ASL Class 07182019 ASL NonManual Marker Signs What

ASL Class 07/18/2019

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs What is ASL Non-Manual Marker Sign? Non-Manual Marker Sign consists of the various facial expressions, head tilting, shoulder raising, mouthing, and similar signals that we add to our hand signs to create meaning. It could include eyebrows, eye gaze, cheeks, mouth, shoulder and body position. In addition to this, head affirmation and negation could be included as well.

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Raise your eyebrows 20 times

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Lower your eyebrows 20 times

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Open your mouth 20 times

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Smile your mouth 20 times

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Tilt your head 20 times

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Forward and back your shoulder 20 times

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Raise your shoulder 20 times

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Wiggle your nose 20 times

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Yes/No Question (y/n-q) • Raise your eyebrows • Tilt your head Example: Have you finished homework?

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Wh-Question (wh-q) • Lower your eyebrows • Tilt your head • Raise your shoulder slightly Example: What time is it? , Why is this class important?

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Size • ”cha” (large, thick) • “mm” (medium, average) • “oo” (small, thin) Example: Very large cup, thin boy, medium sized room, big muscular man

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Distance • ”ah” (far, long distance) • “mm” (not too far or close) • “cs” (close, next) Example: Mr. Montague’s office is far up there. Mr. Hensler’s classroom is not too far from here. Mrs. Salazar’s classroom is next door.

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs In ASL, NMS could be used in: • ASL Grammatical Ø Eyebrow lowering when using wh-q Ø Eyebrow raising when using y/n-q • ASL Lexical Ø NOT-YET use “th” Ø Finally use “pah” • ASL Adverbial/Adjective Ø Degree of ASL noun, e. g. MAN with “cha” muscle body meaning the muscular man.

ASL Non-Manual Marker Signs Any question? ?