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1
What sign parameter indicates case?
location
movement
orientation
handshape
2
Why might it be hard for a deaf child to learn word formation rules in English?
they cannot hear morphological and phonological differences
it wouldn't be hard for a deaf child to learn word formation
they only know ASL word formation
spelling patterns are not equal to sound patterns
3
Are ASL mouth adverbials inflectional or derivational?
derivational
inflectional
4
How does ASL fit the human visual perceptual system?
more intricate signs are near center of vision
remember the picture from the clicker question
signs are in all fields of vision, eyes across all areas
more general signs are on the outer areas
5
What are ASL classifiers?
free morphemes
bound morphemes
6
What are the roots of ASL?
only Spanish Sign Language
Spanish fingerspelling and old French Sign Language
only French Sign Language
old French Sign Language and Martha's Vineyard SL
7
How did sign language get to the US and become ASL?
France --> Spain --> US
Portugal --> Spain -->US
Spain --> Portugal --> France --> US
Spain --> Portugal -->US
8
How many morphemes are there in the word "defanged" and what kind are they?
1 bound, 2 free
2 bound, 1 free
9
What did Alexander Graham Bell use his prize money for?
he used it to establish schools for deaf children
he used it to make the telephone
he used it to promote oralism
he saved it for his family
10
Which is not an ASL classifier?
semantic
size/shape
instrument
color
11
What is the symmetry condition?
hands moving at the same time but with different movements
if both hands move independently they have the same movement
using sign to show symmetric graphs and math concepts
using both hands to show a mirroring effect
12
What are examples of lexical categories?
morphemes, phonemes, sign parameters
only adjectives and adverbs
nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
only nouns and verbs
13
Why is ASL a natural language but signed English is not?
signed English doesn't have sublexical structure
signed English doesn't have linguistic structure
signed English doesn't have visual perception
signed English doesn't have syntax
14
What are manners of articulation?
stops (total air obstruction)
africates (total and then partial, can be prolonged)
fricatives (partial air obstruction)
nasals (air escapes into nasal cavity)
15
What are plain verbs?
verbs that are signed sequentially (subject-verb-object)
verbs that are signed sequentially (object-verb-subject)
verbs that are not signed sequentially (verb-subject-object)
verbs that may be signed sequentially
16
What is the difference between pantomime and sign language?
the former is highly variable; the latter is conventional
the latter is highly variable; the former is conventional
pantomime is specific while sign language has vague gestures
there are no differences between the two
17
Where do signers look when watching someone sign?
at the hands
everywhere
at the nose and mouth
at the forehead
18
How are content questions created in ASL?
eyebrow furrow at beginning, end, or over whole sentence
add a mouth adverbial
eye-widening and narrowing for "wh-" questions
open your eyes really wide and add a mouth adverbial
19
What linguistic and non-linguistic functions does the face serve in ASL?
show emotion
polar and content questions
syntactic structures
mouth adverbials
20
Explain attitudes toward deaf people from 600AD to 1700 in Europe
old Roman law: Deaf and dumb have no rights
they were in support of oralism
being able to speak was associated with being intelligent
1700s marked the beginning of deaf education
21
How does the type of an ASL verb determine the kinds of morphemes that it can take?
indicating and locative verbs can inflect, plain verbs can't
all ASL verbs can take inflections
plain verbs can inflect, indicating and locative verbs can't
22
How is topicalization marked in ASL?
move object to the front, raise eyebrows over object only
move object to the front, raise eyebrows over whole sentence
23
How many morphemes and what kind are there in the word "replanted"?
3 free
2 free, 1 bound
3 bound
2 bound, 1 free
24
What might be a reason for teaching a deaf person how to read and write in the 1500s?
inherit the family estate
help them to function in a hearing world
teach them to teach other deaf individuals
25
Is fingerspelling today the same in England and the USA?
yes, they both originated from Spain
no, the historical roots are different
i don't know
26
How do you create polar questions in ASL?
furrowed eyebrows and widened eyes
widened eyes and raised eyebrows
raised eyebrows only
raised eyebrows and furrowed eyebrows
27
What was the major factor in the spread of sign language?
fingerspelling monks bringing their language to Boston
rise of oralism
airplanes
establishment of residential schools
28
When did day schools start to emerge?
when oralism started to decline
before the establishment of residential schools
when oralism started to rise
after the establishment of residential schools
29
What is a morpheme?
a symbol
the smallest meaningful unit in a language
a parameter of sign
a suffix that changes the meaning of a word
30
What was one of the driving reasons behind the rise of oralism?
the establishment of residential schools
the Milan Congress; it deemed speech superior to signs
the invention of the telephone
31
How are vervet monkey calls different from words?
they have meaning but do not have linguistic structure
they have both linguistic structure and meaning
they have linguistic structure but no meaning
32
What did Klima and Bellugi measure in sign and speech?
sign production rate; number of correctly identified signs
word/sign production rate
word production rate and number of signs correct
33
What are mouth adverbs in ASL?
free morphemes that co-occur with verbs
bound derivational morphemes that co-occur with verbs
bound inflectional morphemes that occur after verbs
bound inflectional morphemes that co-occur with verbs
34
Who inspired Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet to bring sign language to the US?
Laurent Clerc
Alice Cogswell
Alice Howland
Alice in Wonderland
35
What sign parameter functions as a morpheme that changes lexical categories in ASL nouns/verbs?
orientation
location
movement
handshape
36
What is an example of a derivational process in ASL that changes lexical category?
raising eyebrows and widening eyes
adding mouth adverbials to signs
indicating subject and object
37
How does English show who did what to whom?
sticking a verb in between two nouns
an arrow pointing from the subject to the object
word order marks subject and object
balancing redox reaction equations
38
How many ASL signs would be appropriate translations of the English word "you"?
2
3
4
1
39
What are the types of classifiers in ASL?
body/body part classifiers
size and shape classifiers
instrumental classifiers
semantic classifiers
40
What's the difference between a sentence and a proposition?
a proposition is a grammatical unit, a sentence is an idea
a sentence is a grammatical unit, a proposition is an idea
both are ideas
both are grammatical units
41
How does ASL meet the cognitive challenge of conveying meaning slower than English?
the simultaneous use of facial expression for grammar
the structured use of space
the superimposed modulations of the movement of signs
42
What sign parameter changes to modulate the meaning of an ASL sign into a characteristic?
location
movement
handshape
orientation
43
What linguistic functions can morphology do in a language?
none of these answers
indicate verb tense
indicate number
change lexical categories
44
How many English words would be translations of the ASL third person single plain case pronoun?
4
3
2
5
45
What is derivational morphology?
bound morphemes that never change lexical category of a word
bound morphemes that can change lexical category of a word
bound morphemes that always change lexical category of word
free morphemes that change lexical category of a word
46
What is the main difference between Nim Chimpsky and signing deaf babies?
their ability to combine signs productively
their gestures
their ability to hear
the rate at which they can produce signs
47
Would signed English fit visual processing?
yes, it fits visual processing
no, because it didn't evolve naturally
48
How does ASL indicate subject and object with plain verbs?
not word order
word order
word order
not word order
49
Who was the first Deaf teacher in the USA?
Laurent Clerc
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Alice Cogswell
Jacob Rodriguez Pereire
50
What is the difference between inflectional and derivational morphology?
there is no difference
former changes grammatical function; latter makes new words
they both create new words with new meanings
former makes new words; latter changes grammatical function
51
How is negation marked in ASL?
add a "not" before the main verb
add negative headshake over the verb phrase
add both a "not" and a negative headshake over the phrase
52
What grammatical means are used to mark the subject and object of inflectional verbs in ASL?
path and location
orientation and path
movement and path
orientation, path, location, and movement
53
Who was the son of the first person to bring sign language back to the US?
Edward Miner Gallaudet
Edward Cogswell Gallaudet
Kevin Cogswell Gallaudet
Kevin Miner Gallaudet
54
Who started the first school for the deaf because he was in trouble with the church?
Thomas Gallaudet, ASL trailblazer
Jacob Rodriquez Pereire, private French fingerspelling tutor
Abbé de L'epée, FSL trailblazer
Juan Bonet, fingerspelling trailblazer
55
What are the rights of deaf and dumb people according to Roman Law?
no rights to property and custody of children
no rights to custody of children, property, and voting
no rights to property, inheritance, and custody of children
no rights to inheritance, property, and education
56
What is a minimal pair?
2 words/signs that differ by only 1 phonological feature
2 words/signs that differ by at least 1 phonological feature
write and rite
synonyms
57
What was NOT an aspect of the residential school experience?
dorm life was like having a surrogate family
they didn't combine schools for deaf with schools for blind
separation from family
academics and social life
58
How does ASL show temporal aspect?
movement parameter
handshape parameter
orientation parameter
location parameter
59
What are the hallmarks of culture (according to Holcomb)?
art, language, customs, communication, heritage
language, art, heritage, customs, family
heritage, art, spoken word, language
language, heritage, customs, family
60
Who is Stokoe?
the first person to create sign language
the first person to document the structure of ASL
61
Are word formation rules based on written language?
no idea
I can't think - LIGN overload @_@
yes
no
62
How many of these use "s" as a morpheme? (brains, devours, zombie's, scared)
two
four
three
one
63
Did Nim Chimpsky learn ASL successfully?
no, he tended to imitate the signs he saw
yes, he was able to combine signs productively
64
Is the noun/verb inflection morpheme in ASL bound or free?
free because the movement can stand on its own
bound because the movement itself can't stand on its own
65
How is topicalization marked in English?
move object to the beginning and widen your eyes
move object to the beginning and mark it with intonation
Move object to the beginning and raise your eyebrows
66
How are content questions made in English?
make a polar question and add a "wh-" word to the end
add a rising intonation and add a mouth adverbial
make a polar question and add a "wh-" word to the front
67
How are polar questions created in English?
add "do" to support and adjust the verb agreement
speak in monotone and stare someone down intensely
add a rising intonation
68
How did ASL survive the onslaught of oral education?
leadership of Gallaudet graduates
communities of Deaf adults
behind teachers' backs in school
national association for the Deaf (NAD)
69
What is semiotics?
the study of the functions and use of ASL and English
the study of signs and symbols as well as their function/use
the study of spoken and signed languages and their cultures
the study of signs and words
70
What is the historical relationship between sign language in Europe and the US?
teachers went to Europe to learn how to sign and teach sign
fingerspelling monks came to Boston to spread their language
It transferred through the communication of deaf merchants
71
In what languages can you find classifiers?
in signed language only
languages don't have classifiers
in both signed and spoken language
in spoken language only
72
What is the difference between the "-er" in monster and cuter?
the "-er" in cuter is a morpheme
the "-er" in cuter is not a morpheme
the "-er" in monster is a morpheme
the "-er" in monster is not a morpheme
73
What did Klima and Bellugi discover to be similar in speech and sign production?
proposition rate
not proposition rate
not proposition rate
proposition rate
74
What are lexical formation rules in ASL?
ASL adjective formation
formation of noun-verb pairs
characteristic rule
none of the above
75
What are examples of bound morphemes?
prefixes, suffixes, and eyebrows
suffixes and consonants
suffixes and prefixes
suffixes, prefixes, and morphemes
76
What distinctions does ASL make that English does not (in pronouns)?
only the dual pronoun
gender
only the singular and plural in second person POV
the singular and plural in second person POV; dual pronoun
77
Who filmed deaf people at the height of oralism during the NAD events?
Abbé de L'epée
Charles Krauel
Alice Cogswell's father
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
78
What is a common misconception about sign language?
sign language is universal
anyone can understand sign language
pantomime comprises sign language
signs are visual speech and are gestures for spoken word
79
Which of the following is not a major verb type in ASL?
classifier
inclusive
inflectional
80
What is sublexical structure?
the way language is organized that is smaller than a word
syntax
the structure of morphemes
the way language is organized that is larger than a word
81
What are the major parameters of ASL?
symmetry condition, movement, location, handshape
eye contact, movement, location
handshape, movement, eye contact
handshape, movement, location
82
Which parameter is this classifier specified for?
semantic
movement
handshape
location
83
LOOK-AT is an inflecting verb; how many signs is this phrase: "I watched him for a long time?"
2
1
4
3
84
Did Nim acquire word formation rules?
maybe
yes
no
85
What sort of words are ASL classifiers?
free morphemes
bound morphemes
86
What is the major way we negate a verb in English?
insert "not"
join word "not" with verb
add "do" and then "not"
NO.
87
What are the main categories of verbs in ASL?
plain verbs, locative verbs only
plain verbs, inflecting verbs, classifier verbs only
inflecting verbs, plain verbs only
classifier verbs, induction verbs, plain verbs only
88
What is a major expressive difference between signs and spoken words (and fingerspelling)?
hands always moving
head nods
facial expressions
fingerspelling
89
What sign parameter indicates person?
handshape
orientation
movement
location
90
What is the difference between fingerspelling and gestures?
fingerspelling symbols don't express an idea but gestures do
fingerspelling signs are not lexical items but gestures are
gestures have meaning; fingerspelling symbols don't
there is no difference between fingerspelling and gestures
91
Who had a deaf sister and learned Spanish fingerspelling, later adapting it to French?
Laurent Clerc, FSL teacher
Jacob Rodriguez Pereire, Jewish Spaniad/priest
Thomas Gallaudet, ASL trailblazer
Juan Bonet, Spanish priest
92
What is the characteristic rule?
repeated, circular movements symmetric for 2-handed signs
all signs are required to have characteristics
alternating, circular movements for 1-handed signs
all characteristics are required to be represented by signs
93
Who had illustrations of fingerspelled handshapes in his 1620 book on teaching speech to mutes?
Laurent Clerc, the first sign language teacher in the US
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
Thomas Gallaudet, first to bring sign language to the US
Juan Bonet, Spanish priest
94
What is "Deaf President Now?"
5 day protest that occurred at Gallaudet University in 1988
petition that called for the appointment of a deaf president
7 day protest that occurred at Gallaudet University in 1988
the movement to make ASL a requirement to hold office
95
What is iconicity?
the relationship between the form and meaning of words
the state of being iconic
the opposite of arbitrariness
it describes words that are special
96
Who created the dictionary of American Sign Language?
William Stokoe
William Bonet
William Gallaudet
William Miner Gallaudet
97
Who went to Europe to learn how to teach deaf children and came back to teach Alice Cogswell?
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Thomas Cogswell
Edward Miner Gallaudet
Jacob Rodriguez Pereire
98
What is not a lexical category?
consonant
noun
verb
adjective
99
How is signed English related to ASL and English?
there is no relation between signed English and ASL/English
it is a literal translation of English morphemes to gestures
signed English has roots in ASL signs
100
In which countries did fingerspelling originate?
Ireland and Spain
Spain and France
Spain and England
France and England
101
What is an onomatopoeia?
a meaningful sublexical unit smaller than a word
a short poem
a word that imitates the sound it represents
a word that does not imitate the sound it represents
102
What are cheremes?
the sign language equivalent of morphemes
the sign language equivalent of phonemes
a variant of red cherries
Stokoe's structure for sign language signs
103
What happened at the Congress of Milan?
it resolved the war against sign language
they decided that verbal speech is superior to signing
it was the second meeting of educators of deaf children
it was a special Congress meeting during a shutdown
