Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II--Beginning & Intermediate

by Humphries, Tom L.; Padden, Carol A.; Hills, Robert; Lott, Peggy; Renner, Daniel W.

• ISBN13: 9780135285718
• ISBN10: 0135285712
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Written by two leading authorities in the field, this book is designed to help learners successfully interact with deaf American Sign Language (ASL) users. It is also used as the basic text for a course in ASL. Lessons are structured around language needed for common life situations, and the book is also supported by a videotape.

Table of Contents

To the Student	xiii
Acknowledgements	xv
Introductions and Personal Information	1	(12)
Introductions	2	(1)
Grammar: Information questions	2	(1)
Culture: First and last name in introductions	3	(1)
Personal information	3	(3)
Grammar: Yes/No questions	4	(1)
Grammar: Simple affirmative sentences with head nodding	4	(1)
Grammar: Simple negative sentences with head shaking	5	(1)
Culture: DEAF, Deaf people's term for themselves	5	(1)
More Personal Information	6	(2)
Grammar: Pronoun copy	7	(1)
Culture: Difference between WHERE LIVE? and WHERE FROM?	7	(1)
Vocabulary	8	(5)
Learning ASL	13	(11)
Going to Class	14	(3)
Grammar: Answering yes/no question by repeating verb from question	15	(1)
Grammar: THERE made in approximate direction of place even when not in sight and to show specific location; also HERE	16	(1)
Objects in the Classroom	17	(1)
Grammar: Information question: question sign before, after, or before and after	18	(1)
Showing You Understand and Asking for Help	18	(3)
Note: Other ways to ask for help	19	(1)
Note: Use of OH-I-SEE	20	(1)
Vocabulary	21	(3)
Politeness	24	(12)
Asking Politely	25	(2)
Grammar: Verbs that change movement to show location: GO/COME, BRING/CARRY, etc	25	(2)
Thanks	27	(3)
Grammar: Verbs that change movement to indicate subject and object: GIVE, HELP, TELL, etc	28	(2)
Interruptions and Apologies	30	(1)
Culture: Saying EXCUSE-ME when walking between two people	30	(1)
Vocabulary	31	(5)
Descriptions	36	(14)
Physical Appearance	37	(3)
Grammar: LOOK∧LIKE? questions	37	(1)
Grammar: Adjectives used to describe hair	38	(1)
Grammar: Adjectives used to describe height and weight	39	(1)
Clothing	40	(3)
Grammar: Descriptive adjectives before and after nouns	41	(1)
Grammar: Altering signs to show detail such as direction of stripes, etc	42	(1)
Personality and Character	43	(3)
Grammar: Topicalizing subjects and objects	44	(2)
Vocabulary	46	(4)
Requests	50	(17)
Polite Commands	51	(6)
Culture: Flashing light to get attention and other ways to get attention	51	(1)
Grammar: Verb pairs: OPEN/CLOSE-DOOR, etc.	52	(1)
Grammar: Noun-verb pairs	53	(4)
Requests to Do Something	57	(2)
Note: Use of DON'T-MIND	57	(1)
Note: Use of FOR ME	58	(1)
More Requests	59	(3)
Note: Verb pairs to turn things on and off	60	(2)
Vocabulary	62	(5)
Expressing Yourself	67	(15)
How You Feel	68	(3)
Note: Form of ALL-DAY, ALL-NIGHT, etc.	69	(2)
Opinions and Preferences	71	(4)
Note: Use of WOW!	72	(1)
Grammar: Negative incorporation: DON'T-LIKE, DON'T-KNOW, DON'T-WANT	73	(1)
Grammar: Other negative forms: NOT SURPRISED I, NOT SATISFIED I, etc.	73	(2)
Anxiety	75	(3)
Grammar: Use of modals: MUST, SHOULD, CAN, WILL	76	(2)
Vocabulary	78	(4)
More Descriptions	82	(13)
Objects and Their Location	83	(2)
Grammar: Classifier Predicates showing size and shape	83	(1)
Grammar: Classifier predicates showing instrument	84	(1)
Objects, Number and Location	85	(2)
Grammar: Classifier predicates to indicate locational relationships	86	(1)
How Many	87	(4)
Grammar: Plurals using quantifiers: MANY, SOME, SEVERAL, A-FEW	88	(1)
Grammar: Plurals using numbers	89	(1)
Grammar: MINUTE, HOUR, DAY, etc. incorporating numbers	89	(2)
Vocabulary	91	(4)
Family and Friends	95	(14)
Family Information	96	(1)
Culture: Asking and giving information about a person's family background	96	(1)
Culture: Establishing whether hearing members of a family sign or not	97	(1)
Family Relationship	97	(4)
Grammar: Past, present, and future tenses using time signs	98	(2)
Grammar: Personal pronouns incorporating number	100	(1)
Friends and Acquaintances	101	(4)
Note: Use of FINISH	102	(3)
Vocabulary	105	(4)
More Descriptions	109	(13)
How Others Look	110	(3)
Note: Whispering in sign	110	(1)
Grammar: Use of numbers to show age, time, count	111	(1)
Note: Humorous variation on CL:55	112	(1)
Personality	113	(2)
Note: Contraction of KNOW and THAT: KNOW∧THAT	114	(1)
Culture: Schools for the deaf	115	(1)
Physical Features	115	(3)
Grammar: Variation on CL:B	116	(2)
Vocabulary	118	(4)
At Home and Daily Living	122	(15)
Your Residence	123	(3)
Grammar: More verbs that change movement to show subject and object: BORROW, TAKE, SUMMON, CHOOSE	123	(1)
Grammar: Classifiers representing category and with movement	124	(2)
Objects in Your Residence	126	(2)
Grammar: More classifiers showing size and shape and chaining: CL:C&rarr2;, CL:B, CL:11
What You Do Everyday	128	(4)
Grammar: Form of EVERY-MORNING, EVERY-NIGHT, etc.	129	(1)
Note: Signs derived from fingerspelling	130	(1)
Grammar: Form of EVERY-SATURDAY, EVERY-TUESDAY, etc.	131	(1)
Vocabulary	132	(5)
Food and Food Shopping	137	(15)
The Menu	138	(3)
Note: Use of RUN-OUT and DEPLETE (for containers)	138	(1)
Grammar: Negatives of modals: CAN'T and WON'T	139	(1)
Grammar: Use of NONE to show no quantity and as a negative: SEE∧NONE, HEAR∧NONE, UNDERSTAND∧NONE, FEEL∧NONE	139	(2)
Quantities	141	(3)
Note: Fingerspelled abbreviations: L-B, O-Z, T-S-P	142	(1)
Grammar: Classifiers CL:G and CL:BB to show thickness, width, depth and layering	143	(1)
Prices	144	(3)
Grammar: 1-DOLLAR incorporating numbers 2 to 10	145	(1)
Note: Use of BLANK with dollar amount	146	(1)
Grammar: 1-CENT incorporating numbers	146	(1)
Vocabulary	147	(5)
Offering and Declining	152	(14)
Food and Drink	153	(2)
Grammar: Non-inflecting form of HELP	154	(1)
Help	155	(3)
Culture: TTYs	156	(1)
Note: BREAKDOWN, SHUTDOWN, WEAR-OUT, BREAK	156	(2)
Explaining	158	(3)
Grammar: Structures for declining	159	(2)
Vocabulary	161	(5)
More Ways to Express Yourself	166	(16)
Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction	167	(3)
Note: Ways to express satisfaction	168	(2)
Agreement and Disagreement	170	(3)
Grammar: Conditional sentences	171	(2)
Concern and Feelings	173	(5)
Note: Asking about someone: ALL-RIGHT?, etc.	174	(1)
Note: Use of GONE and DIE	175	(1)
Grammar: Structures to express emotional or physical states	176	(2)
Vocabulary	178	(4)
Experiences and Current Activity	182	(19)
An Event	183	(3)
Grammar: Classifiers as quantifiers: CL:44, CL:55&uarr2;, etc.	183	(2)
Grammar: FINISH as conjunction	185	(1)
A Past Event	186	(8)
Grammar: More conjunctions: WRONG, HAPPEN, FIND, FRUSTRATED, HIT	187	(2)
Grammar: Number incorporation in LAST-YEAR, NEXT-YEAR, etc.	189	(4)
Grammar: Structures for asking what happened: WHAT'S-UP?, etc.	193	(1)
Current Activity	194	(3)
Grammar: Structures for commenting on competence or expertise	195	(2)
Vocabulary	197	(4)
Future Plans and Obligations	201	(15)
General Future Plans	202	(2)
Note: Use of NOTHING-TO-IT	203	(1)
Time and Place to Meet	204	(5)
Grammar: More verb pairs: GET-IN/GET-OUT, etc.	206	(3)
Future Obligations	209	(3)
Grammar: Structures for indicating an obligation: APPOINTMENT, PROMISE, DUTY	209	(2)
Culture: Captioned video, TV, films	211	(1)
Culture: Deaf clubs	211	(1)
Vocabulary	212	(4)
Directions and Instructions	216	(13)
Directions	217	(3)
Note: Commonly used fingerspelled abbreviations: D-S and P-O	217	(2)
Grammar: Use of body to show change in direction	219	(1)
Descriptions of Place	220	(3)
Note: Use of apostrophe-S	220	(1)
Grammar: Use of Locale	221	(1)
Grammar: Locational relationships using chaining of classifiers	222	(1)
Instructions	223	(2)
Grammar: Use of CL:CC**	223	(2)
Vocabulary	225	(4)
Suggestions and Advice	229	(14)
Suggestions	230	(3)
Note: Use of BORED	230	(2)
Culture: Bowling leagues	232	(1)
Grammar: Forms of EVERY-MONTH, EVERY-YEAR	232	(1)
Time and Place	233	(4)
Note: Confirming head nods and headshakes	235	(1)
Note: Use of APPROXIMATELY with time, age and money	236	(1)
Advice	237	(2)
Grammar: Structures for giving advice preceded by SHOULD, BETTER, ADVISE, WARN, SUGGEST, MAYBE	238	(1)
Vocabulary	239	(4)
Attitudes and Opinions	243	(14)
What Others Think	244	(3)
Grammar: Verbs that change movement to indicate TWO, EACH, ALL	244	(3)
Opinions	247	(4)
Note: More ways to express opinions	248	(3)
Values	251	(3)
Note: Ways to express opposing values	252	(1)
Grammar: Quantifiers with count and non-count nouns	253	(1)
Vocabulary	254	(3)
Recreational Activities	257	(12)
Activities	258	(3)
Grammar: REPEATEDLY inflection of verbs, with facial adverbs	258	(3)
A Sequence of Activities	261	(2)
Grammar: CONTINUALLY inflection of verbs, with facial adverbs	262	(1)
Note: Use of CHAT, SIGN-TALK, and SIGN-FLUENTLY	262	(1)
Seasonal Activities	263	(2)
Grammar: Plural forms by reduplication	264	(1)
Vocabulary	265	(4)
Travel---Places and Experiences	269	(12)
Travel Experience	270	(2)
Grammar: Other verbs showing subject and object: JOIN and SAY-OKAY	271	(1)
Grammar: REPEATEDLY inflection of adjectives	271	(1)
More Travel Experiece	272	(3)
Grammar: CONTINUALLY inflection of adjectives	274	(1)
Places You Visited	275	(2)
Grammar:VERY inflection of adjectives	276	(1)
Vocabulary	277	(4)
Occupations and Professions	281	(13)
Occupations and Professions	282	(4)
Grammar: Use of agent suffix for some professions	283	(1)
Grammar: Rhetorical questions	284	(2)
Job Activity	286	(2)
Note: Use of UNDERSTAND to precede a qualification, condition, or stipulation	288	(1)
Work History	288	(2)
Note: Use of GET-REGULARY	290	(1)
Vocabulary	290	(4)
The Body, Health, and Emergencies	294	(11)
Physical Conditioning	295	(1)
Grammar: Use of body pronoun	296	(1)
Health and Health Problems	296	(2)
Note: Use of PAIN	297	(1)
Emergencies	298	(4)
Culture: Deaf People's communicative strategies with non-signers	300	(1)
Grammar: Use of NEVER and NOTHING as denials	300	(2)
Vocabulary	302	(3)
Current Events	305	(11)
Recent News	306	(2)
Grammar: Reduplication in different locations	307	(1)
Current Topics of Interest	308	(3)
Grammar: Clause as topic	309	(2)
Current lssues	311	(2)
Note: Use of WORSE	313	(1)
Vocabulary	313	(3)
How Things Are Done	316	(11)
A Process	317	(3)
Grammar: Classifier predicates showing manner of flow: CL:44&rarr2; and CL:4↓	318	(2)
Width, Length and Height	320	(1)
Grammar: Distance from one point to another using CL:1-TO-CL:1	321	(1)
Measurements and Weight	321	(2)
Grammar: Questions about measurement: HOW-MUCH, etc.	322	(1)
Vocabulary	323	(4)
Additional Readings, Films, and Videos for the Student	327	(2)
English Translations of Dialogues	329	(16)
Vocabulary Index	345