BOLES ISD

Five Parameters of ASL

1. Handshapes
   1. Dominant Hand vs. Non-Dominant Hand
   2. Handshapes
      1. open
      2. bent
      3. alphabets and numbers
      4. The Seven Basic Handshapes
         1. B, A, S, C, O, 1, and 5
      5. The Uncommon Handshapes
         1. E, M, N, R, T, 7, and 8
2. Palm Orientations
   1. TO
   2. AWAY
   3. LEFT
   4. RIGHT
   5. UP
   6. DOWN 
   7. DIAGONALLY
3. Locations
   1. top of head
   2. temple of head
   3. forehead
   4. nose
   5. cheek
   6. mouth/lip
   7. chin
   8. neck (not listed in video)
   9. shoulder
   10. chest
   11. abdomen
   12. forearm/arm/elbow
   13. wrist
       1. back of wrist
       2. front of wrist
   14. hand
       1. back of hand
       2. palm of hand
   15. fingers
   16. sign space (SS for short)
4. Movements
   1. one-direction
   2. bi-direction
   3. tapping/touching
   4. arc
   5. … and many more
5. Non-Manual Signals (NMS)
   1. WH-q (furrowed eyebrows)
   2. Y/N-q (raised eyebrows)
   3. NEG (head shaking)
   4. mouth morphemes
      1. LR-LR
      2. MM
      3. CHA-CHA
      4. TH
      5. PAH
      6. BING/PEH
   5. … and many more