Meta4 Smile Idiotic Ekspreshins

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Meta4, Smiles, & Idiotic

Ekspreshins in Langwij(Metaphors, Similes, & Idiomatic

Expressions in Language)


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Quick Review Register

FROZEN

FORMAL

CONSULTATIVE

INFORMAL

INTIMATE


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Regional Dialect English vs. ASL

North, South, East, West

California

Washington, D.C.

New York City

Texas


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Etiquette English vs. ASL

North, South, East, West

Urban vs. Suburban vs. Rural

Education Level (K-8, HS, College, Graduate, etc.)

Income (lower, middle, upper class)

Age

Ethnic Minority vs. Ethnic Majority


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Whats a Meta-4 for?A metaphor is the paint on the canvas!

Two unlike things are equatedto eachother using the verb to be (is, was, etc.).

Ex. The boy was a helpless bird waiting for its mother.

I am the apple of my mothers eye.

More examples?


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Small Group Activity

Get into groups of 3 or 4.

Brainstorm examples ofmetaphors perhaps phrases that youuse at home, with

your families, or within your localcommunity. (IS, WAS, etc.)

1 person reads his/her example and the rest

of the group discusses the meaning of theoverall concepts in English. Considermultiple contexts, registers, etc.! Everyonegets a chance!


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Smile like a kid in the candy store!(Similes)

Two unlike things are compared to eachother using the adverbs like or as.

Ex. Musical notes danced across the page like starstwinkling in the night sky.

She is as swift as the wind across the plains.

More examples?


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Brainstorm examples ofsimiles perhapsphrases that youuse at home, with your

families, or within your local community.(LIKE orAS)

1 person reads his/her example and the rest

of the group discusses the meaning of theoverall concepts in English. Considermultiple contexts, registers, etc.! Everyonegets a chance!


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BREAK!


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Idiots in Langwij? Idiots in da house!(Idioms)

A phrase or expression that cannot be understoodfrom its individual element meanings. Slang,

jargon. Usually static in form.

Ex. Im up a creek without a paddle!

I have no leg to stand on.

I had to bite the bullet and put my head on thechopping block. After all, I stuck to my guns!

More examples?


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IDIOMATIC PHRASES Adverbial Phrases at hand, at length, for instance,

in general

Fused as Compounds instead, indoors, downstairs

Prepositions Used as Adverbs keep down, set up, put

through

Phrased Collocations/Doublets at beck and call, nulland void, through and through, rank and file, pig in apoke

Proverbial Phrases alls well that ends well, out ofsight, out of mind

Figurative/Metaphorical Expressions keep ones headabove the water, have an axe to grind, to be in the

same boat, to turn adriftA Dictionary Of Idioms For The Deaf , 1975.


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IDIOMS IN ASL

According to many linguists and researchers, there areonly 3 true ASL Idioms:

A) TRAIN-GONE orTRAIN-ZOOM You missed the boat. Too late, so sorry.

B) SWALLOW-FISH Gullible, nave, trustworthy to a fault, susceptible

C) TRUE-BUSINESS orTRUE-WORK Seriously, Honest-to-goodness, bona fide, no

fooling!


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Brainstorm examples ofIdioms including thedifferent types of Idiomatic phrases. Remember thatthey are fixed in form, consist of more than 1 word,

and the overall meaning is different from thecomponent words.

1 group reads their examples to another group.Discuss the meaning of the overall concepts inEnglish. Consider multiple contexts, registers,meanings, etc.!

After discussing the intended meanings, practicesigning the idioms/idiomatic phrases into ASL.


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ASL SIGNS with

ENGLISH IDIOMATIC MEANINGS

Large Group Activity

Sign Enhancers Handout #6-B

Sign Enhancers Handout #6-C

Practice sentences and paragraphs


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LUNCH

(on you

r own)


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Review!

Metaphors - Two unlike things are equated to eachother using the verb to be (is, was, etc.).

Similes - Two unlike things are compared to eachother using the adverbs like or as.

Idioms - A phrase or expression that cannot be

understood from its individual element meanings.Slang, jargon. Usually static in form.


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Additional Idiomatic Expressions

Aphorism Tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion.(Ignorance is bliss.)

Adage saying that sets forth a general truth and has gainedcredit through long use. (Nothing ventured, nothinggained., Good things come in small packages.)

Saw a familiar saying that has become trite through frequentrepetition. (Every cloud has a silver lining.)

Proverb pithy saying which gained credence through

widespread or frequent use. Most proverbs express somebasic truth or practical precept. (A penny saved is a pennyearned., A picture is worth a thousand words., Slowand steady wins the race.)

Maxim A proverb which describes a basic rule of conduct.


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Additional Idiomatic Expressions

Truism - a claim that is so obvious or self-evident as to behardly worth mentioning. (What goes up must comedown.)

Epigram a witty expression, often paradoxical or satiricaland neatly or brilliantly phrased. (Remarriage is a triumph

of hope over experience.- Samuel Johnson)

Metonymy - Reference to something or someone by namingone of its attributes. (We await word from the crown., Wehave a meeting on Thursday with the suits from upstairs.)

Personification/Anthropomorphism. (murmuring stream)

Synecdoche - A whole is represented by naming one of itsparts (genus named for species), or vice versa (speciesnamed for genus). (Listen, you've got to come take a look at

my new set of wheels.


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Brainstorm examples ofOther IdiomaticExpressions.

1 group reads their examples to anothergroup. Discuss the meaning of the overallconcepts in English.

Discuss translating the intended meanings,into appropriate ASL, retaining the spirit ofthe Idiomatic Expressions.


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BREAK!


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Group Activity

ASL/English Idioms & TheirTranslations

Videotape & Manual


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Group Activity

Idiomatic Translations ASL to English

Idiomatic Translations English to ASL


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British Idioms & EtymologiesA load of codswallop

Meaning: a lot of nonsense, rubbishOrigin: Codd was a Victorian businessman and wallop was nineteenth centuryslang for beer. In 1872 Hiram Codd went into business selling lemonade in greenbottles sealed with a marble stopper. Beer drinkers thought little of this new drinkand gave it the derisory nick-name Codswallop.

Example: People say the world is flat, but this is a load of codswallop, it is of course, round.

Beyond the pale

Meaning: Outside of societies limits. Not acceptable conductOrigin: Pale comes from the Latin word palum, meaning 'stake'. In early English

this came to mean a fence which surrounded something such as a cathedral orsome other authority. In later times its meaning altered to the limit of politicaljurisdiction. Life within the pale was civilized, whereas beyond it was considereduncouth and barbaric. Hence one could be said to be beyond the pale.Example: People who do not contribute to society in any way are beyond thepale and should not be able to benefit from that to which they do not contribute.

http://members.tripod.com/~Clatters/idiom.htm


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British Idioms & Etymologies

At the end of my tether/ropeMeaning: At the point of frustration or at the end of one's endurance.Origin:A tether is a rope which is used to restrict the freedom of grazing animalsby tying one end around their neck and the other to a stake in the ground.Example: If my boss doesn't listen to me soon I will explode, I'm at the end of mytether/rope.

Not enough room to swing a cat

Meaning: a confined spaceOrigin: Many people incorrectly think that this is a reference to the old Navel

punishment of the 'cat of nine tails', however the phrase has been found in uselong before that punishment was ever metered out by the Navy. In fact the phraserefers to the practice of putting a cat in a sack then suspending the sack from atree, swinging the sack and then using it for archery practice.Example: This room is too small, there's not enough room to swing a cat.



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British Idioms & Etymologies

T

o kick the bu

cketMeaning: to dieOrigin: In slaughterhouses, the rail on which pigs are hung after slaughter todrain off the blood is known as the bucket bar. Muscle spasms after deathsometimes lead to the dead pig twitching as if to kick the bucket bar, hence theexpression.

Example: Fred kicked the bucket last week. Now that he's dead he will be sadlymissed.



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References Special Thanks!

Books & Texts 101 American English Idioms: Understanding and Speaking English

Like An American, Harry Collis, Passport Books, Chicago, IL, 1997.

American Sign Language: The Original Green Books A TeachersResource Text On Grammar & Culture, Charlotte Baker-Shenk & DennisCokely, Gallaudet University Press, Washington, D.C., 1980, p. 118.

A Dictionary Of Idioms for the Deaf, Maxine T. Boatner & John E.Gates, American School for the Deaf, West Hartford, CT, 1966.

A Dictionary Of Idioms for the Deaf, Maxine T. Boatner & John E.

Gates, Barrons Educational Series, Inc., Woodbury, NY, 1975.

Movers & Shakers Deaf PeopleWho Changed the World, Susan M.Mather & Cathryn Carroll, DawnSignPress, San Diego, CA, 1997.


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References Special Thanks!

Websites & Internet Links ASL/English Idioms & TheirTranslations

http://www.interpreting.eku.edu/library/AL.php

British Idioms & Translations http://members.tripod.com/~Clatters/idiom.htm

Collection of Proverbs from 560 Countries http://www.special-dictionary.com/proverbs/

http://www.special-dictionary.com/proverbs/source/a/american_proverb/ Conversational Sign Language II: William J. Madsen, ($17.95 + s/h)

http://www.adcohearing.com/sl_curriculum.html

Dennis Olivers ESL Idiom Page http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-list.html

Emmett Jones & George Joslins ASL Principles - Idioms, English Idiomsvideotape

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/MultiMediaEvangelism/aslp.html The Free Idioms Dictionary taken from the Cambridge International Dictionaryof Idioms and the Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/

Lance McWilliams ASL Idioms DVDs (1 & 2), ($15 each + s/h) http://www.harriscomm.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=36_225&products_id=18233

Sign Enhancers ASL Practice Series: English Idioms 6A, ($59.95 + s/h) http://www.harriscomm.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=18162


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