Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 25, 2024
Search: BEGIN
| BOOKS: | ||||||
| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 77 | Higgins (1923) | BEGIN | BEGIN | BEGIN: Right index tip turned in between left index and middle as if it were a screw. (Commence). | 18 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=77&refid=higgins1923 |
| 258 | Long (1918) | BEGIN | BEGIN, COMMENCE | BEGIN, COMMENCE, etc.: Extend left "H" hand palm slightly toward you; with a twisting or boring motion force forefinger of right "G" hand through the "H" between the two fingers. VII,139. | 39 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=258&refid=long1918 |
| FILMS: | ||||||
| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 327 | Dougherty (1913) | BEGIN | N/A | PEOPLE DET-IX(rt) LOOK-AT(-to-lt), BEGIN DOCTOR ALL-OVER SPREAD MEDICINE C-H-L-O-R-O-F-O-R-M(nod). | 34 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&glossid=327 |
| 150 | Gallaudet (1910) | BEGIN | N/A | J-O-H-N BEGIN SAY~TALK(lc) WITH THAT(1h, lc) FEMALE~YOUNG | 14 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=150 |
| 301 | Veditz (1913) | BEGIN | N/A | 1P-POSS-PL(1P-to-arc-to-1P) BEAUTIFUL SIGN QUICK NOW(rf) BEGIN SHOW RESULT 3P-POSS+(rt) TRY+. | 27 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=301 |