Definitions
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- noun sign language the
held position of the hand and fingers in producing a particularsign .
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A handshape is a specific movement of the hand and specific location of the hand.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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A unique handshape represents each letter of the alphabet; for example, to make the letter A you curl four fingers into your palm and leave the thumb sticking up.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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A unique handshape represents each letter of the alphabet; for example, to make the letter A you curl four fingers into your palm and leave the thumb sticking up.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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In everyday ASL, for example, male and female signs for example systematically feature progressive handshape assimilation.
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So that WOMAN and MAN aren't GIRL+FINE, BOY+FINE respectively, but a single movement from chin, forehead to chest same handshape as FINE, namely the 5 hand.
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KURWA is a very distant second place signs tend to be more regional but usually involve the "crooked H" handshape of ASL touching either the nose of the palm.
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There is only one sign for "photocopy" and it uses a X handshape.
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Len Dod [signs: index finger across chin], Russia Today [signs: fingers together and bent], Moscow [signs: A-handshape on cheek].
Fookem and Bug 2008
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[O-handshape] CHILD, BLANKET BRING, ANTS I WIPE-OFF
Waxy.org Links 2009
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[O-handshape] NOW ALL PEOPLE MUST COME-TOGETHER OUTSIDE
Waxy.org Links 2009
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