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ASL Linguistics Quiz #19
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181. There are signs labeled IN, ON, UNDER, and BEHIND. In ASL these signs: (p128)
a. Function like predicates and not like prepositions
b. Function like prepositions and not like predicates
c. Function as either prepositions or predicates depending on their location
d. Are not used, they are signed English

182. What do we use to join words or phrases of the same category? (p129)
a. Prepositions
b. Conjunctions
c. Transitive verbs
d. Body-shift

183. BUT, UNDERSTAND, OR, and PLUS are examples of (p129)
a. Prepositions
b. Conjunctions
c. Transitive verbs
d. Intransitive verbs

184. The linguistic term for verbs or predicates that do not allow objects is: (p132)
a. Subjective
b. Transylvania
c. Transitive
d. Intransitive

185. The sentence "BOY SILLY," is an example of (p132)
a. Intransitive predicate
b. Transitive predicate
c. Non-predicate statement
d. Transitive verb

186. ASL is relatively flexible but one syntax structure that ASL does not allow is (p133)
a. Verb-Subject: The verb followed by the noun subject. (*VS)
b. Verb-Pronoun: The pronoun referencing a previously established subject.
c. Subject-Verb: The verb is intransitive.
d. Subject-Verb-Pronoun: Using the subject pronoun copy rule.

187. The term for verbs that allow objects is: (p134)
a. Subjective
b. Transylvania
c. Transitive
d. Intransitive

188. The basic word order in ASL for sentences containing an object is: (p134)
a. Subject-Object-Verb
b. Object-Verb-Subject
c. Verb-Subject-Object
d. Subject-Verb-Object

189. The placement of the object at the beginning of a sentence is: (p134)
a. Not allowed in ASL
b. Transitive verb reversal
c. Topicalization
d. Antonymy

190. The basic word order in ASL sentences with intransitive verbs is: (p135)
a. Object-Verb-Subject
b. Subject-Verb
c. Verb-Subject-Object
d. Subject-Verb-Object

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