Adverbial Morphemes in Tactile ASL - Gallaudet University

PDE – Steven D. Collins
Appendix D – Transcription of Conversation Session
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Transcription of Full conversation Between Subject C and Subject D – 50
Minutes
C: 3 // KEYBOARD CL:1”plug in back of keyboard”/ PUT-IN(back of braille display)
BRAILLE PUT-IN(put in back of braille display)YES++ // 2 / / PUT-IN(back of braille
display) / PUT-IN(back of keyboard) YES++++++++
D: WAVE SUPPOSE PRO1 CALL-BY-TTY(I call you) // MEAN PHONE RING CL:Y
“phone handset taken off hook and placed down” #WHERE WELL?
C: makes a point to repeat the information on how to connect the phone line. I noticed
also that he holds the final segments longer than a sighted person might.
C: OH-I-SEE HOLD-ON[dm] PRO-1+++ 2 GET NEW C-BR-(false start) UMM
PHONE(false start?) B-R-A-I-L-L-E P-H-O-N-E TWO / IX-lf IX-rt CL:Y“put down
phone handset on -rt” K-R-O-W-N CL:Y“put down phone handset on -rt”YES+++
Note: it seems clear that C is using YES+++… to indicate assertion. Whereas sighted
Deaf use a non-manual head nod for assertion, C uses the manual sign YES to show it.
C: SEPARATE verb? #IF PRO-1 CL:(remove cord from tty-lf) CL:(insert cord into ttyrt)
PHONE(handset) LEAVE -lf IX-lf+++ / CL:Y“phone handset on -rt” LEAVE –lf /
IX-rt EMPTY STILL WORK++ Adv. Duration
STILL WORK++ Adv. Duration
D: YOU MEAN CL:Y “handset [Transcription Note: cannot see the sign from the video]
CL:? “cord runs from ?? and plugs into the Krown” K-R-O-W-N FINISH(that’s all)?
C: YES+
D: WHEN PRO1CALL-BY-TTY(I call you) Adverb - Time YOU [held] /// YOU
WALK-OVER-TO(the phone) CL:Y “pick up the handset from the cradle and set it
down” #OR #WHAT WELL?
C: K-R-O-W-N / IX-lf WILL^SHOW-you DON’T^HAVE-TO++ CL:Y“move handset
from –lf to –rt”/ LEAVE BECAUSE Conj? CONNECT #WIRE IX-lf CL: “wire moved
to –rt” FROM //(interrupted) B-R-A-I-L-L-E P-H-O-N-E CL: “wire moved to –rt”
Adverbial - Location
D: OH-I-SEE
C: B-RA-I-L-L-E- P-H-O-N-E
D: WAVE[dm] BRAILLE?[emph meaning ‘Braille-what?’ asking for clarification]
C: WAVE[dm] B-R-A-I-L-L-E[overlap]
D: B-R-A-I-L-L-E[overlap]… NEXT-THING Adverb - Time IX-(C’s hand)[dm asking
for repetition of the next word C had spelled]
C: /// THOUGHT^DISAPPEAR /// THOUGHT-DISAPPEAR WAIT-A-MINUTE
D: T- H- YOU SAY BRAILLE NEXT-THING…
C: [interrupts]WAVE-HEY B-R-A-I-L-L-E P-H-O-N-E(slower)… [overlap]
D: #OH #OH THAT
C: …PHONE+++ CL:Y“phone handset on top of machine -lf”IX-lf+++++
LEAVE(emph) / Just looks like emphasis. PRO-1 ICL:(remove cord from tty-lf)
ICL:(insert cord into tty-rt) // PHONE(false start) IX-lf ALARM TYPE STILL /
[overlap] Adv. Duration
D: OH-I-SEE(emph)++
C: …YOU HAVE LEAVE –lf LEAVE-lf WITH 2 WELL
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