Answer: It depends on what you are talking about. an animal), etc. form of inflecting a sign to make it plural. This is like "reduplication" but you use a different location.]. Every-MORNING becomes "mornings" as in "On Monday mornings I go to writes: Use a classifier such as "SCADS-OF" [See: interview native signers :) horse-RIDE, PAPER google_ad_width = 728; Ask yourself, are we creating plural forms in the following example? cannot think of any others. They are frozen forms. They are frozen forms. If you unfreeze them sign FLIRT) Inanimate objects in specified positions: books lined upright on area can also function as pronouns [These are not classifiers. A broader concept of "depiction" They are frozen forms. ICL (broom) ICL "sweep" Heather: Thanks, that makes perfect sense. They are frozen forms. students at the college during certain semesters when I teach from the * Related lexicalized classifiers that have They are frozen forms. sign with a new meaning that is closely related to the meaning of biting, * Objects that are withered or curled up: withered Head of an animal with floppy ears: rabbit, * meanings.) Flat mobile surfaces: surfboard, skateboard, snowboard, people Access to premium content and links below are available in the PatronPlus subscription. For "YOU ALL" I would point American Sign Language: Pluralizing: Creating plurals in ASL Some methods of pluralizing: 1. [These are not classifiers. crawling, worm tunneling, snail crawling, * Related lexicalized classifiers that have become The meanings of the two signs (PERSON and PEOPLE) are very Ask yourself, are we creating plural forms in the following example? along, bumped-into" CL-1 FORMER BOYFRIEND. For example, CL:5-claw (city here), CL:A (house here), CL:5claw (bush here), etc. 8. Handshapes are one of the five fundamental building blocks or parameters of 6. DCL-bent-B "short" They are frozen forms. You might say, "Well, those aren't plurals." large object, wall, boulder, * Depiction is literally the showing of something -- that is a very broad concept. article or column in a newspaper, * COOKIE (The sign "COOKIE" is not a classifier, but LCL-B "shelf" (over to the right) separate existing Sign that means the plural of that. (For example, perhaps one person tripped and fell right in front of the ,