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Title: Classifiers in ASL


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Classifiers in ASL
  • Mrs. Huber
  • ASL 1

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What are Classifiers?
  • Classifiers are used in American Sign Language to
    show movement, location, and appearance. After a
    signer indicates a person or thing, a classifier
    can be used in its place to show where and how it
    moves, what it looks like, and where it is
    located

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2 types of Classifiers
  • First type represents nouns. Including possible
    movement or action of the noun.
  • ie. Train, cup
  • Second type describes something about size, shape
    and texture
  • ie. Rect CL

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When using Classifiers as nouns
  • You have to identify the noun that you are
    talking about before using the classifier
  • For example 3 CL can be multiple things so when
    you sign using it there has to be some context.
  • Mrs. Hubers example
  • B CL is another example of a classifier that need
    context

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Classifiers used as Adjectives
  • The second type of classifier is that of which
    describes an object
  • F CL and L CL are two examples
  • Context is also important

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So how many classifiers are there?Here is a
list of ones to know
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