Signs for FUN and THE...ASL? ;-)

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
August 15, 2005

What a wonderful grammar lesson, Stuart! Thank you!!  Val ;-)

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On Aug 15, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Stuart Thiessen wrote:

> Linguistically, the word "the" fits in the category of words called  
> determiners. In English, it is called the definite article.  Some  
> languages have them and some languages do not.  There is some  
> debate about whether or not ASL really has determiners or not.   
> Sometimes the index finger pointing at a specific object or  
> location can sometimes be understood like the word "the" in  
> English.  For example,
>
>


> The sign circled in red could either be interpreted as a determiner  
> meaning "the" or as a demonstrative pronoun meaning "that". It is  
> not the word "the" but it seems to share a similar function in ASL.  
> In some languages, the 3rd person pronoun is used liked a  
> determiner or a demonstrative pronoun. So, in this case, the form  
> and look of the determiner or demonstrative pronoun in ASL looks  
> alot like a regular pronoun even though it is used a little  
> differently.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stuart
>
> On Aug 15, 2005, at 9:39, bwhite wrote:
>
>
>> I agree... with the word THE.  I didn't think it was ASL.
>>
>> bw
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Valerie Sutton
>> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:59 PM
>> Subject: [sw-l] Signs for FUN and THE...ASL? ;-)
>>
>> SignWriting List
>> August 14, 2005
>>
>> Hello Brenda!
>> The sign for FUN makes sense, although it is written incorrectly.  
>> You know, SignPuddle is a lot of fun, because anyone can add signs  
>> and sometimes we experiment with this or that, and then leave the  
>> half-written sign in SignPuddle by mistake! Then it needs to be  
>> cleaned up later, when we try to send an email!!...grin...so I  
>> will clean up FUN and post it next message...
>>
>> I didn't know there was such a thing as a sign for THE? That  
>> certainly isn't ASL, is it? Does real ASL really have a sign for THE?
>>
>>   Val ;-)
>>
>> -------------------------
>>
>> On Aug 14, 2005, at 8:21 PM, bwhite wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I thought the first circle was THE and the second circle FUN.   ???
>>>
>>
>>
>

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