Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: ASK
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Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
45 | Higgins (1923) | ASK | ASK | ASK: Hands as in "Amen" and draw them back to body. (Prefer a request). | 12 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=45&refid=higgins1923 |
641 | Higgins (1923) | ASK-QUESTION | QUESTION | QUESTION: Right index of prone hand, pointing out and bent as if to dig into the person questioned. (Same sign with both hands: "Examination") (Quiz) ("Examination" made with both hands towards oneself: "Examination of conscience"). | 113 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=641&refid=higgins1923 |
271 | Long (1918) | ASK | ASK, PREFER A REQUEST | ASK, PREFER A REQUEST: Place hands together in front, palms together and ends pointing outward; draw hands toward self and partly down, giving hands a more perpendicular position. VII,142. | 41 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=271&refid=long1918 |
274 | Long (1918) | ASK-QUESTION | QUESTION, ASK QUESTION, QUIZ | QUESTION, TO ASK A QUESTION, TO "QUIZ," etc.: With forefinger of "G" hand, palm side down, move toward imaginary person and crook and uncrook it (imitating the motion of a worm), repeating the motion several times. VII,143. | 41 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=274&refid=long1918 |
505 | Long (1918) | BEG | BEG, ASK ALMS | BEG, ASK ALMS: Hold out the right hand as a beggar does and draw it toward self several times, bending the fingers toward you at the same time. Repeat several times. | 62 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=505&refid=long1918 |
40 | Michaels (1923) | ASK | ASK | ASK:1. Put the finger tips of both hands together as if to prayer.2. Move the hands out before you and draw them toward you. | 26 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=40&refid=michaels1923 |
315 | Michaels (1923) | ASK-QUESTION | INQUIRE | INQUIRE:1. Make the interrogation mark several times in the air.2. Look intently. | 77 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=315&refid=michaels1923 |
FILMS: | ||||||
Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
82 | Draper (1915) | ASK-QUESTION | N/A | UNDERSTAND ASK-QUESTION MANY(circ) RELATED WITH DEAF(l-hand) TEACH+ gs:NOTHING(neg), BUT 3P-IX(rf) FEEL BELIEVE STILL(2h). | 11 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=draper&glossid=82 |
119 | Draper (1915) | ASK-QUESTION | N/A | fs:IF 1P-IX fs:COULD TAKE-UP(ctr-to-rt) SEVERAL(2h) HEAVY(int) INSULT++(-to-1P) COME(1h) HERE TO 1P-IX NOW STILL(2h) TIME-PERIOD (false_start) COLLECT TIME-PERIOD HUSH~QUIET THINKING, 1P-IX APPRECIATE SEEK THAT(1h) ASK-QUESTION ABOUT ESTABLISH COLLEGE DEAF. | 13 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=draper&glossid=119 |
140 | Draper (1915) | ASK-QUESTION | N/A | C-O-G-E-S-S END SEEK BEFORE(exp) ABOUT(rf) THAT(2h) ASK-QUESTION, AND 3P-SELF(lt) C-O-G-R-S DECIDE THAT(1h) A-C-T GOOD(2h,int) HELP PROGRESS EARTH HELP TRUE. | 17 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=draper&glossid=140 |
403 | Gallaudet (1910) | SEE~ASK-QUESTION | N/A | AND(l-hand) TO THAT(2h) FEMALE ONCE J-O-H-N R-I-D-D(l-hand) HAPPEN 3P-POSS(lt) SWEETHEART WITH L-O-R-N-A PROGRESS SOME DILEMMA(rep2x,arc,rt-to-lt) 3P-SELF(lt) GO-TO(-to-rt) SEE~ASK-QUESTION(rep,-to-rt) THAT(1h,rt) FEMALE~OLD(2h) FOR HELP. | 37 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=403 |
317 | Hotchkiss (1913) | ASK | N/A | OTHER TIME-PERIOD pn:CLERC 3P-SELF(rc) SUMMONS(lc) MALE~cl-d:B(small-height,lt) GOING PASS(-to-rt) HOUSE ASK(rc) 2P-IX APPRECIATE++ TELL(-to-rt) STEWARD++ S-T-E-W-A-R-D(l-hand) OVER-ALL INSTITUTE(l-hand) TELL(-to-rt) COMMAND GO(rt-to-lt) WOOD BRING(rt-to-lt) 1P-IX | 30 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=317 |
367 | Hotchkiss (1913) | ASK | N/A | 2P-IX, 1P-IX, 2P-IX, 1P-IX ASK(-to-lt) 2P-IX APPRECIATE+ TELL(-to-rt) STEWARD+BRING(rt-to-ctr) WOOD 2P-IX pose:nod++(-to-rt) GO-AWAY(-to-lt) FORGET~GONE gs:DARN-IT FORGET | 35 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=367 |
405 | Hotchkiss (1913) | ASK | N/A | DECIDE GOING(-to-rt) MEET(-to-rt) ASK(rt) FORGIVE+ FOR 1P-POSS FORGET | 40 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=405 |
44 | McGregor (1913) | ASK-QUESTION | N/A | ASK-QUESTION pn:JESUS 3P-SELF gs:MEEKLY PRAY 1P-POSS FATHER M-Y F-A-T-H-E-R? | 5 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=44 |
71 | McGregor (1913) | ASK-QUESTION | N/A | OR 3P-SELF(rc) FRIEND FOLLOW~AGENT SEVERAL(2h) CLASS(diminutive,lt-to-rt), TELL-3P(rt) 1P-POSS-PL(at_rt) FATHER ASK-QUESTION? | 7 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=71 |
328 | McGregor (1913) | ASK-QUESTION | N/A | AND(int) 1P-IX-PL STOP gs:WAIT (rt)ASK-QUESTION(-to-rt) WHO THERE(rt) BLACK~FACE OR YELLOW OR WHITE~FACE OR BROWN(ctr) gs:NOTHING(exp) gs:NOTHING(exp) | 34 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=328 |
489 | McGregor (1913) | ASK-QUESTION | N/A | 3P-SELF(rt) ASK-QUESTION(-to-lt) WHERE WRITE IN BOOK? | 46 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=489 |
505 | McGregor (1913) | ASK-QUESTION | N/A | 3P-IX(rt) ASK-QUESTION(-to-lt),1P-POSS NAME IN? | 48 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=505 |
646 | McGregor (1913) | ASK | N/A | ASK DISTRIBUTE 1P-IX-PL(1P-to-arc-to-1P) DAY(rf,1h)~NOW 1P-POSS-PL DAILY BREAD pose:bow | 60 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=646 |