TICKET:
Use a "bent V" handshape and a "flat" handshape. Focus on moving the
dominant hand. The other hand might move a bit but for the most part the
non-dominant hand stays in place.
Can be used in context to mean, movie
ticket, plane ticket, train ticket, speeding ticket, etc
Memory aid:
Think of "punching a ticket."
Sample sentence: MY SISTER GAVE-me TWO FREE TICKET FOR MOVIE. (My sister gave
me 2 free movie tickets.)
If you use a single, somewhat larger motion, it means "get a ticket" or "punch a ticket" or "get ticketed."
Question:
An ASL student asks:
"Does the sign for ticket work for all senses of the English word "ticket" or is
it just citation?"
Answer:
The sign "TICKET" and the English word "ticket" generally overlap but there are
some differences in their usage and meaning.
The ASL sign TICKET can generally be used to refer to "a piece of paper" small
card, or electronic representation "that gives the holder a certain right,
especially to enter a place, travel by public transport, or participate in an
event."*
The ASL sign TICKET can also refer to an "official notice of a traffic offense"
or other infraction.
English has a metaphorical use of the word ticket that does not correspond to
the sign for "ticket." For example the phrase "that is the ticket! to ..."
(meaning the method, way, or approach to doing or accomplishing something). For
such meanings ASL signers do not sign TICKET but rather tend to choose to signs
such as "METHOD" (using the TECHNOLOGY / technique sign), WAY, "THAT! YOU
CAN..." or APPROACH..
The ASL sign TICKET when done with a single movement can be used to indicate the
action of "punching a small hole in something thin and flat." The English word
"ticket" does not include the meaning of "punch a hole."
To mean "ticketed" the ASL sign uses a single movement whereas to mean
"ticketed" the English word "ticket" has to add "-ed."
The sentence:
last-YEAR-[1h-version] YOU TICKET how-MANY?
Can mean "How many times did you get ticketed last year?"
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*(Definitions assisted by: Oxford Dictionary)
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Note to beginning-level students: ASL instructors often capitalize the spelling
of ASL signs to distinguish them from English words. This is "not" yelling --
rather it is simply a way to make it clear that you are referring to an ASL
sign.
Notes:
See: PAPER
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