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Oh no, not another linguistics inquiry. This isn't exclusively targeted at native ASL signers and interpreters, but at everyone who signs!
ASL, like any language, signed or spoken, is teeming with compounds. Some of them are obvious, as in recognizable that they were produced by a combination of two separate signs. Others are so well assimilated that we may not know where they came from.
Some examples of ASL compounds:
EAT^MORNING "breakfast"
THINK^ALIKE "agree"
THINK^OPPOSITE "disagree"
THINK^TOUCH "obsess"
KNOW^STAY "remember"
SLEEP^DRESS "pajamas"
BLUE^SPOT "bruise"
SICK^SPREAD "epidemic"
GOOD^ENOUGH "barely adequate"
GIRL^SAME "sister"
BOY^SAME "brother"
HOME^WORK "homework"
And my recent favorite one: TENT^CITY "Tent City"
Can anyone think of more? Spill 'em here!
ASL, like any language, signed or spoken, is teeming with compounds. Some of them are obvious, as in recognizable that they were produced by a combination of two separate signs. Others are so well assimilated that we may not know where they came from.
Some examples of ASL compounds:
EAT^MORNING "breakfast"
THINK^ALIKE "agree"
THINK^OPPOSITE "disagree"
THINK^TOUCH "obsess"
KNOW^STAY "remember"
SLEEP^DRESS "pajamas"
BLUE^SPOT "bruise"
SICK^SPREAD "epidemic"
GOOD^ENOUGH "barely adequate"
GIRL^SAME "sister"
BOY^SAME "brother"
HOME^WORK "homework"
And my recent favorite one: TENT^CITY "Tent City"
Can anyone think of more? Spill 'em here!
