<--BACKASL Linguistics Quiz #4 Instructions: Choose the best answer. When you are finished, click submit. 31. What do we call the study of the smallest contrastive units of language? a. Morphology b. Phonology c. Phonics d. Semantics 32. What term do sign language linguists use to refer to the study of how signs are structured and organized? a. Phonology b. Neurolinguistics c. Phonics d. Semantics 33. What are the five basic parts of signs? a. handshape, movement, orientation, location, and direction your palm is facing b. handshape, movement, location, facial expression, nonmanual signals c. dez, sig, tab, plus the movement and the nonmanual signals d. handshape, movement, location, orientation, nonmanual signals 34. What term means choosing an appropriate English word for signs in order to write them down? a. Transcribing b. Transliterating c. Glossing d. Interpreting 35. What kind of features are indicated on a line above sign glosses? a. Nonmanual features b. Topical features c. Movements with the non-dominant hand (base hand) d. Secondary features 36. When glossing, what do we use "small capital letters in English" to represent? a. Compounds b. lexicalized signs c. full fingerspelling d. Signs 37. When glossing, what do we represent with small capital letters preceded by the # symbol? a. full fingerspelling b. lexicalized fingerspelled words c. classifiers d. noun-verb pairs 38. When glossing, what is represented by dashes between small capital letters? a. full fingerspelling b. lexicalized fingerspelled words c. abbreviations d. missed phonemes 39. Name two systems that have been developed for describing the structure of signs. a. "The Cokely system" and the "Stokoe system" b. "The Stokoe system" and the "The Liddell and Johnson system" c. "The Stokoe system" and the "Wilcox system" d. "The Valli/Lucas system" and the "Bellugi system" 40. What do we call the agreed-upon symbols that linguists use to describe the structure of signs in a consistent and predictable manner? a. Communication systems b. cheremes c. Nonmanual markers d. Conventions Name E-mail READY TO SUBMIT: I have filled out the above information. I have double checked to make sure each question is marked. I am turning in my answers officially for purposes of grading. I understand that I am not allowed to resubmit my answers once they have been graded. After you click submit you should be taken to a confirmation page within minute or two. Your Score: Correct answers: Copyright © 2003 Lifeprint.com. All rights reserved. Revised: 08/14/21
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ASL Linguistics Quiz #4 Instructions: Choose the best answer. When you are finished, click submit.
31. What do we call the study of the smallest contrastive units of language? a. Morphology b. Phonology c. Phonics d. Semantics 32. What term do sign language linguists use to refer to the study of how signs are structured and organized? a. Phonology b. Neurolinguistics c. Phonics d. Semantics 33. What are the five basic parts of signs? a. handshape, movement, orientation, location, and direction your palm is facing b. handshape, movement, location, facial expression, nonmanual signals c. dez, sig, tab, plus the movement and the nonmanual signals d. handshape, movement, location, orientation, nonmanual signals 34. What term means choosing an appropriate English word for signs in order to write them down? a. Transcribing b. Transliterating c. Glossing d. Interpreting 35. What kind of features are indicated on a line above sign glosses? a. Nonmanual features b. Topical features c. Movements with the non-dominant hand (base hand) d. Secondary features 36. When glossing, what do we use "small capital letters in English" to represent? a. Compounds b. lexicalized signs c. full fingerspelling d. Signs 37. When glossing, what do we represent with small capital letters preceded by the # symbol? a. full fingerspelling b. lexicalized fingerspelled words c. classifiers d. noun-verb pairs 38. When glossing, what is represented by dashes between small capital letters? a. full fingerspelling b. lexicalized fingerspelled words c. abbreviations d. missed phonemes 39. Name two systems that have been developed for describing the structure of signs. a. "The Cokely system" and the "Stokoe system" b. "The Stokoe system" and the "The Liddell and Johnson system" c. "The Stokoe system" and the "Wilcox system" d. "The Valli/Lucas system" and the "Bellugi system" 40. What do we call the agreed-upon symbols that linguists use to describe the structure of signs in a consistent and predictable manner? a. Communication systems b. cheremes c. Nonmanual markers d. Conventions
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