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ASL Linguistics Quiz #17
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161. The position of a sign with respect to the bound morphemes that can be attached to it:
a. Syntactic frames
b. Morphological frames
c. Lexical category
d. Minor lexical category

162. The position in which a sign occurs relative to other classes of signs in the same phrase:
a. Syntactic frames
b. Morphological frames
c. Lexical category
d. Minor lexical category

163. What type of bound morphemes attach to nouns in ASL to pluralize them?
a. Predicates
b. The "apostrophe -- s" sign
c. classifiers
d. ASL doesn't use bound morphemes for pluralization

164. Which of the following are ASL determiners?
a. THE, A, AND
b. NEW, NEAT, YELLOW
c. SOME, MANY, FEW, INDEX-arc
d. Any bound morpheme if used prior to a noun

165. An ASL predicate may consist of:
a. A verb, noun, or adjective
b. A verb
c. A noun
d. An adjective

166. In ASL, colors:
a. should come after the noun
b. should come before the noun
c. can come before or after the noun
d. can only be used as predicates

167. In ASL the sign SICK:
a. seems to always function as a predicate
b. seems to always precede the noun
c. can come before or after the noun
d. Can be used as an adjective before a noun

168. Psychological, physiological, and emotional states like: STUPID, FUNNY, HEALTHY, HAPPY, CONFUSED AND UPSET:
a. Function as predicates and can't be used before nouns
b. Function as adjectives before a noun
c. Function as either adjectives or predicates and can come before or after the noun
d. None of the above

169. Physical characteristics like TALL, THIN, BIG, and UGLY:
a. Function as predicates and can't be used before nouns
b. Function as adjectives before a noun
c. Tend to be either adjectives or predicates and can come before or after the noun
d. Function as adverbs

170. In ASL, progressive tense (like the English concept of "-ing") and classifier predicate changes occur:
a. At random
b. With auxiliary verbs
c. In the syntactic frame
d. In the morphological frame

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