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mouth morphemes
Also see: Mouth Morphemes in ASL
Assignment:
After reviewing "Mouth Morphemes in ASL with Kevin Struxness, MA" video record yourself signing the following mouth morphemes.
See your syllabus for due dates and submission guidelines.1."cha"-height, length, size
2."th"-clumsy, lousy, careless
3."oo"-long ago, beautiful, how old, thin, what to do
4.Puffed cheeks-very fat, many, long ago
5.Tongue out and down-not yet, accident, lousy, hungry, exaggerate, put off, big head, erratic, don't like
6."sta-sta"-struggle, long process
7.Pursed lips-work hard, read carefully, sorry, hearing person, persevere, secret, suspect, suppress
8.Pursed lips + wiggling-characteristic, the way it is
9.Puckered lips "mmmm"-enjoy doing something, curious, medium sized, comfortable, write, drive, read
10.Puckered lips with "awful" sign-interesting, wow
11."for-for"-what for, why, how come
12."pah"-finally, big success
13."powoo"-stricken, forget, boom
14."wah"-don't want, want
15."soo"-tired, cold, dirty, hard, good, close call, tedious, curious
16."sow"-very tired, very cold, very hard, very embarrassed
17."fish"-finish, stop it
18."fi^ sh"-finish after long or unpleasant process
19."puh"-tend, give in
20."pow"-explode, hit hard, trigger a gun, repress, hot temper
21."shh"-use exceedingly, make out, poke fun, gobble, wild time
22.Wag tongue up and down-look, later, hello
23.Wag tongue right to left-want, must, feel good
24.Lips pulled down to one side-recent, not long ago
25.Lips pulled down with twinged nose-near, soon
26.Lips pulled down-can, possible
27.Lick-swallow, tired of, run out
28."mum mum"-winning streak (games), nab many suspects
29."ps ps"-fancy, chic
30."po"-competent, good, smart
31."po po"-speed boat in a race, cannon
32."pth"-melt, smash
33."bro"-burned out bulb, break, broke
34.Tongue out and down-experience, expert
35."off"-take down, take off, remove, break up
36."m-m-m"-interesting, "oh I see"
37."eek"-hate, despise, yuck
38."tut"-have been to
39."fus"-PhD
40."Pensive" limited lip movement)-expensive
41.Closed mouth and long chin-can, don't mind, "oh I see"
42."lm"-proficient, skillful, great
43."ahh"-travel extensively, desperately look for, expression of shock
44."ma-ma"-obsession with money
45."bow"-light burn out, eye pop out
46."luch"-jumbo, large
47."m^ s"-must, mandatory
48."ps"-lucky
49.Muttered lips-helicopter, toy care, lawn mower, too good/too much
Notes:
Need to review these for accuracy and examples:
CHA / big (height, length, size)
Clenched teeth / intense, packed in, extremely
FISH / finish, stop it / done
FK / skip work, ignore
FOR-FOR / what for, why, how come
MUM-MUM / win an unbroken series of games, nab many suspects
PAH / finally, big success
POW / explode, hit hard, trigger a gun, repress, hot temper
POWOO (Pow-oo) / stricken, forget, boom
PS-PS / fancy, chic
Puckered up lips (mmm) / write, drive, read, curious, medium-sized, comfortable
Puckered up lips with "AWFUL" sign / interesting, wow
Puffed Cheeks / very fat, long ago, many /
Pursed lips / work hard, read carefully, sorry, hearing person, persevere, secret
Pursed lips with twiggled nose / characteristic, the way it is
PUTT / tend, give in
SHH / use exceedingly, make out, poke fun, wild time
SOO tired, cold, dirty, delicious, good riddance, curious, close call
SOW / very cold, very tired, very hard, very embarrassed
SS
STA-STA / struggle, long process
TH / clumsy, lousy
Tongue out & down / ugh, accident, lousy, erratic, hungry, exaggerate / not-yet,
WATT / don't want, want /
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