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The Linguistics of Sign Language
  • 1. What does 'ASL' stand for?
A) American Sign Language
B) Abstract Sign Language
C) Australian Sign Language
D) Advanced Sign Language
  • 2. Which of the following is a feature of sign languages?
A) Iconicity
B) Phonemic structure
C) Verb conjugation
D) Orthographic representation
  • 3. In sign languages, what is 'space' used for?
A) To show emotions
B) Referencing people, places, and things
C) For hand speed
D) Only for gestures
  • 4. What does 'deixis' refer to in sign language?
A) A type of grammatical structure
B) Pointing to indicate meaning
C) Facial expression
D) A method of classification
  • 5. What aids in understanding sign language in conversation?
A) Sound
B) Background music
C) Context and visual cues
D) Written translations
  • 6. What is the role of facial expressions in sign language?
A) They are unnecessary
B) They indicate volume
C) They only express emotion
D) They modify meaning and grammatical aspects
  • 7. In sign language grammar, what typically comes first in a sentence?
A) Adjective
B) Topic
C) Verb
D) Object
  • 8. What is 'code-switching' in sign language?
A) Using only fingerspelling
B) Creating new signs
C) Staying in one language only
D) Switching between different sign languages or modes of communication
  • 9. Which area applies to the study of sign language?
A) Neuroscience
B) Astronomy
C) Botany
D) Sociolinguistics
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