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* age manipulation
*
animal imitation
*
animal control
*
astral projection
* breathe underwater
*
camouflage
*
claws
*
cold, control or generation of (also see "ice")
*
death touch
elasticity or ability to stretch
* empathy
electricity control
*
endurance
*
energy absorption
* fire, generation, manipulation, or control of (see: pyrokinesis)
* flight or
flying
* force fields
*gravity control
*
healing others
*
healing, accelerated
*
hearing, enhanced or super
* heat vision
* lie detection
* ice, control or generation of
*
immortality
*
invisibility
*
invulnerability
*
jumping
levitation
long life
* luck, bad luck
* luck, good luck
* magic
controlling machines
magnetism
*
marksmanship
* metal skin
*
mind control (also see telepathy)
*
mind reading (also see telepathy)
molecular Combustion (speeding up molecules)
*
night vision
*
phasing
*
pheromones
*
photographic memory
*
plant control
*
poison resistance
powered suits (technology)
* precognition
*
producing light
*
psychic surgery
*
psychokinesis
*
pyrokinesis (generate, absorb and control fire)
*
radar
*
resurrection of others (bringing dead back to life)
*
resurrection of self
*
duplication of self
*
duplication of others
*
sensing danger, spider sense (Spiderman)
*
shape shifting
*
skin, hard or tough
* smell, enhanced
*
sonar
*
sonic scream
*speaking to the dead
*
speed, super
*
spitting acid or poison
*
strength, super
*
stretching, (see elasticity)
*
summoning of demons
*
talking to the dead
* telekinesis
* telepathy
*
teleportation
* time manipulation, able to slow, pause, or otherwise manipulate time
*
time travel
*
unbreakable bones
*
unbreakable fingernails
*
wall crawling
*
water control (hydrokinesis)
wind control
* wish
granting
x-ray vision
Instructional videos:
Superpowers 1
Superpowers in ASL (Part 1)
Bill Vicars with C?ar Jacobson
Intended audience: Students who have who have completed Level 2 or higher of the ASL University curriculum.
https://youtu.be/Oi7yaiBAR4A
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This sign: SUPER applies to comics, graphic novels, and related uses of "super."
In low context or isolation the sign SUPER means: Superman
However you can combine SUPER with other signs to create other meanings.
SUPER
+
BRAVE means superhero
In low context you can add the PERSON sign:
SUPER
BRAVE PERSON =
superhero
In high context
you can sign:
SUPER+
EVIL
to mean:
supervillain
SUPER+
POWER
=
superpower
"super" as in
WONDERFUL
"super"
So outstanding as to leave all others in the dust.
That sign can also mean:
infinite
matchless
inimitable
unparalleled
unrivaled
extraordinary
"super" as in:
EXTREME!
Terrible!
Can't even!
Terrific!
OMG!
"super" as in
VERY VERY
*Some consider it signed English but many Deaf sign VERY.
"super" as in
VEE VEE (a version of very, very)
Often, super is shown by modifying individual signs to show more intensity.
For example...
loud
vs
Super loud!
sour
vs
super sour
Sometimes using both hands can mean super. For example:
UGLY
vs
super UGLY
thanks or thankful
vs
"very" thankful
Sometimes a modified handshape can mean super.
For example
puzzled or puzzling
vs
super or very, very puzzling
Sometimes you do both -- add a hand and change the handshape:
Extremely (super) ugly!
Often we add a mouth morpheme ...
LARGE
vs
(super)-LARGE
[CHA!]
Or add extra movement and a mouth morpheme:
(super extra)-LARGE
[CHA!] [inflected]
Or use a different version of the sign ...
FAST
vs
super fast
This next sign is a multiple meaning context dependent sign ...
brave
heal
healthy
courage
hardy
valiant
That sign can also be used to mean
HERO
=
courage + person
In context you can
just sign COURAGE to mean hero.
Example:
IX-(that person)
MY HERO
Combine SUPER + COURAGE
to mean SUPERHERO
(either with or without the PERSON sign)
COURAGE and the sign STRONG overlap.
COURAGE tends to start with claw hands and transform into "S" hands.
STRONG tends to start immediately with "S" hands.
Sometimes the signs look the same but can be differentiated by small changes:
STRONG has multiple versions:
version 1 version 2 version 3
etc.
There are several ways to sign "super-human strength"
"Super-human strength"
version:
EXCEED HUMAN STRONG
"Super-human strength"
version:
UNRIVALED
STRONG
... or spell super or inflect the sign STRONG, etc.
Lots of ways.
invulnerable
version 1:
BOLD
tough
impervious
intrepid
IX = point at or "index"
=
he, she, it, that-person, they-singular, there, etc.
invulnerable
version 2:
CAN'T HURT IX
invulnerable
version 3:
CAN'T HARM* IX
*ruin, spoil
invulnerable
version 4:
projectile bounce off of chest
force field:
area around person bounce off
mental =
mind
brain sense
Send a signal from your brain.
telepathically seize control of someone or an animal
two-way mental telepathy
mental telepathy can mean:
We thought the same thing!
tele-kinesis spell or explain on first reference then can depict or abbreviate
It is arguable whether the general FLY sign is or is not limited to airplanes.
It may be tempting for ASL instructors to claim that the FLY sign only applies to airplanes -- but then students go out into the Deaf world and see some Deaf people using FLY to apply to humans.
There is often a disparity between signs taught in academic settings and signs used in the Deaf Community.
The power of flight version 1
version 2
version 3
version 4
etc.
SUPERPOWER YOU CHOOSE WHICH?
We can discuss other super powers in future lessons.
Superpowers 2
ASL University Dr. Bill Vicars & C?ar Jacobson Superpowers (part 2)
Discussed previously: strength invulnerability force field telepathy telekinesis
flight speed
Today we will discuss: teleportation time travel shape shifting empathy
invisibility heat vision precognition
teleportation
Related sign: JUMP to
Related sign: TRANSFER switch
time travel version 1
time travel version 2 (travel along timeline)
teleport to the past
teleport to the future
jump ahead
jump to the past
CHANGE (general sign)
SHAPE (general sign)
STATUE (shape version) = SHAPE + context
STATUE (version) = CARVE + depiction of form
shape shifting CAN CHANGE SHAPE
shape shifting (version) SHAPE fs-SHIFT
related sign EMBODY adopt the outward shell of
empathy
empathy version: HEART UNDERSTAND (reciprocal) (2 handed)
empathy version: HEART-UNDERSTAND
empathy version: HEART UNDERSTAND + MIND UNDERSTAND
empathy version FEEL SAME-as-you
empathy version FEEL SAME-as-they
Sometimes people sign SYMPATHY to mean empathy (not recommended)
I recommend you use the double heart understand version of EMPATHY
If you are holding a phone then do the 1 handed heart understand version of
EMPATHY
invisibility or invisible = OVERLOOK
invisibility version 2 OVERLOOK+ Classifier 1
invisibility version 3 CAN'T SEE IX
Related sign: DISOLVE can mean "fade"
heat vision version HOT SEE
heat vision HOT + beams shoot from eyes
precognition PREDICT foresee See into the future.
PREDICT version 1 palm forward version 2 palm back
precognition KNOW FUTURE BEFORE HAPPEN
precognition VISUALIZE FUTURE
Review
teleportation
time travel
teleport to the past
teleport to the future
shape shifting
empathy
invisibility
heat vision
precognition
Superpowers 3
luck
magic
danger sense, sensing danger, spider sense
poison resistance
immortality
endurance
death touch
Superpowers 4
age manipulation
animal imitation
animal control
astral projection
camouflage
claws, super hard or sharp
cold or ice control or generation
Superpowers 5
elasticity or ability to stretch
electricity control
energy absorption
smell, enhanced
fire, generation, manipulation, or control of (see: pyrokinesis)
granting wishes
gravity control
Superpowers 6
hard skin
metal skin
healing, others
healing, accelerated
hearing, enhanced
lie detection
jumping
spit acid
Superpowers 7
Martial Arts
night vision
phasing
pheromones
photographic memory
plant control
Superpowers 8
producing light
psychic surgery
psychokinesis vs telepathy
radar (wave based signal / determine the distance, angle, velocity of objects)
resurrection (others / self)
duplication (others / self)
Notes:
psychokinesis refers mental influence of physical systems and objects PK
telekinesis refers to the movement and/or levitation of physical objects by
mental force TK
Superpowers 9
breathe underwater
sonar [fs-SONAR, explain, depict]
sonic scream
unbreakable bones
Review: Do you recall how to sign or explain elasticity?
Additional vocabulary: DROWN, IMMERSION, PROGRAM, GILLS
Superpowers 10
speak to the dead
summon demons
marksmanship
hyrdokinesis
wall crawling
Covered so far:
empathy (part 2)
flight (part 1)
force field (part 1)
heat vision (part 2)
invisibility (part 2)
invulnerability (part 1)
precognition (part 2)
shape shifting (part 2)
speed (part 1)
strength (part 1)
telekinesis (part 1)
telepathy (part 1)
teleportation (part 2)
time travel (part 2)
luck (part 3)
magic (part 3)
danger sense (part 3)
poison resistance (part 3)
immortality (part 3)
endurance (part 3)
death touch (part 3)
age manipulation (part 4)
animal imitation (part 4)
animal control (part 4)
astral projection (part 4)
camouflage (part 4)
claws (part 4)
cold control (part 4)
ice generation (part 4)
elasticity (part 5)
electricity control (part 5)
energy absorption (part 5)
enhanced smell (part 5)
pyrokinesis, fire control (part 5)
granting wishes (part 5)
gravity control (part 5)
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