<--BACKASL Linguistics Quiz #9 Instructions: Choose the best answer. When you are finished, click submit. 81. When two languages are in contact, then tend to borrow from each other. ASL borrows from other sign languages. The signs that are borrowed from one language to another are called: a. Contact signs b. Lexemes c. Cheremes d. Loan Signs 82. Quite a few of the indigenous signs used by people in other countries to refer to their country have been adopted by ASL users. For example, instead of using the former ASL signs for JAPAN, ITALY, CHINA, and AUSTRALIA, we now use the signs used by each of those countries. These signs are: a. Contact signs b. Lexemes c. Derivational signs d. Loan Signs 83. Meaningful units of language that cannot occur alone are called: a. Lonley signs b. Bound morphemes c. Compound morphemes d. Free morphemes 84. Signs are composed of various parameters and articulatory features. Which of the following is not a parameter or articulatory feature of signs? a. Movements and Holds b. Handshape and Location c. Orientation and NonManual Markers d. Glosses 85. In the sign WEEK, you can change the handshape from a 1 to a 2, or a 3 and so on to mean a specified number of weeks. This process in ASL is known as: a. Phonemic adaptation b. Morphemic adaptation c. Numerical incorporation d. Number compounding 86. The sign "TWO-WEEKS" can be thought of as having two meaningful parts. The first part would be the bundle of information consisting of the holds, movement, location, orientation, and nonmanual signal. What is the other meaningful part? a. The handshape b. The facial expression c. The place of articulation d. The direction of the palm 87. In the sign "TWO-WEEKS" the "2 handshape": a. Is a bound morpheme b. Is a free morpheme c. Conveys affective meaning d. Is a locative verb 88. For most native signers, the handshape for WEEK can be changed from 1 through: a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 9 89. The handshape change that we see in "ages 1 to 9" is the result of: a. numerical incorporation b. phonological assimilation c. the single sequence rule d. the first contact rule 90. In the sign LOUSY, its individual parts: a. have independent meaning b. do not have independent meaning c. rely on numerical incorporation d. are morphemes 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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81. When two languages are in contact, then tend to borrow from each other. ASL borrows from other sign languages. The signs that are borrowed from one language to another are called: a. Contact signs b. Lexemes c. Cheremes d. Loan Signs 82. Quite a few of the indigenous signs used by people in other countries to refer to their country have been adopted by ASL users. For example, instead of using the former ASL signs for JAPAN, ITALY, CHINA, and AUSTRALIA, we now use the signs used by each of those countries. These signs are: a. Contact signs b. Lexemes c. Derivational signs d. Loan Signs 83. Meaningful units of language that cannot occur alone are called: a. Lonley signs b. Bound morphemes c. Compound morphemes d. Free morphemes 84. Signs are composed of various parameters and articulatory features. Which of the following is not a parameter or articulatory feature of signs? a. Movements and Holds b. Handshape and Location c. Orientation and NonManual Markers d. Glosses 85. In the sign WEEK, you can change the handshape from a 1 to a 2, or a 3 and so on to mean a specified number of weeks. This process in ASL is known as: a. Phonemic adaptation b. Morphemic adaptation c. Numerical incorporation d. Number compounding 86. The sign "TWO-WEEKS" can be thought of as having two meaningful parts. The first part would be the bundle of information consisting of the holds, movement, location, orientation, and nonmanual signal. What is the other meaningful part? a. The handshape b. The facial expression c. The place of articulation d. The direction of the palm 87. In the sign "TWO-WEEKS" the "2 handshape": a. Is a bound morpheme b. Is a free morpheme c. Conveys affective meaning d. Is a locative verb 88. For most native signers, the handshape for WEEK can be changed from 1 through: a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 9 89. The handshape change that we see in "ages 1 to 9" is the result of: a. numerical incorporation b. phonological assimilation c. the single sequence rule d. the first contact rule 90. In the sign LOUSY, its individual parts: a. have independent meaning b. do not have independent meaning c. rely on numerical incorporation d. are morphemes
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