ASL 2 CL Quiz

What is a classifier?

• A 6th Sign Parameter

• handshapes used to add random gestures into a story

• nouns and pronouns

• specific handshapes used to describe items, placement of items, or shows what an item is doing.

What type of classifier shows size, shape, or pattern of a noun?

• Descriptive

• Semantic

• Body Part

• Instrumental

• Body

What classifier shape best represents lots of something (crowds of people, piles of clothes...)

• CL: V

• CL: B

• CL: 3

• CL: 5

• CL: 1

What type of CL is this?

• Instrumental CL

• Semantic CL

• Body CL

• Locative CL

• Descriptive CL

What type of classifier emphasizes a particular isolated section of the human or animal body?

• Elemental

• Semantic

• Body Part

• Instrumental

• Body

Which handshape do you use to show small circular descriptive classifiers?

• O

• C

• G

• F

What classifier shape best represents anything in a seated position?

• CL: Bent V

• CL: B

• CL: 3

• CL: 5

• CL: 1

What type of classifier shows both the object and the action (how to use the object) at the same time??

• Elemental

• Semantic

• Body Part

• Instrumental

• Plural

What type of CL is this?

• Body CL

• Body Part CL

• Descriptive CL

• Instrumental CL

• Plural CL

What type of classifier shows how a whole entity interacts or moves?

• Descriptive

• Semantic

• Body Part

• Instrumental

• Body