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The Five Parameters of ASL

By: Samantha Schulok and Mia McGuire

What is a Parameter?

4. Handshape

3. Palm Orientation

- Handshape refers physically to the shape of the hand producing the sign

- ASL has many handshapes and several many common ones. You can describe the shape very specifically, like all 4 fingers are straight and close together and the thumb is across the hand or you can describe it by comparing then shape to a known ASL shape

- This refers to the direction in which the hand is turned to produce a sign.

- Palm Orientation is the direction of your palm which may include palm up, palm down, palm right, palm left, palm outward, and palm inward.

What are the Five Parameters?

-Parameters are distinguishing features or noticeable characteristics used for creating signs with meaning in ASL

5. Facial Expression

1. Location

- A facial expression is one or more emotions or potions of the muscles beneath the skin of the face.

- The movements convey emotional state of an individual two observers.

-Facial expressions are a form of none verbal communication

2. Movement

Bibliography

lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/parameters.htm‎

www.wikipedia.org/‎

- This refers to the physical parameters of bodily locations where the signs are produced.

-In order to produce the sign and relay a word with meaning, the sign must follow the five parameters determine its meaning and tone.

- this refers to the changing of the location of the hand within the set of physical parameters during sign production.

Examples:

a sign maybe moving away from or towards you to indicate a directional verb such as show, give, pay, borrow, etc.

1. Location

2. Movement

3. Palm Orientation

4. Handshape

5. Facial Expression

- The general physical parameters for sign language production are approximately 4 inches above the head, elbow room as with elbow on the waste, an below belt buckle

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