Dr Bill Vicars Lifeprint com Classifiers Lesson 1
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Classifiers Lesson 1
The sign for classifier is …
CL
ASL Classifiers
Useful vocabulary
TOPIC = subject = quote
HAND
SHAPE
HANDSH APE
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)
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
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-car cruising
waddling
(person) walking fast
(vehicle) car goes to____
Locative Classifiers
LCL's show placement or spatial information about an object.
LCL's sometimes show types of movement
Examples of LCL's…
LCL: C LCL: B place cup on napkin
LCL: 5 leaf floating to the ground
LCL: 1 (sticks) one here
LCL: B shelf (over to the right)
LCL: 1 goalposts
LCL: LL adjust a picture
Review Locative Classifiers …
adjust a picture
cup on napkin
goalposts
leaf floating to the ground
shelf (over to the right)
(sticks) one here
Plural classifiers
PCL's indicate a specific number or a non-specific number.
Example s of PCL's…
PCL: 2 two people walking
PCL: 4 long line of people
PCL: 4 people moving in line
PCL: 5 scads (many) of _____.
PCL: V people seated in a circle
Review Plural Classifiers
two people walking
long line of people
people moving in line
scads of _____.
people seated in a circle
Instrument Classifiers
ICL’s show you would handle an object.
Examples of ICL's…
ICL: driving
ICL: hammer a nail
ICL: play checkers
ICL: play chess
ICL: light match
ICL: (broom) sweep
ICL: (water) pour in
ICL: (garbage) dump out
ICL: (clothes) hang up
Review Instrument Classifiers …
driving
dump out garbage
hammer in a nail
hang up clothing
light a match
play checkers
play chess
pour water in
sweep with a broom
Body Classifiers (Mime)
BCLs: You use your body to act out or role play.
Sometimes this is like mime. Other times you just show the action that is going on.
Examples of BCLs…
BCL: almost throw up
BCL: give hug to child
BCL: listen for strange noise
BCL: run hard / pumping arms
BCL: wave to crowd
BCL: yawn
BCL: scared reaction
Review: Body Classifiers
almost throw up
give hug to child
listen for strange noise
run hard/pum ping arms
wave to crowd
yawn
scared
Bodypart Classifiers
A specific part of your body is doing an action.
BPCL examples…
BPCL: FF (eyeballs) -look at
BPCL: kick back (relax)
BPCL: cross legs
BPCL: tap foot
BPCL: (head) tiltedback
BPCL: C-(flat) big grin
BPCL: LL red face embarrassed
BPCL: B mouth frowning
Review Bodypart classifiers
eyeballslook at
kick back & relax
cross legs
tap foot
Tilt head back
red faced
big frown
big grin
Element classifiers
ECL's represent the elements (earth, air, water, fire).
Examples of ECL's…
ECL: 4 water from a faucet
Note: “wg” means: “wiggle”
ECL: 5 wg “a candle burning”
ECL: 1 a flash of lightning
ECL: O-(flat)spread lights appearing
ECL: 25 hand (2 h) shining star
ECL: O(flat)spread sunlight
Review Element Classifiers …
water from a faucet
a candle burning
a flash of lightning
lights appearing
shining star
sunlight
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