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Explain the “maintained bilingualism” in the Deaf community.

Explain what is “Signing According to Meaning” or “One English word may have many ASL signs”?  And write three sentences with three different ASL signs for one same English word.  1. 2. 3.

An ASL pronoun can show a distinction between two types of pronouns:  Subject Pronoun and Object pronoun such as English pronouns (e.g. HE vs. HIM). 

Type of Sentence: WHQ:  Pos. Biased     WHAT YOUR FINANCE NAME? (smiling & eyebrow up)

Opposite of the question 40 above, there are two ways of looking at ASL Semantics. Explain them and give two examples for each. 1. 2.

List 4 different signing variations along with an example for each. a. b. c. d.

TEMPORAL ASPECT has four or five different aspects. One of them is “over time.” 

Fill correct information in the chart about NOUN-VERB pairs. Sample Answer:                        Frequency        Directionality        Manner                                            SIT (v)             single              uni-directional         hold    CHAIR (n)      repeated          bi-directional           restrained                                   

Why is a term of “Contact Signing” more appropriate than “Pidgin Signed English (PSE)” for a mixture of ASL lexical items and English grammar?

Which “law” states that the greater number of times an event is carried out, the closer the real-life results will compare to the theoretical probability?