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Glossing. What is it?. Historically there was no written form for ASL. Only recently has ASL become a written language, though this system has not yet gained acceptance with all signers.
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Glossing What is it?
Historically there was no writtenform for ASL. • Only recently has ASL become a written language, though this system has not yet gained acceptance with all signers. • Since ASL is not written, Deaf people have relied on the writtenformats of the spoken languages used around them. • A Deaf person in the United States signs in ASL but writes in English.
Over the years a written system has been developed by ASL teachers and researchers to translate signs into a basic form of English, this system is called glossing. • Using one language to write another has its limitations but doing so can be a quick way to convey concepts. • The first step is translating each sign into an English equivalent.
English Sentence: • What is your name? • ASL Gloss: • YOU NAME WHAT YOU? • Each glossed word is always written in capitalized letters.
YOU DO… • Practice glossing one-word glosses: • Hello • Yes • Name • Tired • Deaf • Nice • Understand • Friend • Fine • Good
Many signs can’t be glossed using just one English word. Use hyphens between each segment to show a single concept. • Example: GIVE-ME • Example: DON’T-KNOW
You Do… • Practice glossing the signed words
Before glossing a fingerspelled word you will write “fs-” you capitalize the fingerspelled term but not the “fs-” • Example: fs-BUS • Example: fs-JOHN
Using the index finger to point to a person, place, or thing is called deixis. • Abbreviate this with IX, and follow with another gloss or name of person to whom you are pointing. • You can also add he, she, or it in lower-case letters after IX. • Example: IX-Mom • Example: IX-he • Example: IX-fs-JILL
You Do… • Practice signing the following glosses: • ME NAME fs-SARA. IX-he NAME fs-SEAN IX-he. • IX-she LEARN SIGN-LANGUAGE IX-she. • IX-he WANT MEET YOU • IX LAST NAME fs-COOPER IX. • fs-MARC DEAF. IX-he MY FRIEND IX-he. • IX-she NAME fs-TARA IX-she. • IX HARD-OF-HEARING IX. • IX-he BUSY IX-he. • IX-she NAME fs-RITA IX-she. • IX SICK IX.
You Do… • Practice glossing the following sentences. • He is Deaf. • She is Mary • He is confused. • She is Kelly. • He is hearing.
Glossing classifiers requires two parts. Gloss the classifier with “CL:” then add the concept described by the classifier in English. • Example: CL :Bent V “person sitting down”
You Do… • Practice glossing the following. • Motorcycle on a bumpy road. • Walking upstairs • Yesterday you got in a car accident • Walking away • Two people walking towards you.
When there are two or more parts to a single sign, use a + between each sign. • Example: SUN+SHINE • Example: MLK+DAY
We Do… • Possessive signs like his, hers, its, and theirs have “POSS-” written before the sign. • Example: POSS-hers • Her book. • My favorite • His birthday is in February • Is this water yours?
Non-manual signals formed by the eyebrows, head, and lips must be included. • First, draw a line above the glossed sentence, followed by specific descriptions for the non-manual signal written above the glossed term that uses the NMS. ___confused___ • Example: ME DON’T-KNOW
When the same NMS is used throughout a sentence, such as the WH-Face or the Question Maker, write the NMS at the beginning and end of the sentence. whwh • Example: YOU NAME WHAT YOU?
You Do… • Practice glossing WH Questions: • Where? • What? • You live where? • Who? • You?
Raising they eyebrows to ask a yes/no question is written with a q over the gloss. _q_ • Example: YOU • WH questions are shown by writing wh or whq over the gloss. _whq_ • Example: WHERE • Write above the gloss the word mouthed by the lips for signs that have non-manual signals attached to them. __cha__ • Example: CL:CLAW
We Do… • Gloss the following adding Non-Manual Signals • Don’t • Don’t Understand • Hi • Mad • Question • Yes • Nice to meet you • Are you Kris?
You Do… • Insert the appropriate Non-Manual Signals into each glossed sentence: • WEEKEND DO-DO YOU? • YOU fs-CHRIS HUH? • TURN-OFF-VOICE • NO ME-NOT HEARING ME-NOT • YOU HUNGRY HUH?
Use the ++ symbol for the signs that are repeated or show a recurring action. • Example: MEET-MANY-PEOPLE++ • Approach glossing as a labeling exercise: Label only what is signed and its corresponding non-manual signals. • Avoid adding English words that are not signed, like is and are.