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Hi Bill! Myself and my co-workers work for an animal cancer care clinic. About 2 weeks into me joining the staff, I got the chance to meet a deaf couple who had brought their dog in for treatment. I was so determined to be able to communicate with them that I began to learn little signs to greet and say good morning to them. I remember how excited it made them and how grateful they felt even if my signing was minimal. Ever since then my reception staff and I made it our goal to learn ASL as a group and hopefully help more deaf clients with ease. We have been watching your videos for 2 weeks now on our lunch period and it has made all the difference. Your lessons are clear, easy to follow and so enjoyably fun. I just want to thank you for these videos and wanted to tell you how much we all look forward to seeing you everyday. We already have been communicating so much more throughout the day in ASL and I can't wait to see how much more we improve! We donated some to your PayPal! Keep up the great work.
Continue watching from Lesson 10, I finally understood Bill's favorite book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" (26:00) by Robert Fulghum. He finger spelled "Robert Fulghum" in lesson 10 but didn't tell us what specific book. Now I learned!
15:05 😂😂😂😂😂😂 The music was playing in my head !! I swear you're too funny 😂😂❤ 31:00 loool 😂😂 I can't. Other than being a great great teacher with whom I enjoy learning , you bring so much laughter , joy and positivity to my day so (sincerely) thank you. ❤
Dr. Bill, there is always something memorable in each lesson ☺️ When you started singing "Can't Touch This" I lost it 😂😂😂 I know you explained in a previous video why you don't really like to watch TV. Does this mean you enjoying listening to music?
Due to my hearing loss I am not fond of listening to random music. Subtitled music vids are an infrequent dalliance. MC Hammer was/is notable to me for his dancing skills and "can do" attitude.
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Posting some older stuff aren't you? It's good to see Katelyn again. How many years ago was this? I wonder how she is doing now. I wondering if she is still practicing ASL.
Fred, Hello :) Right. I came across my old Panasonic video camera and found five original recordings that were in much higher resolution than the previously posted versions. I certainly wish I had all 15 sessions with Katelyn in higher resolution. Oh well. These were from Spring semester back in 2011. Katelyn went on to become a registered nurse.
Thanks for the update… RN fits her perfectly! Caring ,kind human. Dr.Bill, are you still doing these videos in 2023 if not can you give us an update what you’re doing ie… still teaching?
Hello Denise! I'm still teaching in 2023 -- just not at Sacramento State any more. I transitioned to emeritus status there during the Covid Pandemic and now work on a variety of projects from my home studio. Just recently (as of this comment) I published another video that Cäsar Jacobson and I did regarding "ASL for Interviewing." ruclips.net/video/RF8ryPuF96Y/видео.html We created that video a number of months back but are still actively discussing projects and approaches. For example Cäsar mentioned yesterday that it would be good to do a session regarding how to discuss "centuries" and time periods in ASL. I'm also in the process of working with my associate Alyson Rafferty (who is a certified interpreter and holds a degree in Deaf Studies) to put together a book and set of lessons titled "How to become an ASL interpreter." I've also been doing a bit of consulting to several companies that are in the process of developing Artificial Intelligence - based approaches to ASL recognition and translation. Plus the never-ending task of updating and continuing to take care of Lifeprint.com. Warm regards and best wishes to you! - Bill ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free: 1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website. 2. Bookmark the official ASLU RUclips master playlist: ruclips.net/p/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA 3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page: ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists 4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm 5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm 6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See: facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/ 7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome. To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm Ways to support the ASL University channel: * For donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm * Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at RUclips.com/billvicars * Click the “subscribe” button at RUclips.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet) * Click the “Share” link and share the videos. Thanks!
Hello, Dr. Bill! In ASL, is there a rule--formal or informal--dictating when one can combine a head shake with a sign to imply the NOT version of the sign? For example, to say "Don't know," it seems appropriate to combine a head shake with the sign for know. This seems appropriate for the sign "have," too. Yet we have different signs for "CAN" and "CAN'T." Why so? If you were to sign the word "CAN" with a head shake, would that be understood as "CAN'T"?
There is not a specific rule that can extend to easily cover all situations in which you can just shake your head to cause something to be negative. Instead a person ends up having to actually learn the language (thousands of signs) and be exposed to numerous language settings and situations and then eventually you "know" how to negate most common concepts. You can speed up that process a bit by reading about negation-related topics. www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/reversaloforientationfornegation.htm www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/n/negation.htm www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/negation.htm
I wish Dr. Vicars sat on the other side where Katlyn sits as it’s difficult to read his fingerspelling where he currently sits. Katlyn sometimes finger spells the word but not always. Or he could show his fingerspelling more directly to the camera. Right now it’s just more difficult to read the letters where he is sitting.
The good news is that if you learn to read fingerspelling from different angles you will become much better at catching fingerspelling in the real world when chatting with Deaf people in real life settings in which it is common to see fingerspelling at various angles. I'm not at all disagreeing that if I were to spell directly to the camera it would be easier for you and others to catch. I'm just pointing out that if you stick with it you'll become a more skilled communicator.
"Why": This question seeks to understand the reason or cause behind something. It often delves into the underlying motivation, purpose, or explanation of an event, action, or phenomenon. For example, asking YOU DO THAT WHY? = "Why did you do that?" is inquiring about the reason or cause that led to a particular action. "What for": This question is more focused on the intended purpose or goal of something. It is less concerned with the cause and more with the function or intended outcome. For example, asking YOU DO THAT WHAT-FOR? = "What did you do that for?" is seeking to understand the purpose or goal that the action was meant to achieve.
If you want replies to such questions it helps if you include a specific time code in 0:00 format. I haven't memorized the content of 100's of videos and I'm not going to watch a class-length video to find one individual clip. Another approach is to ask the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group (they will want a time code too. Consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See: facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/
NEWS is spelled. See: ruclips.net/video/8n5bVu0U2-k/видео.html In some situations you can sign "INFORM" or "INFORMATION" to mean "news." See: ruclips.net/video/BGdDXKIB1sY/видео.html And see: ruclips.net/video/YA7ivlU-N2A/видео.html However, the general way to express the concept of "news" is to spell it.
Actually it is about half and half. Some do and some don't. Those who are more bilingual will tend to go ahead and sign "when." However it would be just as good to restructure the sentence and drop the "when" concept. For example: MY WIFE ANGRY? I ANXIOUS! Or you could use something like: SUPPOSE MY WIFE ANGRY? I ANXIOUS. MY WIFE ANGRY CAUSE ME ANXIOUS. I ANXIOUS WHY-rhetorical? MY WIFE ANGRY. But yah I really do like the sign HAPPEN for that sentence: HAPPEN MY WIFE ANGRY -- I ANXIOUS.
Hi Bill! Question: At 20:43, "FOR-FOR" is displayed on the screen, but I *think* it should have read "WHAT FOR". Am I correct or is there something I'm missing? Thanks from NYC.
Hello Andrew! What you are "missing" is the concept of "ASL gloss" and "ASL glossing." See: lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/gloss.htm The ASL gloss is (sometimes) written as: FOR-FOR The English interpretation is: "What for?" The sign is done by repeating the regular sign FOR twice while furrowing your eyebrows. Personally I would rather gloss the concept as: "what-FOR?" I think it is good for students to see the "FOR-FOR" label from time to time on the slides so they will get comfortable with the overall concept that "What for?" -- is sometimes written as: FOR-FOR in ASL gloss.
I got a little lost around 11:17 - 11:30. Can anyone explain? I picked up towards the end that CUTE and SUGAR are similar (and referenced them in the LP dictionary), but don't understand how those words came into the conversation.
In that section of the video (11:17 - 11:30) I got to discussing my dog and that the dog has a black body with a white chest and paws and that she is really a cute dog.
44:37 -44:44 is the time slot. unfortunately I don’t understand what is being signed by you. Thanks for your response. Also, when I first started your lesson one you had incorporated, close caption, is there a reason why future videos no longer have it.
I signed that I like chatting with people who travel. You can see the general travel sign. Then I modify it to look like a hop, hop, hop -- that inflection means people who spend time in different places. Such people tend to know a lot and I enjoy chatting with them. For the answer to your question about captions, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/captioning-you-should-caption-your-youtube-videos.htm Then if you want "more" thinking or perspective regarding captions, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/captioning-to-caption-or-not-to-caption.htm And lastly, within a few years AI may be able to auto caption all of my videos thus if I spend a year of my life captioning them now -- it will be year wasted doing something that could be done by AI for free in the relatively near future. I'd rather use that time to make new content instead of captioning old content.
SINCE (up to now, have been, so far, from then to now, ...) ------------------------------------------------ UP-TO-NOW 7-YEAR I LATE MAYBE TWICE = In the past seven years I've been late maybe twice.
I told Katelyn and the class that I previously had stopped eating sugar for eight years. The sign you are seeing is the sign for "year." If you watch close you'll see me do both the abbreviated version and the longer version of "year."
It's probably a stupid useless question, but: did anyone ever compared the amount of energy (calories) burned during a spoken conversation with the amount of energy burned during a signed one? While watching Dr. Vicars and trying to speed up my fingerspelling to get closer to his speed, I keep thinking "Man, he is fast, I need to do some hand workout"
I would love to know the average calories burned via one hour of signing. I would imagine you could perhaps find a physical activity somewhat comparable to "signing" and then use the calorie burn of "that" to do a rough estimate of the calories burned by signing. For example, driving a car burns around 175 calories an hour. Plus it is going to matter if you are standing, or even walking while signing (since standing and /or walking burn more calories than sitting.
@@sign-language Dr. Bill, you are everything, you are probably the best human being on this planet! (Ok, maybe after my little sister, if I may add, but hey, it's a tough competition, and she's really great. Anyway, second place is not bad at all!)
Not sure if you ever answer questions here. But I was recently shown the sign for 'coffee' and its the same sign you give for 'make' in this video. Was I shown incorrectly for 'coffee'? Or is it another sign that has more than 1 meaning given the context? Thanks
The signs COFFEE and MAKE share similar handshapes, location, and orientations but t he movement is slightly different. Check out this clip of me signing "make coffee." ruclips.net/video/Q1OI5uhyuLo/видео.html For more information, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/c/coffee.htm Also see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/m/make.htm
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Thank you! Thank you for making these videos. I’ve always wanted to learn ASL but didn’t know how until I found your channel. Once again, thank you Bill!
42:02 im trying hard to understand this sentence better😅 EVERYONE LOOK SHE QUESTION ?contact? I GIVE NAME ?date? SHE MARRY. SHE NEED RICH (???) UNDERSTAND I think I get the overall but id like to know where I missed certain signs, if I understood incorrectly.
You got it mostly right. I signed: All of you out there viewing this. Contact me and I'll give you her name. Date / marry her. You must be rich. Monied! Understand? Ok. [Of course this was all just playing around. She is smiling and having a great time. I would never, ever give out her contact information. My students' security and privacy are important to me. ]
@@sign-languageah okay! Thank you❤❤ (I missed a lot of the pronouns, whoops. I Need to work on that) I love the banter you have with your students, its part of what makes watching your student classes so engaging 🙌
Suppose there were a little boy who wanted to touch a hot stove? Then (his) mom would whack his finger and tell him "Can't touch that!" ======== Thus we now have a mnemonic device to remember the sign for "can't" -- by associating the sign "can't" with "can't touch the stove or you will get your finger whacked."
If you are referring to a sign in the video then please include the time code. Seems to me you may be referring to one of the signs for "fork" (the other version taps the tips of the fingers of a "W" hand.
Good job @@Ozmundas! That is very likely the sign to which Katalina is referring. Here's a clip of the "meaning, intent, purpose" sign: ruclips.net/video/moMl2Po7R1o/видео.html
Katalina, It may help to think of some "end of sentence" pronoun usage as being a combination of a facial expression and the pointing index finger. The facial expression is actually functioning as a verb in certain situations. For example: "are-YOU?" "do-YOU?" "did-YOU?" The "are", "do", and "did" concepts above are expressed not as separate signs but rather are expressed via your face (with raised eyebrows and sometimes an accompanying slight forward tilt of head) while pointing at the person. Thus a sentence such as, "Do you like ice-cream?" -- (sometimes) ends up being signed as, "YOU LIKE ICE-CREAM do-YOU?" The first "YOU" functions as a simple pronoun, the second YOU however is done with raised eyebrows, held a little longer, and functions not as a pronoun but instead it functions as an auxiliary verb. Another thing to consider is that English speakers often seem to drop certain verbs in high-context situations. Imagine two people who have met at a dance (or wherever) and decide they like each other. One of them might say to the other: "You married?" Really though what is happening here is the speaker is combining the tone of his/her voice with the word YOU to create the auxiliary verb "are." So, to review: 1. We tend to use "pronoun copy" not for emphasis but rather to function as an auxiliary verb (such as "do" or "are"). 2. The inconsistency in the use (or lack of use) of the second pronoun in real life (or in various curricula) may seem inconsistent and confusing to second language learners but it will help to remember that your own native language tends to "use certain words sometimes" and "drop those same words" other times -- depending on how much context there is in the situation and how you are modulating your voice. For more information about this topic, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/pronoun-copy.htm ============================ How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free: 1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website. 2. Bookmark the official ASLU RUclips master playlist: ruclips.net/p/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA 3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page: ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists or more specifically: ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=1 4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm 5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm 6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See: facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/ 7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome. To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm If you like the free LIfeprint.com lessons you might enjoy the low-cost subscription version of the lessons. For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/ Ways to support the ASL University channel: * Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at RUclips.com/billvicars * Click the “subscribe” button at RUclips.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet) * Click the “Share” link and share the videos. * Buy some ASL University “official” clothing or ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu * Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G * For other donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm If you have any friends who might be in a position to do so you might want to consider inviting them to donate -- thus supporting Deaf children and the promotion of free sign language resources via Lifeprint.com
You have asked a very good question. The answer is not a simple answer at all. It is complex. I will explain it to you though and if you invest some time you will "get it." I'm going to repeat things a few times on purpose because it is a freaking hard concept and the repetition will help you master the concept. Here we go... People who study language are called linguists. Linguists needed a word to describe "the processes of making words by squishing a string of words, or words parts into one word -- and/or stealing "borrowing" a word from another language." So, linguists built a word that means "the process of making words by squishing a string of words, or words parts into one word (or tight word group) and/or borrowing a word from another language." The word linguists came up with to mean "the processes of making words by squishing a string of words, or words parts into a new word and/or borrowing a word from another language" is: "lexicalization." Really. It is. "Lexicalization" means to turn a string of words (or word parts) into one word. (Or borrow a word from some other language). Think of it like this. Suppose the big bad wolf comes and blows down all three houses and the pigs chase the wolf off and then use parts of the three houses to build a new house. Yay! They lexicalized themselves a new house. Or maybe they just get pissed and go to "Wolf City" with a big tractor trailer rig and a crane and steal the wolf's house and bring it back to "Pig City" and start living in it. Yay! They just lexicalized themselves a house! Um...anyway... Let's break "lexicalization" down* "lex-" Think of the term "lex-" as basically meaning "a word." "-ic" is used to turn a word into a noun or adjective "-al" means "of the kind of" or "to be like" "-ize" means to make or become "-ation" means an instance of something* -- or in other words "when something happens or an example of something" "-ization" means "when something becomes or happens" So...put all those meanings together you get something like: "The process of becoming like a word." Think of "lexicalization" as meaning "glue and hammer together other words or word parts into a new word" (or go steal ..er I mean borrow a word from some other language). The fancy words for "gluing and hammering" are affixation and compounding. The nice word for stealing is "borrowing." So, affixation, compounding, and borrowing are ways of making new words for a language. They aren't the only ways but they are ways we are discussing right now. Affixation, compounding, and borrowing are processes that let us build words. The process of building a word (out of other words or word parts) using affixation or compounding -- or borrowing a word from another language is called "lexicalization." If you take some words or words parts and squeeze them, hammer them, sand them down into a word you have "lexicalized" those words or word parts into a word. If you borrow a word from some other language and start using it as a word in your language you have "lexicalized" that word. "Lexicalize" means to make stuff become a word -- or -- a sign. Yah. All of the above applies to making signs (as in sign language signs) too. If you take a bunch of signs or parts of signs and you squish them down into one "sign" or maybe you steal ..er borrow a sign from some other language you have "lexicalized" (made) a new sign. Well, not you, you-- but rather the community of language users. Don't "you" go deciding what to lexicalize -- but if the community does it feel free to use the new sign. Review time! Lexicalization in general refers to the process of squishing a string of words (or signs) or parts of words (or signs) into a single word (or sign). Or just go steal one. That is not a very scientific definition but hey, it's basically right. Now since American Sign Language linguists wanted a quick and easy way to tell other linguists "Hey, I'm going to use a lexicalized sign here!" -- they decided to start putting a hash mark in front of the typed or written label for the sign. For example instead of writing or typing "DOG" they wrote "#DOG." You may be curious at this point just what exactly got squished to make a sign language dog? Good question! Clever you! The answer is: The individual fingerspelled letters "D," "O," and "G," were all squished (or "lexicalized") into a quick smooth movement that basically looks like you are snapping your fingers. That movement is considered to be a "sign" that means "dog" and we type that as "#DOG." When other ASL linguists, educated ASL teachers, and certain clever students who actually um "studied" see "#DOG" they know that it means the version of the sign for "dog" that consists of snapping the fingers (and they also know that at one point that sign used to be the fingerspelled letters "D," "O," and "G" (even though the "#DOG" sign doesn't look much like fingerspelling anymore and instead just looks like a sign). ruclips.net/video/TXmuXH4fmu0/видео.html So "#" in ASL linguistics means "lexicalized." Yay! Now you know. _______________________________ * Source: Definitions above are from the Oxford dictionary. Also see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/fingerspelling/fingerspellinglexicalized.htm and www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/lexicalized_fingerspelling.htm
With this [very complete] explanation, you just made me remember what I learned about this topic many MANY years ago when I was studying linguistics in Mexico. Thank you for taking your time to write all this!
The "#" is a symbol used in ASL glossing to indicate a "lexicalized" sign. It shows up quite a bit in ASL textbooks or linguistics articles but is starting to phase out as time goes on due to how the "#" has taken on different roles in online media. It will be interesting to see how future linguists choose to label lexicalized signs when discussing such signs in text-based media.
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Thank you for updating these! The higher resolution certainly makes it easier to follow.
Hi Bill!
Myself and my co-workers work for an animal cancer care clinic. About 2 weeks into me joining the staff, I got the chance to meet a deaf couple who had brought their dog in for treatment. I was so determined to be able to communicate with them that I began to learn little signs to greet and say good morning to them. I remember how excited it made them and how grateful they felt even if my signing was minimal. Ever since then my reception staff and I made it our goal to learn ASL as a group and hopefully help more deaf clients with ease.
We have been watching your videos for 2 weeks now on our lunch period and it has made all the difference. Your lessons are clear, easy to follow and so enjoyably fun. I just want to thank you for these videos and wanted to tell you how much we all look forward to seeing you everyday. We already have been communicating so much more throughout the day in ASL and I can't wait to see how much more we improve!
We donated some to your PayPal! Keep up the great work.
Thank you for the support! I'm so glad that my efforts have been of benefit to your group! Warm regards and best wishes to you all!
Continue watching from Lesson 10, I finally understood Bill's favorite book "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" (26:00) by Robert Fulghum. He finger spelled "Robert Fulghum" in lesson 10 but didn't tell us what specific book. Now I learned!
“Can’t touch this” lol now the song is stuck in my head 😂😂
15:05 😂😂😂😂😂😂
The music was playing in my head !!
I swear you're too funny 😂😂❤
31:00 loool 😂😂 I can't.
Other than being a great great teacher with whom I enjoy learning , you bring so much laughter , joy and positivity to my day so (sincerely) thank you. ❤
As always, I love these videos. They're much anticipated for me
Dr. Bill, there is always something memorable in each lesson ☺️ When you started singing "Can't Touch This" I lost it 😂😂😂 I know you explained in a previous video why you don't really like to watch TV. Does this mean you enjoying listening to music?
Due to my hearing loss I am not fond of listening to random music. Subtitled music vids are an infrequent dalliance. MC Hammer was/is notable to me for his dancing skills and "can do" attitude.
Bill Vicars Ohhh I see 🤙🏾!
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Lol "me too" at the haircut part😂
Posting some older stuff aren't you? It's good to see Katelyn again. How many years ago was this? I wonder how she is doing now. I wondering if she is still practicing ASL.
Fred, Hello :) Right. I came across my old Panasonic video camera and found five original recordings that were in much higher resolution than the previously posted versions. I certainly wish I had all 15 sessions with Katelyn in higher resolution. Oh well. These were from Spring semester back in 2011. Katelyn went on to become a registered nurse.
Thanks for the update… RN fits her perfectly! Caring ,kind human. Dr.Bill, are you still doing these videos in 2023 if not can you give us an update what you’re doing ie… still teaching?
Hello Denise!
I'm still teaching in 2023 -- just not at Sacramento State any more. I transitioned to emeritus status there during the Covid Pandemic and now work on a variety of projects from my home studio.
Just recently (as of this comment) I published another video that Cäsar Jacobson and I did regarding "ASL for Interviewing."
ruclips.net/video/RF8ryPuF96Y/видео.html
We created that video a number of months back but are still actively discussing projects and approaches. For example Cäsar mentioned yesterday that it would be good to do a session regarding how to discuss "centuries" and time periods in ASL.
I'm also in the process of working with my associate Alyson Rafferty (who is a certified interpreter and holds a degree in Deaf Studies) to put together a book and set of lessons titled "How to become an ASL interpreter."
I've also been doing a bit of consulting to several companies that are in the process of developing Artificial Intelligence - based approaches to ASL recognition and translation.
Plus the never-ending task of updating and continuing to take care of Lifeprint.com.
Warm regards and best wishes to you!
- Bill
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Thanks!
I can't wait to c new videos!
Hello, Dr. Bill! In ASL, is there a rule--formal or informal--dictating when one can combine a head shake with a sign to imply the NOT version of the sign? For example, to say "Don't know," it seems appropriate to combine a head shake with the sign for know. This seems appropriate for the sign "have," too. Yet we have different signs for "CAN" and "CAN'T." Why so? If you were to sign the word "CAN" with a head shake, would that be understood as "CAN'T"?
There is not a specific rule that can extend to easily cover all situations in which you can just shake your head to cause something to be negative.
Instead a person ends up having to actually learn the language (thousands of signs) and be exposed to numerous language settings and situations and then eventually you "know" how to negate most common concepts.
You can speed up that process a bit by reading about negation-related topics.
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/reversaloforientationfornegation.htm
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/n/negation.htm
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/negation.htm
I wish Dr. Vicars sat on the other side where Katlyn sits as it’s difficult to read his fingerspelling where he currently sits. Katlyn sometimes finger spells the word but not always. Or he could show his fingerspelling more directly to the camera. Right now it’s just more difficult to read the letters where he is sitting.
The good news is that if you learn to read fingerspelling from different angles you will become much better at catching fingerspelling in the real world when chatting with Deaf people in real life settings in which it is common to see fingerspelling at various angles.
I'm not at all disagreeing that if I were to spell directly to the camera it would be easier for you and others to catch. I'm just pointing out that if you stick with it you'll become a more skilled communicator.
Whats the difference between using the sign for "why" and the sign for "for-for" or "what for" when asking "why are you taking ASL?"
"Why": This question seeks to understand the reason or cause behind something. It often delves into the underlying motivation, purpose, or explanation of an event, action, or phenomenon. For example, asking YOU DO THAT WHY? = "Why did you do that?" is inquiring about the reason or cause that led to a particular action.
"What for": This question is more focused on the intended purpose or goal of something. It is less concerned with the cause and more with the function or intended outcome. For example, asking YOU DO THAT WHAT-FOR? = "What did you do that for?" is seeking to understand the purpose or goal that the action was meant to achieve.
At the end of what kind of people do you like? What exactly are you saying, after you mention liking individual who travel. Thank you.
If you want replies to such questions it helps if you include a specific time code in 0:00 format.
I haven't memorized the content of 100's of videos and I'm not going to watch a class-length video to find one individual clip.
Another approach is to ask the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group (they will want a time code too.
Consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See:
facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/
Bill, how would you sign "news" like "I saw that on the news this morning"? Is it the same as "new"?
NEWS is spelled. See:
ruclips.net/video/8n5bVu0U2-k/видео.html
In some situations you can sign "INFORM" or "INFORMATION" to mean "news."
See: ruclips.net/video/BGdDXKIB1sY/видео.html
And see: ruclips.net/video/YA7ivlU-N2A/видео.html
However, the general way to express the concept of "news" is to spell it.
27:44 kindergarten books ?
I didnt understand the signing.
I think Book , quotation marks (what does it mean ) , how I need know learn kindergarten ??
Robert Fulghum's: "Everything I really need to know I learned in kindergarten." -- It is one of my favorite books.
Question: If you're making the statement "I'm anxious when my wife is angry" (or any statement like that), do people typically sign "happen" for when?
Actually it is about half and half.
Some do and some don't.
Those who are more bilingual will tend to go ahead and sign "when."
However it would be just as good to restructure the sentence and drop the "when" concept. For example:
MY WIFE ANGRY? I ANXIOUS!
Or you could use something like:
SUPPOSE MY WIFE ANGRY? I ANXIOUS.
MY WIFE ANGRY CAUSE ME ANXIOUS.
I ANXIOUS WHY-rhetorical? MY WIFE ANGRY.
But yah I really do like the sign HAPPEN for that sentence:
HAPPEN MY WIFE ANGRY -- I ANXIOUS.
Hi Bill!
Question: At 20:43, "FOR-FOR" is displayed on the screen, but I *think* it should have read "WHAT FOR". Am I correct or is there something I'm missing?
Thanks from NYC.
Hello Andrew!
What you are "missing" is the concept of "ASL gloss" and "ASL glossing." See: lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/gloss.htm
The ASL gloss is (sometimes) written as: FOR-FOR
The English interpretation is: "What for?"
The sign is done by repeating the regular sign FOR twice while furrowing your eyebrows.
Personally I would rather gloss the concept as: "what-FOR?"
I think it is good for students to see the "FOR-FOR" label from time to time on the slides so they will get comfortable with the overall concept that "What for?" -- is sometimes written as: FOR-FOR in ASL gloss.
I got a little lost around 11:17 - 11:30. Can anyone explain? I picked up towards the end that CUTE and SUGAR are similar (and referenced them in the LP dictionary), but don't understand how those words came into the conversation.
In that section of the video (11:17 - 11:30) I got to discussing my dog and that the dog has a black body with a white chest and paws and that she is really a cute dog.
Thank you. I think it’s really kind of you to always reply to questions!
44:37 -44:44 is the time slot. unfortunately I don’t understand what is being signed by you. Thanks for your response. Also, when I first started your lesson one you had incorporated, close caption, is there a reason why future videos no longer have it.
I signed that I like chatting with people who travel.
You can see the general travel sign. Then I modify it to look like a hop, hop, hop -- that inflection means people who spend time in different places. Such people tend to know a lot and I enjoy chatting with them.
For the answer to your question about captions, see:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/captioning-you-should-caption-your-youtube-videos.htm
Then if you want "more" thinking or perspective regarding captions, see:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/captioning-to-caption-or-not-to-caption.htm
And lastly, within a few years AI may be able to auto caption all of my videos thus if I spend a year of my life captioning them now -- it will be year wasted doing something that could be done by AI for free in the relatively near future. I'd rather use that time to make new content instead of captioning old content.
Also after Ender's Game, the angle of the finger spelling left me lost until Everything I Need to Know.... I've seen that done as a play
What are you saying at 5:54? "Since seven years ago"?
SINCE (up to now, have been, so far, from then to now, ...)
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UP-TO-NOW 7-YEAR I LATE MAYBE TWICE
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In the past seven years I've been late maybe twice.
Dr bill, at around 32:00 I got lost. I think you did a motion that is used in what kind but with a fist. What sign is that? Thank you
I told Katelyn and the class that I previously had stopped eating sugar for eight years.
The sign you are seeing is the sign for "year."
If you watch close you'll see me do both the abbreviated version and the longer version of "year."
It's probably a stupid useless question, but: did anyone ever compared the amount of energy (calories) burned during a spoken conversation with the amount of energy burned during a signed one?
While watching Dr. Vicars and trying to speed up my fingerspelling to get closer to his speed, I keep thinking "Man, he is fast, I need to do some hand workout"
I would love to know the average calories burned via one hour of signing.
I would imagine you could perhaps find a physical activity somewhat comparable to "signing" and then use the calorie burn of "that" to do a rough estimate of the calories burned by signing.
For example, driving a car burns around 175 calories an hour.
Plus it is going to matter if you are standing, or even walking while signing (since standing and /or walking burn more calories than sitting.
@@sign-language Dr. Bill, you are everything, you are probably the best human being on this planet! (Ok, maybe after my little sister, if I may add, but hey, it's a tough competition, and she's really great. Anyway, second place is not bad at all!)
Not sure if you ever answer questions here. But I was recently shown the sign for 'coffee' and its the same sign you give for 'make' in this video.
Was I shown incorrectly for 'coffee'? Or is it another sign that has more than 1 meaning given the context?
Thanks
The signs COFFEE and MAKE share similar handshapes, location, and orientations but t he movement is slightly different.
Check out this clip of me signing "make coffee."
ruclips.net/video/Q1OI5uhyuLo/видео.html
For more information, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/c/coffee.htm
Also see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/m/make.htm
@@sign-language THANK YOU!!! You are an amazing teacher!!
Thanks!
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I love katelyn
at 17:11 what was that sign that looks like the sign "bug" but on your head instead? Thx
It means mischievous or devil depending on facial expressions
44:24 anyone remembers what that sign is? The one where his pointer and middle fingers lightly tap his nose sideways.
That sign is "FUNNY."
ruclips.net/video/b4bEDbnaGv4/видео.html
Thank you! Thank you for making these videos. I’ve always wanted to learn ASL but didn’t know how until I found your channel. Once again, thank you Bill!
42:02 im trying hard to understand this sentence better😅
EVERYONE LOOK SHE QUESTION
?contact? I GIVE NAME
?date? SHE MARRY. SHE NEED RICH (???) UNDERSTAND
I think I get the overall but id like to know where I missed certain signs, if I understood incorrectly.
You got it mostly right. I signed:
All of you out there viewing this. Contact me and I'll give you her name.
Date / marry her.
You must be rich. Monied! Understand? Ok.
[Of course this was all just playing around. She is smiling and having a great time. I would never, ever give out her contact information. My students' security and privacy are important to me. ]
@@sign-languageah okay! Thank you❤❤ (I missed a lot of the pronouns, whoops. I Need to work on that)
I love the banter you have with your students, its part of what makes watching your student classes so engaging 🙌
2:37 The sync!! haha
Around 14:31 I get lost until can't touch. "Suppose..." what?
Suppose there were a little boy who wanted to touch a hot stove? Then (his) mom would whack his finger and tell him "Can't touch that!"
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Thus we now have a mnemonic device to remember the sign for "can't" -- by associating the sign "can't" with "can't touch the stove or you will get your finger whacked."
39:45 What is the 2nd sign when you ask " you -something- feel anxious? The Tapping a finger on an open hand?
Haha JK I found out it means "sometimes"
"sometimes"
I always forget this sign. You hold one hand and make a V with the other. You tap the V onto the palm.
If you are referring to a sign in the video then please include the time code.
Seems to me you may be referring to one of the signs for "fork" (the other version taps the tips of the fingers of a "W" hand.
I think what you are referring to is the sign for "meaning" as in - What is the meaning of this sign? or This sign means ...
Good job @@Ozmundas!
That is very likely the sign to which Katalina is referring.
Here's a clip of the "meaning, intent, purpose" sign:
ruclips.net/video/moMl2Po7R1o/видео.html
7:32 why is there a "you" in the beginning and end? I took an asl class here in Michigan and never understood.
Katalina,
It may help to think of some "end of sentence" pronoun usage as being a combination of a facial expression and the pointing index finger. The facial expression is actually functioning as a verb in certain situations. For example:
"are-YOU?"
"do-YOU?"
"did-YOU?"
The "are", "do", and "did" concepts above are expressed not as separate signs but rather are expressed via your face (with raised eyebrows and sometimes an accompanying slight forward tilt of head) while pointing at the person.
Thus a sentence such as, "Do you like ice-cream?" -- (sometimes) ends up being signed as, "YOU LIKE ICE-CREAM do-YOU?"
The first "YOU" functions as a simple pronoun, the second YOU however is done with raised eyebrows, held a little longer, and functions not as a pronoun but instead it functions as an auxiliary verb.
Another thing to consider is that English speakers often seem to drop certain verbs in high-context situations.
Imagine two people who have met at a dance (or wherever) and decide they like each other. One of them might say to the other:
"You married?"
Really though what is happening here is the speaker is combining the tone of his/her voice with the word YOU to create the auxiliary verb "are."
So, to review:
1. We tend to use "pronoun copy" not for emphasis but rather to function as an auxiliary verb (such as "do" or "are").
2. The inconsistency in the use (or lack of use) of the second pronoun in real life (or in various curricula) may seem inconsistent and confusing to second language learners but it will help to remember that your own native language tends to "use certain words sometimes" and "drop those same words" other times -- depending on how much context there is in the situation and how you are modulating your voice.
For more information about this topic, see:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/pronoun-copy.htm
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@@sign-language Thank you so much!! You have given me so much help over this school year. I appreciate you.
At 4:56, it looks like he's trying to cast a spell on his fist.
Justin,
You caught me! I'm secretly a wizard and I use spells and magic to improve my teaching.
- Dr. Bill
is there a reason to always wear black? to see the hands better?
Right. I wear black to contrast with my hands.
@@sign-language your one of the best all shows iv'ed ever watched and your really sometimes
what was that at 25:20?
Do you have classes? If so how much?
Yes. I have online classes. Classes range from "free" to "$483.00."
See www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/registration.htm
Firend Bill vicars good
Why is It #back?
You have asked a very good question.
The answer is not a simple answer at all. It is complex.
I will explain it to you though and if you invest some time you will "get it."
I'm going to repeat things a few times on purpose because it is a freaking hard concept and the repetition will help you master the concept. Here we go...
People who study language are called linguists.
Linguists needed a word to describe "the processes of making words by squishing a string of words, or words parts into one word -- and/or stealing "borrowing" a word from another language."
So, linguists built a word that means "the process of making words by squishing a string of words, or words parts into one word (or tight word group) and/or borrowing a word from another language."
The word linguists came up with to mean "the processes of making words by squishing a string of words, or words parts into a new word and/or borrowing a word from another language" is: "lexicalization."
Really. It is. "Lexicalization" means to turn a string of words (or word parts) into one word. (Or borrow a word from some other language).
Think of it like this. Suppose the big bad wolf comes and blows down all three houses and the pigs chase the wolf off and then use parts of the three houses to build a new house. Yay! They lexicalized themselves a new house. Or maybe they just get pissed and go to "Wolf City" with a big tractor trailer rig and a crane and steal the wolf's house and bring it back to "Pig City" and start living in it. Yay! They just lexicalized themselves a house!
Um...anyway...
Let's break "lexicalization" down*
"lex-" Think of the term "lex-" as basically meaning "a word."
"-ic" is used to turn a word into a noun or adjective
"-al" means "of the kind of" or "to be like"
"-ize" means to make or become
"-ation" means an instance of something* -- or in other words "when something happens or an example of something"
"-ization" means "when something becomes or happens"
So...put all those meanings together you get something like: "The process of becoming like a word."
Think of "lexicalization" as meaning "glue and hammer together other words or word parts into a new word" (or go steal ..er I mean borrow a word from some other language).
The fancy words for "gluing and hammering" are affixation and compounding.
The nice word for stealing is "borrowing."
So, affixation, compounding, and borrowing are ways of making new words for a language. They aren't the only ways but they are ways we are discussing right now.
Affixation, compounding, and borrowing are processes that let us build words. The process of building a word (out of other words or word parts) using affixation or compounding -- or borrowing a word from another language is called "lexicalization."
If you take some words or words parts and squeeze them, hammer them, sand them down into a word you have "lexicalized" those words or word parts into a word. If you borrow a word from some other language and start using it as a word in your language you have "lexicalized" that word.
"Lexicalize" means to make stuff become a word -- or -- a sign. Yah. All of the above applies to making signs (as in sign language signs) too.
If you take a bunch of signs or parts of signs and you squish them down into one "sign" or maybe you steal ..er borrow a sign from some other language you have "lexicalized" (made) a new sign. Well, not you, you-- but rather the community of language users. Don't "you" go deciding what to lexicalize -- but if the community does it feel free to use the new sign.
Review time!
Lexicalization in general refers to the process of squishing a string of words (or signs) or parts of words (or signs) into a single word (or sign). Or just go steal one.
That is not a very scientific definition but hey, it's basically right.
Now since American Sign Language linguists wanted a quick and easy way to tell other linguists "Hey, I'm going to use a lexicalized sign here!" -- they decided to start putting a hash mark in front of the typed or written label for the sign. For example instead of writing or typing "DOG" they wrote "#DOG."
You may be curious at this point just what exactly got squished to make a sign language dog?
Good question! Clever you! The answer is: The individual fingerspelled letters "D," "O," and "G," were all squished (or "lexicalized") into a quick smooth movement that basically looks like you are snapping your fingers. That movement is considered to be a "sign" that means "dog" and we type that as "#DOG." When other ASL linguists, educated ASL teachers, and certain clever students who actually um "studied" see "#DOG" they know that it means the version of the sign for "dog" that consists of snapping the fingers (and they also know that at one point that sign used to be the fingerspelled letters "D," "O," and "G" (even though the "#DOG" sign doesn't look much like fingerspelling anymore and instead just looks like a sign).
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So "#" in ASL linguistics means "lexicalized."
Yay! Now you know.
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* Source: Definitions above are from the Oxford dictionary.
Also see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/fingerspelling/fingerspellinglexicalized.htm
and
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/lexicalized_fingerspelling.htm
With this [very complete] explanation, you just made me remember what I learned about this topic many MANY years ago when I was studying linguistics in Mexico. Thank you for taking your time to write all this!
#back??? Why #?
The "#" is a symbol used in ASL glossing to indicate a "lexicalized" sign.
It shows up quite a bit in ASL textbooks or linguistics articles but is starting to phase out as time goes on due to how the "#" has taken on different roles in online media. It will be interesting to see how future linguists choose to label lexicalized signs when discussing such signs in text-based media.
Can't touch this dance lol