = subject =
quote
HAND
SHAPE
HANDSHAPE
CATEGORY group of cluster
as a whole
CLASS-(Learning group)vs
CLASS-(category)
Classes = categories
GROUP
THINGS
MOVEMENT
SIZE
LOCATION
PLACE
USE / USAGE
SHOW-(represent / example)
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Descriptive Classifiers
(DCL)
DCL’s are also known as size and shape specifiers,
(SASSes).
DCL's help represent or describe a person or
object.
Examples of DCL's…
DCL:B (or bent B) extremely
tall
DCL:B-(bent) short
DCL:4 long hair
DCL:1 bulletin board
DCL:1 black board
DCL:4-(claw) freckles
DCL:4 striped
DCL:G thin
DCL:4-(claw)
curly hair
Review DCL's…
black board
bulletin board
curly hair
very tall
freckles
long hair
Short-(person)
stripes
thin
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Semantic Classifiers
SCL's represent categories of nouns.
For example, people or vehicles.
Examples of SCL's…
SCL:1 (person) walking
fast
SCL:1 person walks
to...____
SCL:3 (vehicle) car goes
to____
SCL:Y (obese person)
waddling
SCL:O-flat (fast-car) cruising
SCL:V-(bent) row of chairs
Review Semantic Classifiers
…
row of chairs
fast-carcruising
waddling
(person) walking
fast
(vehicle) car goes
to____
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Locative Classifiers
LCL's show placement or
spatial information
about an object.
LCL's sometimes
show types of movement
Examples of LCL's…
LCL:CLCL:B
place cup on napkin
LCL:5 leaf floating to the ground
LCL:1 (sticks)
one here-one here
LCL:B shelf
(over to the right)
LCL:1 goal-posts
LCL:LL adjust a picture
Review Locative Classifiers
…
adjust a picture
cup on napkin
goal-posts
leaf floating to
the ground
shelf (over to
the right)
(sticks) one here-one here
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Plural classifiers
PCL's indicate a specific number or a non-specific