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ASL Linguistics Quiz #10

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91. In the signs SUMMER, UGLY, and DRY, space is used to indicate what kind of contrast?
a. perspective
b. referential
c. morphological
d. phonological

92. The sentences "I GIVE YOU" and "YOU GIVE ME" makes what kind of use of space?
a. perspective
b. referential
c. morphological
d. phonological

93. If I use movement and space to show that someone is "giving" continually or over and over again, what kind of marker am I using?
a. referential
b. aspectual
c. classifier predicate
d. absolute

94. When a location in space is associated with a nominal, it performs what kind of function?
a. phonological
b. classifier
c. referential
d. inflectional

95. When you use space to provide information about the location of a person or object in a three-dimensional network, what sort of function are you using?
a. 3D morphemes
b. predicate
c. locative
d. absolute

96. A good example of a signer is describing something using a "relative frame of reference" would be:
a. Signing a scene from his or her perspective.
b. Giving directions using the signs EAST, WEST, NORTH, and SOUTH.
c. A phrase which uses the signs RIGHT and LEFT.
d. A person describing his family members by using his non-dominant hand fingers as referents.

97. A good example of a signer is describing something using an "absolute frame of reference" would be:
a. Signing a scene from his or her perspective.
b. Giving directions using the standard signs EAST, WEST, NORTH, and SOUTH.
c. A phrase in which the person takes on the role of one of the characters as if he were actually that person.
d. A signer talking about a car moving from one place to another in 3D space.

98. A good example of a signer is describing something using an "narrative perspective" would be:
a. Signing a scene from his or her perspective.
b. Giving directions using the standard signs EAST, WEST, NORTH, and SOUTH
c. A phrase in which the person takes on the role of one of the characters as if he were actually that person.
d. A signer talking about a car moving from one place to another in 3D space.

99. After we have introduced a noun or a noun phrase, what do we use to say something about that noun or noun phrase?
a. a nonmanual marker
b. an aspect marker
c. a predicate
d. a hyponym

100. Name three types of (non-classifier) ASL predicates:
a. verbs, nouns, and adjectives
b. sig, tab, dez
c. conditionals, commands, and rhetoricals
d. yes-no, WH-Qs, and conditionals

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