Sisyphe wrote:Thanks for that Daniel. Perhaps I'm a little out of the loop here, but I thought that signing the question mark was something from Signed English, not American Sign Language. The question word appearing twice is definitely something unlike ASL, in Contact Signing, the question word is usually in the beginning of the question, and in ASL it's generally the last word. It's also accompanied by raising or lowering the eyebrows. Sometimes this difference is a matter of the nature of the question - questions with a yes or no answer often have the eyebrow lowering motion, while questions that require more often have the signer raise their eyebrows. That leads me to another question.
In ASL, we have rhetorical questions that the signer themself answers. For example,
English: I like sign language because it's fun.
ASL: ME - LIKE - ASL - WHY?(eyebrow raising, accompanied by short pause) ASL - FUN
It's very often used instead of 'because' like in this case. Is there any equivalent to this in BSL? Thanks for your other explanations Daniel; sign languages just fascinate me.
Alejo wrote:Sisyphe wrote:Thanks for that Daniel. Perhaps I'm a little out of the loop here, but I thought that signing the question mark was something from Signed English, not American Sign Language. The question word appearing twice is definitely something unlike ASL, in Contact Signing, the question word is usually in the beginning of the question, and in ASL it's generally the last word. It's also accompanied by raising or lowering the eyebrows. Sometimes this difference is a matter of the nature of the question - questions with a yes or no answer often have the eyebrow lowering motion, while questions that require more often have the signer raise their eyebrows. That leads me to another question.
In ASL, we have rhetorical questions that the signer themself answers. For example,
English: I like sign language because it's fun.
ASL: ME - LIKE - ASL - WHY?(eyebrow raising, accompanied by short pause) ASL - FUN
It's very often used instead of 'because' like in this case. Is there any equivalent to this in BSL? Thanks for your other explanations Daniel; sign languages just fascinate me.
Interesting...
Out in New York, it would be:
NY ASL: ASL ME LIKE WHY? ASL FUN.
Alejo wrote:
I plan to interpret my way through college though, so it is easier for me now.
Daniel wrote:The last video is an exercise! Can you understand what is being said? If so then write down the answers here!
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