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: GOOD QUESTION ABOUT RAIN++ YES++ HAVE CL:01 “small gap” LITTLE-
BIT Degree YES++ CL:F “thin gap” [made on D’s CL:B ‘wall’ and Cb ‘about 1 inch
wide’” CL:4 “rain can go into the gap” INSIDE Adverb – Location
CL:01 “small gap” SMALL++ RAIN INSIDE Adverb – Location YES++++ //
BETTER Degree COVER-OVER A-W-N-I-N-G SMALL+++ CL:Bbent “awning draped
over CL:Bbent ‘place where box is’”// (takes D’s rt-hand, D’s hand represents the box.
C’s rt-hand represents awning.) PUT(over the box, to shelter it.) WELL
D: INTERESTING // YOU CURIOUS V-I-B-R-A C-A-L-L YOU [false start and
hesitation] INSIDE B-A-T-T-E-R-Y #OR WHAT
C: B-A-T-T-E-R-Y B-A-T-T-E-R-Y SPECIAL POSS++(Silent Call) S-I-L-E-N-T
C-A-L-L POSS++(Silent Call) SPECIAL LONG(emph) Adverb – Extent DON’T USE
V-O-L-T 9+++++ WAVE-NO // V-O-L-T 9 FOR CL:C “mounted box on the CL:B
‘door jam’”DOOR++ CL:C “box mounted on wall” PHONE+++ CL:Lbent “phone
signaler”/ TWO FINISH(that’s all) Adverb – Manner/Degree // PAGER++ …
C: PRO1 HAVE++ PRO1 PAGER IX(left)++ SUITCASE HAVE INSIDE Adverb –
Location IX(left) WHERE POSS1 SUITCASE (looking around)
D: SHOW-ME PRO1 LATER Adverb – Time YOU CURIOUS YOU [hesitation]
YOU++ HAVE THREE[emph] RIGHT V-I-B-R-A-C-A-L-L INCLUDED? //
THREE++ / FIRST PAGER SECOND-IN-LIST DOOR CL: C “door signaler attached to
the CL:B ‘wall’” / THIRD-IN-LIST PHONE CL:C “phone signaler with CL:Lb “wire
coming from signaler” TO K-R-O-W-N THEN …?… RIGHT?
C: ONE CALLED J-A-C-K-S CL:X “plug into jack”
D: [interrupts] THAT #OK WHAT IX-“the thing just referred to”
C: THAT / CL:CCbaby “small box-like object” CL: 1“plug into CL:B ‘flat surface’”
PHONE ++++ CL: 1“plug into CL:B ‘flat surface’” ///
D: YOU MEAN PHONE / CL:BB “box-shape of phone” PHONE-DIAL
CL: 1“plugs into back of phone”
C: WAVE-NO++++ J-A-C-K-S W-A-L-L CL:BB “wall surface” W-A-L-L-S CL:BB
“wall surface” CORNER CALLED J-A-C-K-S
D: YES++[tap on C’s leg] YES+++
C: THREE THAT / PLUG-INTO CL:1 “wire goes around over to the table” TABLE /
WHERE Adverb – Location PUTa,b,c,… Locative Verb LEAVE-IN-THAT-PLACE
Locative Verb /// NOT USE IX-lf(control unit?) WAVE-NO UNTIL YOU FEEL++
Adverbial - Duration / SEE #IF PAGER STILL Adverb - Duration WORK // PUSH-
BUTTON(on phone transmitter) KEEP+++ UNTIL GOOD PUSH-BUTTON(on phone
transmitter)++ Adverbial - Duration / DEAD // SAME-AS CL:C “mounted box on the
CL:B ‘door jam’”// PUSH-BUTTON(on doorbell transmitter)++++ DEAD /
CHANGE(battery) IX(doorbell)++ V-O-L-T 9++++ // IX(phone transmitter) V-O-L-T
9++ CHEAP / PAGER EXPENSIVE(emph) Adverbial – Manner/Degree / EXPENSIVE
Transcriber Note: I see when D and C want to emphasize certain things, the last segment
of the sign is held for a longer time. For example see: D: CL: 1“plugs into back of
phone” or C: EXPENSIVE(emph)
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