What is American Sign Language Classifiers?
A. Definition:
Classifiers are designated handshapes and/or rule-grounded body pantomime used to represent nouns and verbs. The purpose of the classifier is to provide additional information about nouns and verbs such as: location, kind of action, size, shape and manner. ASL has many classifier handshapes to represent specific categories or class of objects.
ASL uses the classifier system to give descriptive information about a subject or predicate (verb). This descriptive information is divided into six main categories.
A. Definition:
Classifiers are designated handshapes and/or rule-grounded body pantomime used to represent nouns and verbs. The purpose of the classifier is to provide additional information about nouns and verbs such as: location, kind of action, size, shape and manner. ASL has many classifier handshapes to represent specific categories or class of objects.
ASL uses the classifier system to give descriptive information about a subject or predicate (verb). This descriptive information is divided into six main categories.
- DCL's
- ICL's
- ECL's
- LCL's
- SCL's
- BCL's
- BPCL's
Classifiers |
Depicting Verb |