PSU CSD 269 Exam 2 – study guide and practice exam preparation material
Robert McGregor - correct answer ✔✔First president of NAD
Distanced Deaf people from the disabled perception that the world has of them
Laurent Clerc - correct answer ✔✔First Deaf teacher in U.S.
Helped establish Gallaudet
Because of him Deaf people founded 24 more schools for the Deaf in America in the mid 1800s
Who developed ASL? - correct answer ✔✔Deaf people in 1817 when the first school of the Deaf
was established
Prescriptive - correct answer ✔✔Examines language in a way that a book may teach grammar
Rules based
Descriptive - correct answer ✔✔A person's educational background and inclination to think in
ASL/English can affect how they sign
Language does not always conform to prescriptive rules
Phonology - correct answer ✔✔Concerned with the production, audition and perception of of
speech sounds
`Morphology - correct answer ✔✔Branch of linguistics (and one of the major components of
grammar) that studies word structures
Syntax - correct answer ✔✔Grammatical structure of sentences
The format in which words and phrases are arranged to create sentences
, Discourse - correct answer ✔✔Way in which language is used socially to convey broad historical
meaning
It is language identified by the social conditions of its use, by who is using it and under what
conditions
What are the parameters of signed language? - correct answer ✔✔Handshapes, locations,
movements, and palm orientation
Facial expressions- considered the fifth parameter
Morpheme - correct answer ✔✔The smallest meaningful unit of language that cannot be
divided any more
EX: sit and chair have the same sign but sit is one motion while chair is the same motion but
repeated
Diamond Structure - correct answer ✔✔At the end of a sentence, the topic is repeated to
assure that the point has been clearly made
Pidgin Language - correct answer ✔✔When parts of two or more languages are combined in a
simplified structure and vocabulary
Rarefied ASL - correct answer ✔✔Poetic nature
Often seen in stage performances
ASL Monolinguals - correct answer ✔✔Deaf people who are competent only in ASL
ASL Dominant Bilinguals - correct answer ✔✔Deaf people who have skills in both ASL and
English but are more fluent in ASL
Robert McGregor - correct answer ✔✔First president of NAD
Distanced Deaf people from the disabled perception that the world has of them
Laurent Clerc - correct answer ✔✔First Deaf teacher in U.S.
Helped establish Gallaudet
Because of him Deaf people founded 24 more schools for the Deaf in America in the mid 1800s
Who developed ASL? - correct answer ✔✔Deaf people in 1817 when the first school of the Deaf
was established
Prescriptive - correct answer ✔✔Examines language in a way that a book may teach grammar
Rules based
Descriptive - correct answer ✔✔A person's educational background and inclination to think in
ASL/English can affect how they sign
Language does not always conform to prescriptive rules
Phonology - correct answer ✔✔Concerned with the production, audition and perception of of
speech sounds
`Morphology - correct answer ✔✔Branch of linguistics (and one of the major components of
grammar) that studies word structures
Syntax - correct answer ✔✔Grammatical structure of sentences
The format in which words and phrases are arranged to create sentences
, Discourse - correct answer ✔✔Way in which language is used socially to convey broad historical
meaning
It is language identified by the social conditions of its use, by who is using it and under what
conditions
What are the parameters of signed language? - correct answer ✔✔Handshapes, locations,
movements, and palm orientation
Facial expressions- considered the fifth parameter
Morpheme - correct answer ✔✔The smallest meaningful unit of language that cannot be
divided any more
EX: sit and chair have the same sign but sit is one motion while chair is the same motion but
repeated
Diamond Structure - correct answer ✔✔At the end of a sentence, the topic is repeated to
assure that the point has been clearly made
Pidgin Language - correct answer ✔✔When parts of two or more languages are combined in a
simplified structure and vocabulary
Rarefied ASL - correct answer ✔✔Poetic nature
Often seen in stage performances
ASL Monolinguals - correct answer ✔✔Deaf people who are competent only in ASL
ASL Dominant Bilinguals - correct answer ✔✔Deaf people who have skills in both ASL and
English but are more fluent in ASL
