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 |
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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 |
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CLASSIFIER values: |
cl:_ |
semantic classifier |
cl-d:_ |
descriptive classifier |
cl-p:_ |
plural classifier |
cl-i:_ |
instrumental/handling classifier |
cl-trace:_ |
designates a tracing classifier |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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NUMBER Morpheme values: number values for nouns and predicates |
dual |
two |
pl |
plural |
triple |
three |
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ASPECT Morpheme values: values pertaining to aspect or manner |
alloc |
allocative aspect |
apport |
apportionative aspect |
cont |
continuous aspect |
dist |
distributive aspect |
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NOTES VALUES: found primarily in the Footnotes providing further descriptive information |
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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 |
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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 |
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LOCATION values: pertaining to the location of the sign |
ck |
cheek |
loc |
location |
contra |
contralateral side |
ipsi |
ipsilateral side |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |