ASL Linguistics Exam Questions and
answers 2025
False .- .ANS✓✓-
ASL .Phonology .involves .studying .on .how .sounds .are .structure .and .organized.
True .- .ANS✓✓-Liddell .and .John's .movement-
hold .model .states .that .signs .are .composed .of .sequentially .produced .movement
s.
False .- .ANS✓✓-
A .simple .sign .can .be .specific .for .no .more .than .three .different .locations.
False .- .ANS✓✓-A .gloss .is .an .ASL .word .that .represents .a .sign.
True .- .ANS✓✓-Before .Stockoe's .research, .people .thought .signs .were .though .as
.unanalyzeable .wholes .without .internal .structure.
False .- .ANS✓✓-The .term .dominant .is .used .to .refer .to .the .right .hand .performing
.most .of .the .motor .tasks .in .ASL
True .- .ANS✓✓-Automobile .racing .number .signs .are .formed .by .placing .the .palm
.of .the ."B" .handshape .toward .self .and .spelling .the .number .on .the .back .of .this .
handshape.
True .- .ANS✓✓-
Some .compounds .require .the .internal .movement .of .the .sign .to .be .removed.
False .- .ANS✓✓-An .example .of .assimiliation .is .the .sign ."FATHER-MOTHER"
Location
Movements
Static .- .ANS✓✓-
Double .Handshape .signs .fall .into .two .broad .types .which .are .moving .from .one .
_______ .to .another .and .may .either .be .__________ .or ._____________
Holds
, Movements .- .ANS✓✓-
_______ .are .periods .of .time .during .which .all .aspects .of .articulation .are .bundled
.up .in .a .stead .state .while .________ .are .related .to .transition.
Assimiliation .- .ANS✓✓-
A .segment .takes .on .the .characteristic .of .another .segment .is .usually .before .or .
after .it .is .called .__________________
Thumb .configuration .
Finger .configuration .- .ANS✓✓-
Liddell .Johnson .added .the .________ .and .separated .it .from .the .Stockoe's ._____
______ .to .make .clear .and .precise .way .to .describe .signs.
Movement .Epthensis .- .ANS✓✓-
The .process .of .adding .a .movement .segment .is .called .the ._________________
Weak .Hand .Anticipation .Rule .- .ANS✓✓-
According .to .the .____________ .if .the .first .sign .is .one .handed .and .the .second .s
ign .is .two .handed .then .the .entire .sign .becomes .two .handed.
Languages .- .ANS✓✓-Rules .government .communication .systems
Linguistics .- .ANS✓✓-Scientific .study .of .language
Phonology .- .ANS✓✓-The .study .of .the .smallest .contrastive .unit .of .language.
Phonetics .- .ANS✓✓-The .smallest .contrastive .unit .of .language
Metathesis .- .ANS✓✓-The .process .of .changing .place
Hold .Reduction .- .ANS✓✓-
Shortens .holds .between .movements .when .signs .occur.
Minimal .Pairs .- .ANS✓✓-Words .that .differ .in .one .phonological .element.
Chereme .- .ANS✓✓-Root .meaning ."hand"
Contra .- .ANS✓✓-Moving .laterally .toward .the .body.
Ipsi .- .ANS✓✓-Moving .laterally .away .from .the .body.
List .the .two .paramenters .that .were .not .identified .by .Stockoe .and .why .did .they .
become .important .addition .to .the .list .of .parameters .- .ANS✓✓-1. .Non-
Manual .Markers
2. .Orientation .
*Helped .bring .clarity .to .signs, .showed .grammatical .features .of .signs. .Also, .acc
ounted .for .differences .in .handshapes .and .locations. .Like .the .sign: .MILLION. .Sh
owed .internal .structures .better.
answers 2025
False .- .ANS✓✓-
ASL .Phonology .involves .studying .on .how .sounds .are .structure .and .organized.
True .- .ANS✓✓-Liddell .and .John's .movement-
hold .model .states .that .signs .are .composed .of .sequentially .produced .movement
s.
False .- .ANS✓✓-
A .simple .sign .can .be .specific .for .no .more .than .three .different .locations.
False .- .ANS✓✓-A .gloss .is .an .ASL .word .that .represents .a .sign.
True .- .ANS✓✓-Before .Stockoe's .research, .people .thought .signs .were .though .as
.unanalyzeable .wholes .without .internal .structure.
False .- .ANS✓✓-The .term .dominant .is .used .to .refer .to .the .right .hand .performing
.most .of .the .motor .tasks .in .ASL
True .- .ANS✓✓-Automobile .racing .number .signs .are .formed .by .placing .the .palm
.of .the ."B" .handshape .toward .self .and .spelling .the .number .on .the .back .of .this .
handshape.
True .- .ANS✓✓-
Some .compounds .require .the .internal .movement .of .the .sign .to .be .removed.
False .- .ANS✓✓-An .example .of .assimiliation .is .the .sign ."FATHER-MOTHER"
Location
Movements
Static .- .ANS✓✓-
Double .Handshape .signs .fall .into .two .broad .types .which .are .moving .from .one .
_______ .to .another .and .may .either .be .__________ .or ._____________
Holds
, Movements .- .ANS✓✓-
_______ .are .periods .of .time .during .which .all .aspects .of .articulation .are .bundled
.up .in .a .stead .state .while .________ .are .related .to .transition.
Assimiliation .- .ANS✓✓-
A .segment .takes .on .the .characteristic .of .another .segment .is .usually .before .or .
after .it .is .called .__________________
Thumb .configuration .
Finger .configuration .- .ANS✓✓-
Liddell .Johnson .added .the .________ .and .separated .it .from .the .Stockoe's ._____
______ .to .make .clear .and .precise .way .to .describe .signs.
Movement .Epthensis .- .ANS✓✓-
The .process .of .adding .a .movement .segment .is .called .the ._________________
Weak .Hand .Anticipation .Rule .- .ANS✓✓-
According .to .the .____________ .if .the .first .sign .is .one .handed .and .the .second .s
ign .is .two .handed .then .the .entire .sign .becomes .two .handed.
Languages .- .ANS✓✓-Rules .government .communication .systems
Linguistics .- .ANS✓✓-Scientific .study .of .language
Phonology .- .ANS✓✓-The .study .of .the .smallest .contrastive .unit .of .language.
Phonetics .- .ANS✓✓-The .smallest .contrastive .unit .of .language
Metathesis .- .ANS✓✓-The .process .of .changing .place
Hold .Reduction .- .ANS✓✓-
Shortens .holds .between .movements .when .signs .occur.
Minimal .Pairs .- .ANS✓✓-Words .that .differ .in .one .phonological .element.
Chereme .- .ANS✓✓-Root .meaning ."hand"
Contra .- .ANS✓✓-Moving .laterally .toward .the .body.
Ipsi .- .ANS✓✓-Moving .laterally .away .from .the .body.
List .the .two .paramenters .that .were .not .identified .by .Stockoe .and .why .did .they .
become .important .addition .to .the .list .of .parameters .- .ANS✓✓-1. .Non-
Manual .Markers
2. .Orientation .
*Helped .bring .clarity .to .signs, .showed .grammatical .features .of .signs. .Also, .acc
ounted .for .differences .in .handshapes .and .locations. .Like .the .sign: .MILLION. .Sh
owed .internal .structures .better.
