Title: Dr. Bill Vicars Lifeprint.com
1Dr. Bill Vicars Lifeprint.com
2ASL LinguisticsVerbs
3EAT
4ENJOY
5FORGET
6HAVE
7LIKE
8LOVE
9PUNISH
10UPSET
11Static location
12location doesnt change
13articulatory meanshaving to do with producing
the sign
14articulation is void of meaning
15articulation is form and process but not meaning
16If a signs location is articulatory
17 then location doesnt influence meaning
18An articulatory location is just a phoneme.
19We call such verbs plain
20GIVE
21INFORM
22TELL
23PICK-ON
24SEND
25PAY
26you-GIVE-me
27you-INFORM-me
28TELL-me
29you-PICK-ON-me
30you-SEND-me
31you-PAY-me
32These verbs are called
33Indicating verbs
34Example I hate him. doesnt need I or him.
35The direction and orientation of the verb
indicate
36 who is the subject and who/what is the object.
371st location equals subject
382nd location equals the obect
39Exception
40HIRE and INVITE
41HIRE 1st location is object.
42SAY-NO-TO can be used to express the English
sentence I SAY NO TO HIM.
43Reciprocating action
44reciprocal verbs
45look-at-each-other
46understand-each-other
47Consider the sign THROW
48Example JOHN THROW ROCK
49THROW locative verb
50Locative HURTHURT
51Locative PUT
52Depicting verbs
53Example use-SCALPEL
54Depicting verbs handshape has meaning
55Former term CLASSIFIER PREDICATE
56Prefered termDepicting verb
57VEHICLE-DRIVE-BY
58PERSON-WALK
59FLAT-SURFACE
60VEHICLE-DRIVE-UPHILL
61Depicting verbs blend objects into communication
62Example telling about a rocket
633 types of depicting verbs
641. Show where something is.
65Example VEHICLE-be-at
662. Show what something looks like.
67FLAT-SURFACE-EXTEND-UPWARD
68(sizes and shapes)
693. Movement or Action
70Example VEHICLE-DRIVE-TO
71VEHICLE-WIND-DRIVE-TO
72---
73If used often enough, depicting verbs become
74lexicalized into regular signs. For example
75KEY
76DRINK
77PACK
78FUNERAL
79---
80Metaphorical depiction
81FALL-IN-LOVE
82TRUST
83?
84Dr. Bill Vicars Lifeprint.com