ASL Parameters

The base parameter for all signs is:

• movement

• palm orientation

• handshape

• non-manual markers

The parameter for which way your hands are facing is called....

• palm orientation

• contact

• movement

• handshape

We learned how many different ASL handshapes?

• 20

• 60

• 40

• 10

How many parameters are there in ASL?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 3

Who first recognized the parameters in ASL

• Keller

• Gallaudet

• Edison

• Stokoe

Which is not a parameter in ASL

• Handshape

• location

• direction

• movement

What handshape is used for the sign for good and bad?

• open B

• B

• G

• open 8

What parameter is different in the signs happy and please

• movement

• location

• palm orientation

• handshape

True or false: ASL is just a visual representation of English

• True

• False

What parameter is different for the signs chair and train?

• palm orientation

• location

• movement

• handshape