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# asl

«asl» in Mova's school dictionary: **ASL stands for American Sign Language, the language of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

abbreviation (ASL)

### meaning for a pupil

1) ASL stands for American Sign Language, the language of hand signs, faces and body movements used by many Deaf people in the USA and parts of Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asl/#m1)

2) (internet slang) «asl» is an old chat question meaning «age, sex, location?» — strangers online use it to find out about you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asl/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about languages and inclusion, ASL is a real language with its own grammar, different from British Sign Language (BSL) and Auslan in Australia. In online safety lessons: if a stranger in a chat asks «asl?», do not answer, and tell a trusted adult — never share your age, where you live or personal details.

### examples

- She is learning ASL to talk with her deaf cousin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asl/#x1)
- ASL has its own grammar, not the same as English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asl/#x2)
- In ASL, you can spell names with finger signs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asl/#x3)
- British Sign Language is different from ASL. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asl/#x4)
- A stranger typed «asl?» in the game chat, so I told my mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asl/#x5)
- Never tell strangers online your age or where you live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asl/#x6)

### note

Abbreviation, not a word. Write ASL in capitals for the language. Sign languages are not the same in every country: the UK uses BSL, Australia Auslan, New Zealand NZSL. «Deaf» with a capital D means the Deaf community.

### In the corpora

- [American Sign Language (ASL) and BSL are different languages; ASL is related to French Sign Language.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/32-sign-language/7/)
- [BSL fingerspelling uses two hands, ASL fingerspelling uses one; fingerspelling is for names and words without a sign.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/32-sign-language/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «asl» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/asl/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.