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ASL Linguistics Quiz #5
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41. William C. Stokoe designed the first system for describing ASL. His system claimed that signs consisted of three cheremes (parameters or parts). Which one of the following was not one of the parts?
a. tab -- location
b. dez -- handshape
c. sig -- movement
d. ori -- orientation

42. The Stokoe system of describing ASL has is limited limit its usefulness as a description system. Stokoe's system provides an insufficient
a. level of detail needed to describe signs
b. representation of sequence in ASL signs
c. both a and b
d. none of the above

43. What model for describing the structure of signs did Scott K. Liddell and Robert E. Johnson develop?
a. The Sequence Representation Model
b. The Place of Articulation Model
c. The Movement-Hold Model
e. The Subject-Object Agreement Model

44. According to the Movement-Hold Model, signs consist of hold segments and movement segments that are produced:
a. sequentially
b. simultaneously
c. randomly
d. arbitrarily

45. There are at least six possible movement hold combinations, which one is not used?
a. MH
b. HM
c. MHMH
d. MMMH

46. The Liddell and Johnson system claims that the basic units of signs are produced:
a. sequentially
b. simultaneously
c. randomly
d. arbitrarily

47. Sokoe claimed that parameters of signs were produced:
a. sequentially
b. simultaneously
c. randomly
d. arbitrarily

48. Linguists' have come up with varying numbers of "primes" for sign parameters (handshapes, locations, orientations, movements, holds, and nonmanual signals). How many primes did Stokoe count?
a. 19
b. 42
c. 106
d. more than 150

49. Linguists' have come up with varying numbers of "primes" for sign parameters (handshapes, locations, orientations, movements, holds, and nonmanual signals). How many did Liddle and Johnson count?
a. 28
b. 42
c. 106
d. more than 150

50. What is the segmental structure of CHAIR?
a. MH
b. MMMH
c. HM
d. HMH

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