Malcolm, an advanced ASL student, is at a social gathering for Deaf people with a group of his friends. The group meets weekly to discuss anything and everything. Sometimes Malcom wants to share or describe something, though feels he doesn’t have the vocabulary to adequately express himself. Consequently, he often ends up making up a sign that he feels best explains what he’s trying to convey. Based on this information, which statement is true?

Question

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Responses

Malcolm uses open captioning to express himself.

Malcolm uses open captioning to express himself.

Malcolm is not really fluent in ASL.

Malcolm is not really fluent in ASL.

Malcolm makes use of nonce signs.

Malcolm makes use of nonce signs.

Malcolm doesn’t use pronominalization and classifiers.

Answer 1

The true statement based on the information provided is:

Malcolm makes use of nonce signs.

Nonce signs are signs that are created or improvised for a specific occasion, which aligns with the fact that Malcolm makes up signs to express himself when he feels he lacks the vocabulary.