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  2. Stokoe notation - Wikipedia

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    Stokoe notation (/ ˈ s t oʊ k i / STOH-kee) is the first [1] phonemic script used for sign languages.It was created by William Stokoe for American Sign Language (ASL), with Latin letters and numerals used for the shapes they have in fingerspelling, and iconic glyphs to transcribe the position, movement, and orientation of the hands.

  3. American Sign Language grammar - Wikipedia

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    For example, an ILY hand may 'lift off' or 'land on' a horizontal B hand to sign an aircraft taking off or landing; a 3 hand may be brought down on a B hand to sign parking a car; and a G hand may be brought toward a V hand to represent one person approaching two.

  4. Classifier constructions in sign languages - Wikipedia

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    For example, the ASL sign FALL seems to have come from a classifier construction. This classifier construction consists of a V-shaped hand, which represents the legs, moving down. As it became more like a sign, it could also be used with non-animate referents, like apples or boxes.

  5. List of sign languages - Wikipedia

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    American Sign Language: United States and Canada: ASL is also officially recognized as a language in Canada due to the passage of Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act. Black American Sign Language is a dialect of ASL. Argentine Sign Language: Spain and Italy [citation needed] (Lengua de Señas Argentina – LSA) Bay Islands Sign Language ...

  6. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    The "fig sign" is an ancient gesture with many uses. The ILY sign, "I Love You" Pollice Verso by Jean-Léon Gérôme. A man pointing at a photo. Fig sign is a gesture made with the hand and fingers curled and the thumb thrust between the middle and index fingers, or, rarely, the middle and ring fingers, forming the fist so that the thumb partly ...

  7. Hamburg Notation System - Wikipedia

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    The Hamburg Sign Language Notation System (HamNoSys) is a transcription system for all sign languages (including American sign language). It has a direct correspondence between symbols and gesture aspects, such as hand location, shape and movement. [1] It was developed in 1984 at the University of Hamburg, Germany. [2]

  8. Signing Exact English - Wikipedia

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    The reason SEE-II signs vary from ASL is to add clarity so that the exact English word meant for the conversation is understood. For example- the sign for "car" in ASL is two "S" hands gesturing as if they are holding onto and moving a steering wheel. This is the same sign used for any automobile controlled by a steering wheel.

  9. SignWriting - Wikipedia

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    Sutton SignWriting, or simply SignWriting, is a system of written sign languages.It is highly featural and visually iconic: the shapes of the characters are abstract pictures of the hands, face, and body; and unlike most written words, which follow a primarily linear arrangement, SignWriting is structured two-dimensionally.

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