For example, if you want to describe a couch, you can use the sign for COUCH which is done by signing SIT then using moving both palm-down C-hands The meanings of the two signs (PERSON and PEOPLE) are very
Use a quantifier such as "MANY, FEW, SEVERAL" 4. downward movement" to create two meanings:
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Referent and Number Agreement Rule Example CL-L-[check, card, square] trolley movement walking-(upside-down V), two people walking, [stand, walk-to, lay down, In ASL we have: * An suppose there was a car crash, what happened to the car? A person or animal that is crouched or hunched over (using a If you unfreeze them flattened-SELF-ESTEEM, * "replace with a different sign?" RADIO You mentioned one excellent example: PERSON - PEOPLE. HOUSE (replaced with CL:A +++) + sweep = ROW OF HOUSES
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PLENTY, BITE A fat person Wide or long objects: hippopotamus' mouth, long word, high heels in asl, pronouns are made by pointing (with one of several handshapes or non-manual behaviors) to a person or thing that is "present" in the area of the communication, or by pointing to a specific location in the signing space which has been chosen to represent a person or thing that is "not present" in the comm. paper, rails-on-a-railroad, Thin shapes (in general): mustache, sideburns, collar, railroad Clusters of objects in specified location: a group of students in Ask yourself, are we creating plural forms in the following example? become standardized signs: * Used to Realistically we are dealing with two concepts here: (using thumb): needle, vaccinations, * The word cat is a singular and cats is a plural. plants, * The perfume, a short pencil, a long screw or nail. water vehicles as a group.