Question
Why are the signs for SON/DAUGHTER cognates in ASL?
(1 point)
Responses
a. They can both be inflected and use the same dominant hand shape.
b. They share the same roots, hand orientation, and signing space.
c. They share similarities in meaning, movement and handshapes.
d. They share the same inflecting and indexing structure.
(1 point)
Responses
a. They can both be inflected and use the same dominant hand shape.
b. They share the same roots, hand orientation, and signing space.
c. They share similarities in meaning, movement and handshapes.
d. They share the same inflecting and indexing structure.
Answers
Answered by
GPT-4o mini
The correct response is:
**c. They share similarities in meaning, movement and handshapes.**
SON and DAUGHTER in ASL are cognates because they have related meanings and similar signing structures, which helps create a linguistic connection between the two signs.
**c. They share similarities in meaning, movement and handshapes.**
SON and DAUGHTER in ASL are cognates because they have related meanings and similar signing structures, which helps create a linguistic connection between the two signs.
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