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An adjective describes a noun . The \u003cb\u003esigns\u003c/b\u003e BOOK , MAN , and DOG are nouns . The \u003cb\u003esigns\u003c/b\u003e HOT , COLD , TALL , SHORT , \u003cb\u003eOLD\u003c/b\u003e , YOUNG , FRENCH , GERMAN , NEW , HANDSOME , RED , and GREEN are all\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA52","page_number":"52","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eold\u003c/b\u003e \u0026#39; ) , and in other languages the adjec- tive goes first and the noun second ( e.g. Russian \u0026#39; staraya kniga \u0026#39; translated as \u0026#39; \u003cb\u003eold\u003c/b\u003e book \u0026#39; ) . BSL usually puts the adjective second , and English usually puts it first . We will discuss\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA59","page_number":"59","snippet_text":"... English . Note that in these examples , however , that the verb comes ... \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e . For example , there is no need to worry about whether the correct ... \u003cb\u003eold\u003c/b\u003e information , the theme of the discourse , or the person or thing about\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA68","page_number":"68","snippet_text":"... BSL there is less similarity between these question \u003cb\u003esigns\u003c/b\u003e , although many do have some sort of repeated movement ( WHAT , WHAT - FOR , WHO , WHICH , and WHERE have a side - to - side movement and WHEN , HOW - MANY , HOW - MUCH , HOW - \u003cb\u003eOLD\u003c/b\u003e\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA74","page_number":"74","snippet_text":"... English , most famously in the film Wayne\u0026#39;s World , e.g. \u0026#39; Great \u003cb\u003ebody\u003c/b\u003e ! Not ! \u0026#39; In \u003cb\u003eOld\u003c/b\u003e English , it was quite a common way of negating sentences . Sentences can also be negated by adding the head shake after the final \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e , with no\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA103","page_number":"103","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003esigns\u003c/b\u003e : THREE- 拢 ( pounds ) , THREE - YEARS - \u003cb\u003eOLD\u003c/b\u003e , I - ASK- YOU - YOU , YOU - ASK - ME , DRIVE - CASUALLY , each is a single \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e , but there are bound morphemes in each one . In THREE- 拢 and THREE- YEARS - \u003cb\u003eOLD\u003c/b\u003e the handshape is a\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA104","page_number":"104","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eOLD\u003c/b\u003e in some abstract way , but we cannot \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e them without using a handshape to say how many pounds or years - \u003cb\u003eold\u003c/b\u003e there are ( fig . 6.4 ) . In YOU - ASK - ME and I - ASK - YOU , one morpheme is the handshape meaning ASK , but I and YOU\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA105","page_number":"105","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eOLD\u003c/b\u003e PLURAL MORPHEMES We will now focus upon one special morpheme , the \u0026#39; plural \u0026#39; . The \u0026#39; plural \u0026#39; indi- cates that here is more than one of something . Information about plurals can be attached to nouns and verbs with bound morphemes\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA186","page_number":"186","snippet_text":"... English has many idioms . For example : he passed with flying colours ; she sees the world through rose - tinted spectacles ; you\u0026#39;re in hot water this time !; an \u003cb\u003eold\u003c/b\u003e flame ; never in a month of Sundays ; a dog in the manger ; and heads\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA205","page_number":"205","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eold\u003c/b\u003e , \u0026#39; peripheral \u0026#39; , \u0026#39; ground \u0026#39; or \u0026#39; background \u0026#39; information , including indexes . ( We know from the discussion in chapter 3 that indexes are \u003cb\u003eold\u003c/b\u003e information because they refer to something already known . ) However , this rule is\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA213","page_number":"213","snippet_text":"... ) Think of fifteen different \u003cb\u003esigns\u003c/b\u003e that could be glossed as CARRY- ( something ) . 2. Using a video clip of a fluent signer telling. Fig . 11.16 \u0026#39; A rabbit with one floppy ear \u0026#39; Fig . 12.1a AMERICA ( \u003cb\u003eold sign\u003c/b\u003e ). Exercises for chapter 11\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA218","page_number":"218","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e ) already in use in BSL . This demonstrates that \u003cb\u003esigns\u003c/b\u003e are not only borrowed where the \u003cb\u003elanguage\u003c/b\u003e does not already have a \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e . Loans can also replace ( or exist alongside ) \u003cb\u003eold signs\u003c/b\u003e . Technical terminology - especially linguistic\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA229","page_number":"229","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e , so many signers of BSL may be surprised by the extent of this use of manual letters in other \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e languages ... \u003cb\u003eOlder\u003c/b\u003e signers or English speakers who are very well practised in fingerspelling are more likely to fingerspell a word fully\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA242","page_number":"242","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eBritish\u003c/b\u003e deaf people share so many aspects of mainstream \u003cb\u003eBritish\u003c/b\u003e culture ... \u003cb\u003elanguage\u003c/b\u003e differently . Different sections of the community are likely to ... \u003cb\u003eOlder\u003c/b\u003e people are also widely believed not to use as much socially unaccept\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA248","page_number":"248","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eolder\u003c/b\u003e people will not use them in public , but fingerspelling -s - e - x- or using a \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e based on -s - x- is more acceptable ( fig . 13.4 ) . The same is true of \u0026#39; toilet \u0026#39; which has the neutral \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e -t - t- . A recent \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e meaning\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA251","page_number":"251","snippet_text":"... English , to call someone slitty- eyed or a yeller feller is an insult , mainly because it has been used as an insult in the past . In BSL ... ( \u003cb\u003eold sign\u003c/b\u003e ) Fig . 14.1b DRAW - SWORD. Politically correct \u003cb\u003esigns\u003c/b\u003e 251."},{"page_id":"PA252","page_number":"252","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e GAY that uses the flick of the wrist , and ask people to use another \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e . However , not all people in one group have the same opinions about a \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e . An \u003cb\u003eolder sign\u003c/b\u003e CHINESE refers to the characteristic eye shape of Chinese people\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA253","page_number":"253","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eolder\u003c/b\u003e people , telling dirty stories late at night after a lot to drink , etc. ) ? 3. List five different topics of conversation that might require \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003esign\u003c/b\u003e is used ... \u003cb\u003elanguage\u003c/b\u003e in BSL For much Further reading for chapter 13 253."},{"page_id":"PA263","page_number":"263","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eold\u003c/b\u003e age . 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