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Category Gloss Transcription Key:

SIGN Type values: referring to general formation of the sign
CAPS	designates the gloss for the ASL sign
A-B-C	fingerspelled form
fs:___	lexicalized fingerspelled form
gs:___	gestured form
pose:___	description of a particular body posture playing a substantive role in the discourse which is neither a sign nor a gesture
___°	normal open handshape becomes closed (such as with X°, the thumb makes contact with the index finger)
___-___	connects two or more English glosses used to designate a single sign
___~___	designates a form comprised of more than one sign that appears to have undergone compounding
___/___	designates the forms being produced by both hands at the same time. Behavior of the dominant hand appears first
(___)	further descriptive information regarding the sign used. May designate handshape used, type of modifier movement, meaning, or location.
rf	reduced form is used
pn:_	proper noun

PERSON values: values for pronouns & determiners
IX	designates the index finger handshape when referring to pronouns
1P	first person
2P	second person
3P	third person
DET	determiner
POSS	possessive form of the pronoun
HON	honorific form of the pronoun

CLASSIFIER values:
cl:_	semantic classifier
cl-d:_	descriptive classifier
cl-p:_	plural classifier
cl-i:_	instrumental/handling classifier
cl-trace:_	designates a tracing classifier

HAND values: pertaining to behavior of the hand including information about how the hands are used
1/11-hs	designates the index finger as a handshape
mid	use of the middle finger in a handshape
ext	extended form of the sign referring primarily to length
mod___	designates that the handshape is slightly modified from its normal configuration
°	closed version of the handshape
rel	release modulation
radial	thumb side of the hand used
supine	palm side of the hand up
ulnar	pinky side of the hand used
1h	one-handed form
2h	two-handed form
r-hand	signed with the right hand
l-hand	signed with the left hand

LOCATION values: information pertaining to the location of the sign
ctr	center signing space
lateral	to the side of the body
lc	left center of signing space
lt	left side of signing space
rc	right center of signing space
rt	right side of signing space
X	when used with determiners, designates the signer's body as the location

PATH/DIRECTION values: pertaining to the sign's movement and path of movement
>	sign formation moves to designated location
<	sign formation moves from designated location
up	moves up
dn	moves down
bwd	movement to behind the body
fwd	forward movement from the body
inwd	movement of hands toward each other
outwd	movement of hands away from each other
lt>rt	moves from left to right
rt>lt	moves from right to left
twd	sign moves toward designated location
arc	moves in a horizontal arc
circ	moves in a circular pattern
horiz circ	moves in a circle on horizontal plane
split arc	each hand moves in an arc away from each other
sweep arc	moves in a horizontal arc across signing space
vert circ	moves in a circle on vertical plane
X>arc>X	sign moves from body arcs and ends at body
opp	designates movement in the opposite direction

BODY Orientation values: body movement information including movement of the head
bs:_	body shift
nod	headnod
neg	headshake
bow	body bows at waist
dn	body scrunches down
up	body straightens up

MANNER values: refers to the manner of movement in the sign
2h alt	2-handed sign sequentially alternating production from one hand to the other and back
abrupt	abrupt endpoint
deliberate	manner of movement is precise and typically slower than normal
emph	emphatic form
exp	expanded or larger form of the sign
linear	moves in a straight line without an arc
pitch	movement appears to have a pitching "windup"
slow	slow rate of signing
diverging	for a 2-handed sign - spreads out in neutral space
__x	number of iterations of a sign
int	intensified form
int7	intensified7 form
intZ	intensifiedZ form
prog	progressive
recip	reciprocal form
rep	used to designate whether an entire sign is repeated
+	reduplicated movement of the sign (GIVE+ means the sign was made two times)
restr	restrained manner

NUMBER Morpheme values: number values for nouns and predicates
dual	two
pl	plural
triple	three

ASPECT Morpheme values: values pertaining to aspect or manner
alloc	allocative aspect
apport	apportionative aspect
cont	continuous aspect
dist	distributive aspect

NOTES VALUES: found primarily in the Footnotes providing further descriptive information

SIGN values: referring to general formation about the sign or general abbreviations
lower case	designates the English translation or additional information about the ASL sign
___=lower case	designates the English translation of the form
___=CAPS	designates the current ASL form's gloss which differs from the film's form
=1913 form	the form is the standard form of the era but different than current form
=current form	the segment identified is the same today
?___	question about the form or feature
see Long___	form is not identical to the form recorded in Long, but worth comparing
Long def #__	refer to that definition and description in Long
approx	approximately
e/o	each other
French __	designates the French sign for the concept
w/	with
w/o	without
-___	that feature is missing
red	identified segment is reduced

HAND values: pertaining to behavior of the hand or hand dominance in producing the sign
___-hs	designates the hand configuration for that sign
___>___-hs	designates hand configuration change for the sign
po	palm orientation
dom	dominant hand
nondom	nondominant hand
internal mov	internal movement of fingers
wg	wiggling movement of fingers

LOCATION values: pertaining to the location of the sign
ck	cheek
loc	location
contra	contralateral side
ipsi	ipsilateral side

PATH/MOVE values: pertaining to the sign's direction and path of movement
mov	movement
dir	direction of movement
horiz	horizontal direction
vert	vertical direction

GRAMMATICAL values: pertaining to identified grammatical information in the sign or phrase
adj	adjective
agr	agreement feature
assim	assimilated form
aux	auxiliary
infl	inflected form
rhq	rhetorical question form
seg	referring to segmental information
sent	sentence

NONMANUAL values: pertaining to information NOT found in the sign
NMM	nonmanual signal
"th" adverb	adverb produced at the mouth
"wh" adverb	adverb produced at the mouth
"oh" adverb	adverb produced at the mouth
"oo" adverb	adverb produced at the mouth
"pa" adverb	adverb produced at the mouth
"puff ck" adverb	adverb produced at the mouth

SUPERSCRIPT values: discourse markers appearing as superscripts in the text
bow	co-occurs with the sign
bs:__	body shift
chin __	chin movement predominant
eg:__	eye gaze
hands clasp	hands are clasped together in neutral space
hands lax	hands relax into an unspecified form
hands neutral	hands return to neutral space position in an unspecified form
hands together	hands are brought together but are not clasped
hm:__	head movement
hold	the final position of the sign is held
raised	eyebrows are raised