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So I know Chinese and it uses a lot of classifiers (a CUP of water, a SHEET of paper, but for everything; we call them “measure words” which is a calque). I think I heard that ASL also uses classifiers and I’d like to know more about that.

ASL Terp + Teach 1y ago

Fascinating! Yes, ASL uses Classifiers, too! Our Classifiers are a suite of HANDSHAPES + MOVEMENTS that represent objects' speed/size/shape/texture, etc.

Examples include: Describing a CUP, BOTTLE, 📸 FRAME/DOOR FRAME, 4-legged animal running, hail storms, tsunamis, CAR-crashes, etc.

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