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Asking Questions: WH-questions Yes-No Questions

This document discusses two types of questions in American Sign Language (ASL): WH-questions and Yes-No questions. WH-questions use interrogative words like who, what, when, where, why, how, which, how many, how much, what time, and how old. They require specific non-manual signals and the WH-word is often placed at the end of the sentence. Yes-No questions can be answered with yes or no and also have distinct non-manual signals, with the last sign held for a response. Examples of both question types are provided.

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Asking Questions: WH-questions Yes-No Questions

This document discusses two types of questions in American Sign Language (ASL): WH-questions and Yes-No questions. WH-questions use interrogative words like who, what, when, where, why, how, which, how many, how much, what time, and how old. They require specific non-manual signals and the WH-word is often placed at the end of the sentence. Yes-No questions can be answered with yes or no and also have distinct non-manual signals, with the last sign held for a response. Examples of both question types are provided.

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Asking questions

WH- questions Yes-No questions

WH - QUESTIONS
Who?

What?
When? Where? Why? How? Which?

How-many? How-much? What-time? How-old? Whats-up?

WH - QUESTIONS

Wh-questions in ASL MUST be accompanied by the following non-manual signals:

- Eyebrows lowered - Eyes narrowed - Head tilt

**Last sign in question is held, waiting for response.

WH- QUESTIONS
In

ASL, the WH-question is often located at the END of the sentence. ASL TEACHER WHO?

YOUR

(English: Who is your ASL teacher?)


SCHOOL

YOU GO WHERE?

(English: Where do you go to school?)

YOUR

NAME WHAT?

(English: What is your name?)


CLASS

BEGIN WHAT-TIME?

(English: What time does the class begin?)


BATHROOM

WHERE?

(English: Wheres the bathroom?)

YES-NO QUESTIONS
Yes-No

questions in ASL are questions that when asked, are responded to by either a yes or a no answer.
Examples:

Are you a student? Do you have your paper? Have you finished eating?

Yes No Yes

Yes-No Questions in ASL require these non-manual signals:


Eyebrows
Head

raised

tilt Eye contact made with the person being asked the question
**The

last sign in the question is held, waiting for a response.

Wh-Q and Yes-No Question dialogue

Wh-Q YOUR NAME WHAT?


Response: MY NAME _______

YES-NO Q STUDENT YOU? Wh-Q TEACHER WHERE? YES-NO Q DEAF YOU?`

YES, ME STUDENT

(point)

NO, ME HEARING

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