classifier 5 asl

classifiers: a list of cl handshapes - asl dictionary

CL:B (thumb not inside like B but closed together with fingers, thumb sometimes open, sometimes inside) - book, table, desk, surface, wall, door, window, picture, car (in some contexts), bookcase shelf, paper, foot ...

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identify different classes of classifiers - asl dictionary

In ASL, a noun should be signed first before using its classifier to refer to it until a subject or noun is changed. A classifier can integrate into a pronoun, an adjective, a verb, an adverb, and/or a preposition.

Semantic classifiers are proforms that function as "pronoun" that replaces a noun (or a noun in a predicate ). Some examples of semantic classifiers are: CL-1 (e.g. a person), CL-2 (e.g. two persons), CL-2-upsidedown (a standing person), CL-2-claw (e.g. an animal), CL3-vehicle, etc.