START ASL 2; Sentence Types

Yes/ No Question Examples

DEAF, YOU? STUDENT, HE? YOU MARRIED, YOU?

Rhetorical Questions

Do not require an answer; After asking question, give the answer; Commonly used to replace the word "because" in a sentence

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Follow an "if /then" pattern; Nmmarker is different for each part of the sentence

Wh-word Question Examples

HE, WHO?; YOU LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE, WHERE?; WHO YOUR TEACHER, WHO?

Declarative: Negative Examples

ME CAN'T GO; ME HAVE NONE CHILDREN

Declarative: Neutral Examples

ME GO HOME; ME EAT FINISH

Rhetorical Question Examples

ME HUNGRY, WHY? EAT LUNCH NOT; ME PASS CLASS, HOW? ME STUDY.

TOPICALIZED statement Examples

MY DAD, THAT MAN; THAT KEY, ME FINALLY FIND

Rhetorical Question Non-manual Markers

Make a statement using neutral expression; Ask a whq with eyebrows raised; Answer Question with appropriate facial expression

Declarative: Neutral Non-manual Marker

No head shaking or nodding

Declarative: Affirmative Night non-manual Marker

Nod head while signing, using facial expressions to show intensity

Wh-word questions (whq)

Questions using "why" "who" "when" "what" "where" "how"; requires more than y/n answer; Wh-word at end

Conditional Sentence Examples

RAIN TODAY/GAME CANCEL; MILK CHEAP/ME BUY; ME SICK/LEAVE EARLY

Yes/ No Non-manual Markers

Raise your eyebrows; Lean forward; Hold the last word

Yes/ No Questions

Require only a yes or no answer.

Declarative: Affirmative Examples

SHE HUNGRY; ME WASH CAR FINISH

TOPICALIZED Question Examples

THAT GIRL, WHO?; TWO-OF-US LEAVE EARLY, HOW?

Wh-word questions Exceptions

Two-word sentences, wh-word comes at beginning. WHAT TIME? HOW YOU?

TOPICALIZED SENTENCES

When the OSV word-order is used, the sentences are topicalized; The "object" becomes the topic of the sentence; Creates a "passive voice"

3 Kinds of Questions

Whq / yes-no / rhq

3 Kinds of Declarative Sentences -Statements

affirmative; negative; neutral

Wh-word Question Non-manual Markers

lower your eyebrows; lean forward; hold last word

TOPICALIZED question non-manual markers

raise eyebrows for the "topic" part; lower eyebrows for the question part

Conditional Non-manual Markers

raise your eyebrows during the "if" part; then make a declarative statement or question for the "then" part

TOPICALIZED Statement Non-manual Markers

raise your eyebrows for "topic" part of sentence; make a declarative statement for the last part of sentence with appropriate facial expression

Declarative: Negative Non-Manual Marker

shake head no; scrunch up face; frown; use appropriate facial expression to show intensity

Question Mark Wiggle

the "question" sign is flexed to the "q" sign several times; used to add doubt or incredulousness to a question