Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 23, 2024
Search: FALL
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 302 | Higgins (1923) | FALL | FALL | FALL: Right inverted "V" tips on left supine palm, and then falling off to one side. (To have one's feet knocked out from under oneself, the right "V" falls prone on left palm, fingers pointing up and out). | 56 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=302&refid=higgins1923 |
| 347 | Long (1918) | FALL | FALL | FALL: Place hands as above (STAND), then let the hand fall over. | 48 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=347&refid=long1918 |
| FILMS: | ||||||
| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 339 | Gallaudet (1910) | FALL | N/A | WALK cl-trace:1(walkway,-to-rt) NEAR(-to-X) MIND~SPIN SOME(rep2x) THINK~SUPERIOR FEEL(2h) FEAR FALL(2h,rt) IN LIQUID-CLASS~cl-d:55(ocean,-to-rt) cl-d-trace:B(path-dn,-to-rt) | 32 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=339 |
| 37 | Marshall (1920) | TREE-FALL | N/A | 1P-IX(rf) gs:OVER-THERE(rt) gs:SEE cl-d:BB(cannon,rt-to-lt) cl-i:1(vert-circ-to-strike/ignite,rt) SAME(exp) TREE TREE-FALL cl:BonARM(cut-at-wrist-to-cut-at-shoulder) | 5 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&glossid=37 |