Lexical Categories

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Lexical Signs

• Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, etc.
• Content Signs vs. Function Signs
• Open vs. Closed

CONTENT
Signs that contribute to the substantive meaning of sentences
(noun, verb, adjective, & adverb)
*Open Category*

FUNCTION
New signs are altered/created
(pronouns, prepositions, modal verbs, & conjunctions)
*Closed Category*

NOUNS
identify entities: individuals, places, and concrete/abstract things

Nouns

Silly Sentences

cat barked.

mike hair color yellow.

Statue of Liberty where? Chicago.

VERBS
actions, events, processes, & states of being

VERBS

VERBS

• Action Verbs
• Verbs as Path
• Plain Verbs
• Verbs of Agreement (directional & word order)
• Reciprocal Verbs

VERBS

• Action Verbs
• Verbs as Path
• Plain Verbs
• Verbs of Agreement (directional & word order)
• Reciprocal Verbs

Verbs as path

Plain verbs

Verbs of Agreement

• Directional

Verbs of Agreement

• Word Order

Reciprocal Verbs

Directional Verbs Activity

ADVERBS & ADJECTIVES

ADVERBS
express manner, indicate temporal frequency, or modify adjectives and other adverbs

ADJECTIVES
describe nouns
(opinion, size, age, or color, among other qualities of a noun)

Verbs/nouns can be inflected

• Adding Non Manual Markers
• Changing the intensity of the sign production (FAST, SLOW)
• Adding "additional hands" to one-handed signs
• Adding a "wiggle" to the sign production (FAST, BEAUTIFUL)
• Using poetic/creative license (UNDERSTAND with pinky)

Action "what happened" Predicates

Describing "to be" Predicates

Frozen

Adding Non Manual Markers

Mouth Morphemes

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Mouth Morphemes

Changing the intensity (manner)

Adding additional hands

Using poetic/creative license

Next week: Pronouns, Classifiers, prepositions & Conjunctions