ASL Lexicalized Fingerspelling General definition of lexicalization Lexicalization

ASL: Lexicalized Fingerspelling General definition of lexicalization: Lexicalization: The process becoming a specific meaningful linguistic unit of vocabulary of a language.

Lexicalized Fingerspelling Or in other words: The process of adopting the characteristics of a word. "The process of becoming word-like. “

Lexicalized Fingerspelling Or: "To become a word. " Lexicalized fingerspelling is when fingerspelling has morphed into an articulatory bundle that has characteristics more similar to a single sign than a string of letters.

Lexicalized Fingerspelling Lexicalized fingerspelling is what we get when we have morphed the letters so much that (to a great extent) you can't even tell what many (or most) of the letters were. Consider the lexicalized fingerspelled word "NO“ Which we generally just call "the sign NO“ It no longer looks much like an "N" or an "O“ It is not "clear" at all what the original letters were. told the sign NO comes from an N and O you can mentally think is obvious generally isn't obvious until someone has pointed it out

Lexicalized Fingerspelling What does "lexicalized fingerspelling" mean?

Lexicalized Fingerspelling Easy definition: Lexicalized fingerspelling is fingerspelling that looks like a sign. In ASL books a "lexicalized fingerspelled sign" is indicated by the symbol # preceding the sign.

Lexicalized Fingerspelling For example: #BUSY The # symbol before the sign BUSY means you would use the fingerspelled version of "busy" It has been mutated to the extent that it looks like a sign rather than just fingerspelling.

Lexical Means: having the characteristics of a lexeme What is a lexeme?

Lexical A lexeme is the fundamental unit of the lexicon of a language What does lexicon mean?

Lexicon A book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions. This book is called: _____________. What does that mean?

Lexicon The "lexicon of a language is its "vocabulary. " So "lexicon" is another word for "vocabulary. "

Lexicon EXAMPLE: the word "spell" is a lexeme "Spells, spelled, and spelling" are all forms of the English lexeme "spell. “

Lexeme think of it this way: "Lexeme" basically means "word. “ "Lexicon" basically means "vocabulary. “ "Lexical" basically means "word-like" or "like a word. “ In our case, it means, "like a sign, " or more specifically, "done in such a way as to have the characteristics of a sign. "

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