Dr Bill Vicars Lifeprint com ASL Linguistics Verbs
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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 of void 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-GIVEme
you. INFORMme
TELL-me
you-PICKON-me
you-SENDme
you-PAYme
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.
st 1 location equals subject
nd 2 location equals the object
Exception:
HIRE and INVITE
st 1 HIRE: location is object.
#SAY-NO-TO can be used to express the English sentence I SAY NO TO HIM.
New topic…
look-ateachother
understa nd-eachother
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
VEHICLEDRIVE-BY
PERSONWALK
FLATSURFACE
VEHICLEDRIVEUP¬HILL
Depicting verbs blend objects into communication …
Example: telling about a “rocket”
3 types of depicting verbs…
1. Show where something is.
Example: VEHICLEbe-at
2. Show what something looks like.
FLATSURFACEEXTENDUPWARD
(sizes and shapes)
3. Movement or Action
Example: VEHICLEDRIVE-TO
VEHICLEWINDDRIVE-TO
If used often enough, depicting verbs become…
lexicalized into regular signs. For example…
KEY
DRINK
PACK
FUNERAL
Metaphorical depiction:
FALL-INLOVE
TRUST
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