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26 Phonology

Tab symbols

1. 0	zero, the neutral place where the hands move, in contrast with all places below	26. R
2. 0	face or whole head
3. ^n	forehead or brow, upper face	27. V
4. /A	mid-face, the eye and nose region
5. u	chin, lower face	28. W
6. 3	cheek, tempie, ear, side-face
7. n	neck	29. X
8. []	trunk, body from shoulders to hips
9. \	upper arm	30. Y
10. J	elbow, forearm
11. a	wrist, arm in supinated position (on its back)	31. B
12. D	wrist, arm in pronated position (face down)
	Dez symbols, some also used as tab
13. A	compact hand, fist; may be like 'a', 's',	32. ^A
	or 't' of manuał alphabet	33. ^v
14. B	fiat hand	34. "
15. 5	spread hand; fingers and thumb spread	35. ^>
	like '5' of manuał numeration	36. ^<
16. C	curved hand; may be like 'c' or morę	37. ^z
	open	38. ^T
17. E	contracted hand; like 'e' or morę claw-	39. ^x
	like	40. ^1
18. F	"three-ring" hand; from spread hand,	41. ^0
	thumb and index finger touch or cross	42G^5
1-9. G	index hand; like 'g' or sometimes like	43. "
	'd'; index finger points from fist	44. 9
20. H	index and second finger, side by side, extended	45.    ^D 46.    ^#
21. I	"pinkie” hand; little finger extended from compact hand
22. K	like G except thatthumbtouches midcile	47. ^A
	phalanx of second finger; like V and p'	48. ®
	of manuał alphabet	49. ^)(
23. L	angle hand; thumb, ihdex finger in right	50. ^x
	angle, other fingers usually bent into	51. ^2
	palm	52. ^+
24. 3	"cock" hand; thumb and first two	53. ®
	fingers spread, like '3' of manuał	54. ^+
	numeration	55. "

Sig symbols

25. O tapered hand; fingers curved and squeezed together over thumb; may be like 'o' of manuał alphabet

> interaction

"warding off" hand; second finger crossed over index finger, like Y of manuał alphabet

"victory" hand; index and second fingers extended and spread apart three-finger hand; thumb and little finger touch, others extended spread hook hand; index finger bent in hook from fist, thumb tip may touch fingertip "horns" hand; thumb and little finger spread out extended from fist; or index finger and little finger extended, parał lei (allocheric variant of Y); second finger bent in from spread hand, thumb may touch fingertip

upward movement

downward movement > vertical action

up-and-down movementJ

rightward movement    1

leftward movement    r sideways action

side to side movement J

movement toward signer 1

.    ,    ■    horizontal

movement away from signer > _actjon

to-and-fro movement    J

supinating rotation (palm up) )

pronating rotation (palm down)

twisting movement    J

nodding or bending action

opening action (finał dez configuration

shown in brackets)

closing action (finał dez configuration shown in brackets) wiggling action of fingers circular action

convergent action, approach 1 contactual action, touch linking action, grasp Crossing action entering action divergent action, separate interchanging action

FIGURĘ 11. Stokoe's symbols for writing the signs of American Sign Language.

Reprinted by permission of the publisher, from W.C. Stokoe, D.C. Casterline, and C.G. Croneberg, A Dictionary of American Sign Language (rev.). (1976): x-xii, Silver Spring, MD: Linstok Press.