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sign languages' handshapes' names
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msh...@math.wustl.edu
Mar 26, 2008, 2:37:00 PM3/26/08
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Is there a system of universal names (in English) for sign languages'
handshapes? By "universal" I here mean "used when discussing multiple
sign languages". (I know ASL-related literature uses "Y handshape"
and similar, but that would of course be meaningless to someone who
knows only, e.g., BSL.)
handshapes? By "universal" I here mean "used when discussing multiple
sign languages". (I know ASL-related literature uses "Y handshape"
and similar, but that would of course be meaningless to someone who
knows only, e.g., BSL.)
Michael Hamm
http://www.math.wustl.edu/~msh210/
Peter T. Daniels
Mar 26, 2008, 2:51:11 PM3/26/08
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On Mar 26, 2:37 pm, msh...@math.wustl.edu wrote:
> Is there a system of universal names (in English) for sign languages'
> handshapes? By "universal" I here mean "used when discussing multiple
> sign languages". (I know ASL-related literature uses "Y handshape"
> and similar, but that would of course be meaningless to someone who
> knows only, e.g., BSL.)
> Is there a system of universal names (in English) for sign languages'
> handshapes? By "universal" I here mean "used when discussing multiple
> sign languages". (I know ASL-related literature uses "Y handshape"
> and similar, but that would of course be meaningless to someone who
> knows only, e.g., BSL.)
No.
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