Clothing & Clothing Descriptions

Jennifer Inabnit

What are we doing today?

• Learning clothing vocabulary

• Describing clothing and accessories– Using Mouth Morphemes to help describe

• Describing Activity

CLOTHES

BLOUSE

SWEATSHIRT/SWEATER

SHIRT

PANTS

SHORTS

SKIRT

JACKET/COAT

HAT

GLOVES

BELT

BOWTIE

NECK TIE

SOCKS

SHOES

STYLES OF CLOTHING

SCOOP NECK

V-NECK

TURTLENECK

LONG SLEEVES

SHORT SLEEVES

SLEEVELESS

SPAGHETTI STRAP

PATTERNS ON CLOTHING

PLAID

STRIPES

POLK-A-DOT

RUFFLES

DESIGN/PATTERN

ZIG ZAG

ACCESSORIES

GLASSES

CLIP-ON EARRINGS

PIERCED EARRINGS

NECKLACE

WATCH

BRACELET

RING

Using Mouth Morphemes to Help Describe Clothing& & Accessories

What are Mouth Morphemes?

• Mouth Morphemes, also referred to as Non-manual Signals (NMS), are used to convey meaning of a sign.

• NMS refer in general to those aspects of ASL which do not involve the use of hands.

• NMS are extremely important in ASL.

What role do NMS play?

• 6 different roles:

1. Reflections of emotional states

2. Constructed action

3. Conversation regulators

4. Lexical

5. Grammatical markers

6. Modifiers (Adverbs)

Using Mouth Morphemes as Grammatical Markers/Lexical

• Mouth Morphemes:

–“OO”: Small in size (Spaghetti straps)

–“MM”: Medium/Average in size (Watch)

–“CHA”: Large in size (Glasses)

Describe the picture

• Get with a partner and describe the picture using the correct mouth morphemes.

– “OO” (Small in size)

– “MM” (Medium/Average in size)

– “CHA” (Large in size)

“What were they wearing?”

Review

CLOTHING HAT

BLOUSE GLOVES

SWEATER BELT

SHIRT BOWTIE

PANTS NECKTIE

SHORTS SOCKS

SKIRT SHOES

JACKET

SCOOP NECK RUFFLES

V-NECK PATTERN/ DESIGN

TURTLE NECK ZIG ZAG

LONG SLEEVES GLASSES

SHORT SLEEVES CLIP-ON EARRINGS

SLEEVELESS PIERCED EARRINGS

SPAGHETTI STRAP NECKLACE

PLAID WATCH

STRIPES BRACELET

POLKADOT RING

Mouth Morphemes

• “OO”- Small in size

• “MM”- Medium/Average in size

• “CHA”- Large in size