Asl linguistics - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Introductory Linguistics AAE - Abbreviates African American English. See Ebonics, AAVE. AAVE - Abbreviates African American Vernacular English. See Ebonics, AAE. abbreviation - Shortened form of a word: e.g., prof from professor. See clipping. abjad - Consonantal alphabet writing system; the consonantal alphabet of such a system. accent - (1) Prominence. See stressed syllable; (2) the phonology or pronunciation of a specific regional dialect: e.g., Southern accent; (3) the pro...

NIC Knowledge Exam Questions & Answers, 100% Accurate. VERIFIED. What does "NCIEC" stand for? - -National Consortium of Interpreter Education Centers What does "EIPA" stand for? - -Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment A situation in which two languages (or two varieties of the same language) are used under different conditions within a community, often by the same speakers. Often one is viewed as "high" or "prestige", and the other is "low" or "low prestige" (sla...

what is monologic conversation? - one way conversation (usually with some power dynamics involved) prepared speech formal register what is transliteration? - the process from English based sign to spoken English. (still real time and unprepared) what is bilingual/bicultural fluency? - knowledge of both languages (English and ASL) and both cultures (hearing and Deaf) what is an environmental demand? - a demand specific to the setting or nature of the assignment what does L...