Practice question · Numerical answer
How many parameters are conventionally used to specify a sign in ASL?
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- Four concern the hands.
- Handshape, location, movement, orientation and non-manual markers.
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5
Why
Five. Stokoe's original analysis used three — handshape, location and movement — and orientation and non-manual markers were added as the phonology was worked out in more detail, which is a normal course of events for any newly described language.
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