Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 20, 2024
Search: BETTER
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 359 | Higgins (1923) | BETTER | BETTER | BETTER: "Er" added to "Good" denotes "Better". | 66 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=359&refid=higgins1923 |
| 562 | Long (1918) | BETTER | ER, COMPARATIVE | Comparison is indicated by following the sign for the adjective by the sign indicating the degree, without any pause. For the comparative ("-er"), draw the "A" hand out toward the right side in front, raising it with a slight jerking motion to the height of the shoulder. For example, in making the sign for "better" the end of the open hand is placed against the mouth and the sign for "good" is made, but before quite finishing it the "A" hand is brought up the side as indicated so that there is no stop made, the whole movement appearing as one sign. | 67 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=562&refid=long1918 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 246 | Fay (1913) | BETTER~SUPERIOR | N/A | BETTER~SUPERIOR 2P-IX(lt) COME(-from-lt) EAT~BED QUICK. | 18 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fay&glossid=246 |
| 277 | Fox (1915) | BETTER | N/A | TRUE BETTER FOR 1P-IX-PL~1P-SELF-PL PAY-ATTENTION+(rt) TO DET-IX(ctr) LEAVE-THERE(lc) END(lc) NOT-YET DO gs:WHAT 1P-POSS-PL(rf) ARMY++ UP-TILL-NOW PROGRESS. | 24 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fox&glossid=277 |
| 292 | Hotchkiss (1913) | BETTER~MOST | N/A | 1P-IX-PL(1P-to-arc-to-1P) LIVE FOR BETTER~MOST THING THAN THAT(1h,lt) | 28 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=292 |
| 237 | McGregor (1913) | BETTER | N/A | AND(rf) 1P-IX-PL KNOW EACH-OTHER(rt-to-ctr) BETTER 1P-IX-PL CAN UNDERSTAND+ EACH-OTHER(ctr-to-rt) BETTER AND FEEL BROTHER. | 25 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=237 |
| 242 | McGregor (1913) | BETTER | N/A | AND(rf) 1P-IX-PL KNOW EACH-OTHER(rt-to-ctr) BETTER 1P-IX-PL CAN UNDERSTAND+ EACH-OTHER(ctr-to-rt) BETTER AND FEEL BROTHER. | 25 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=242 |
| 279 | Veditz (1913) | BETTER~MOST | N/A | THAT(1h) MALE~cl-d:B(height) TRY+ TEACH+(arc) PEOPLE(arc), CAUSE(rf,rt) PEOPLE(arc) BELIEVE T-H-E(rf) O-R-A-L M-E-T-H-O-D TRUE BETTER~MOST(1h). | 25 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=279 |