Dr. Bill Vicars

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Classifiers Lesson 1

The sign for

classifier is …

CL

ASL Classifiers

Useful vocabulary

TOPIC = subject =

quote

HAND

SHAPE

HANDSHAPE

CATEGORY group of cluster

as a whole

CLASS-(Learning group)vs

CLASS-(category)

Classes = categories

GROUP

THINGS

MOVEMENT

SIZE

LOCATION

PLACE

USE / USAGE

SHOW-(represent / example)

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Descriptive Classifiers

(DCL)

DCL’s are also known as size and shape specifiers,

(SASSes).

DCL's help represent or describe a person or

object.

Examples of DCL's…

DCL:B (or bent B) extremely

tall

DCL:B-(bent) short

DCL:4 long hair

DCL:1 bulletin board

DCL:1 black board

DCL:4-(claw) freckles

DCL:4 striped

DCL:G thin

DCL:4-(claw)

curly hair

Review DCL's…

black board

bulletin board

curly hair

very tall

freckles

long hair

Short-(person)

stripes

thin

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Semantic Classifiers

SCL's represent categories of nouns.

For example, people or vehicles.

Examples of SCL's…

SCL:1 (person) walking

fast

SCL:1 person walks

to...____

SCL:3 (vehicle) car goes

to____

SCL:Y (obese person)

waddling

SCL:O-flat (fast-car) cruising

SCL:V-(bent) row of chairs

Review Semantic Classifiers

…

row of chairs

fast-carcruising

waddling

(person) walking

fast

(vehicle) car goes

to____

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Locative Classifiers

LCL's show placement or

spatial information

about an object.

LCL's sometimes

show types of movement

Examples of LCL's…

LCL:CLCL:B

place cup on napkin

LCL:5 leaf floating to the ground

LCL:1 (sticks)

one here-one here

LCL:B shelf

(over to the right)

LCL:1 goal-posts

LCL:LL adjust a picture

Review Locative Classifiers

…

adjust a picture

cup on napkin

goal-posts

leaf floating to

the ground

shelf (over to

the right)

(sticks) one here-one here

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Plural classifiers

PCL's indicate a specific number or a non-specific

number.

Examples of PCL's…

PCL:2 two people walking

PCL:4 long line of people

PCL:4 people

moving in line

PCL: 5 scads

(many) of _____.

PCL:V people

seated in a circle

Review Plural

Classifiers

two people walking

long line of people

people moving in

line

scads of _____.

people seated in a circle

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Instrument Classifiers

ICL’s show how you would handle an

object.

Examples of ICL's…

ICL: driving

ICL: hammer a

nail

ICL: play checkers

ICL: play chess

ICL: light match

ICL: (broom) sweep

ICL: (water) pour in

ICL: (garbage) dump out

ICL: (clothes) hang up

Review Instrument Classifiers…

driving

dump out garbage

hammer in a nail

hang up clothing

light a match

play checkers

play chess

pour water in

sweep with a broom

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Body Classifiers

(Mime)

BCLs: You use your body to

act out or role play.

Sometimes this is like mime.

Other times you just show the action that is

going on.

Examples of BCLs…

BCL: almost

throw up

BCL: give hug to child

BCL: listen for strange noise

BCL: run hard /

pumping arms

BCL: wave to crowd

BCL: yawn

BCL: scared reaction

Review: Body

Classifiers

almost throw up

give hug to child

listen for strange noise

run hard/pumping arms

wave to crowd

yawn

scared

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Bodypart Classifiers

A specific part of your

body is doing an action.

BPCL examples…

BPCL:FF (eyeballs) -

look at

BPCL: kick back

(relax)

BPCL: cross legs

BPCL: tap foot

BPCL: (head)

tilted-back

BPCL:C-(flat) big grin

BPCL:LL red face

embarrassed

BPCL:B mouth

frowning

Review Bodypart classifiers

eyeballs-look at

kick back & relax

cross legs

tap foot

Tilt head back

red faced

big frown

big grin

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Element classifiers

ECL's represent the

elements (earth, air,

water, fire).

Examples of ECL's…

ECL:4 water from a faucet

Note: “wg”

means: “wiggle”

ECL:5wg “a candle burning”

ECL:1 a flash of lightning

ECL:O-(flat)-spread lights

appearing

ECL:25-hand (2h)

shining star

ECL: O-(flat)-

spread sunlight

Review Element Classifiers

…

water from a faucet

a candle burning

a flash of lightning

lights appearing

shining star

sunlight

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Dr. Bill Vicars

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