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Coarticulation effects in American Sign Language (ASL)
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Dr. Bill Vicars with Cäsar Jacobson
Intended audience: Students who have who have completed Level 2 or higher of the ASL University curriculum.
https://youtu.be/SATsyIl_C_Q
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PowerPoint Transcript (paraphrased)

Let’s play a little word game.

I’ll give you the definition of a word and you tell me what the word is.

Warning:
Most people can’t figure it out.

According to the (Oxford) Dictionary this word means:

1. Having joints or jointed segments.

2. The ability to speak fluently and coherently.

3. “Using language easily and fluently; having facility with words.”

4. “Expressed, formulated, or presented with clarity and effectiveness.”

5. This word also means: “Made clear, distinct, and precise in relation to other parts.”

* The mystery word is …
“Articulate”

Example:
“Bee is an articulate signer.”
Example:
“Bee is very articulate.”
Example:
“Bee knows how to articulate her ideas well.”

So, obviously the word "articulate" has many different meanings.

How are WE going to use articulate today?!?

How will we use the word “ARTICULATE” in this lesson?

Articulate means to “sign something.”

Articulate means...
To do a sign.
Produce a sign.
Express a sign.
To move our stubby little fingers around in the air and form various handshapes in particular locations, following certain paths, at various angles of orientation.

Articulate for me the sign CAT.

BRAVO!
The sign CAT is a bundle of articulatory information:

handshape
location
orientation
movements
and holds

We are not going to discuss nonmanual markers (NMM) right now -- but NMMs are often part of articulatory bundles.

The articulatory bundle known as the sign “CAT” consists of a sequence of handshapes, locations, orientations, holds, & movements.

A sign is an articulatory bundle of what?
Handshapes,
locations,
orientations,
movements,
holds,
(and NMM’s).

Let’s adjust that a bit.

A sign is an articulatory bundle of handshapes, locations, and orientations that are expressed in a sequence of holds, and movements.

What does the word “sequence” mean?

The word “sequence” means “a particular order.”

What is the difference between a part and a segment?

Segments have zones of demarcation.

Let me put it this way…
You can eat part of an orange.
You can eat an orange segment.

You can drink some of a glass of water

You can’t drink a segment of water.
Oranges have segments. Water doesn’t.

Signs are not amorphous blobs.
Signs are composed of segments.

What does the prefix “co-” mean?

The prefix “co-” means “with.”

Co-articulation is to do one sign with another sign
simultaneously
or
sequentially

Coarticulation is the signing of more than one sign either simultaneously or sequentially.

Sign BROTHER
Sign SISTER
Sign: “brother and sister”

Sign: “TIME”
Sign: “We are out of time”

Sign: “MONEY”
Sign: “We are out of money”

Sign: “WEEK”
Sign: “END”
Sign: “WEEKEND”

Sign: “WHY”
Sign: “NOT”
Sign: “WHY-NOT”

Sign: TALK
Spell: “ABOUT”
Sign: “TALK-ABOUT”

Notice how when we sign certain things together it has an effect?

Those effects are:
Coarticulation effects

That wraps up our discussion today!