Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
October 16, 2024
Search: CANT
| BOOKS: | ||||||
| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 130 | Higgins (1923) | CANT | CAN'T | CAN'T: Left index pointing to the right, palm inward and right index, palm leftward, struck down onto and past left index which rises again. (Impossible). | 27 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=130&refid=higgins1923 |
| 6 | Long (1918) | CANT | CAN'T | CAN'T: Holding the left "G" hand out in front, strike the end of it with the forefinger of the right "G" hand, as if cutting it off, and letting the right hand continue down. I,4. | 14 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=6&refid=long1918 |
| 244 | Long (1918) | CANT | CAN'T | CAN'T: Extend forefinger of left "G" hand and strike it crosswise with a downward stroke of the forefinger of right "G" hand, carrying the right hand beyond as if cutting off left. I,4. Or, "can" and "not." | 38 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=244&refid=long1918 |
| FILMS: | ||||||
| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 10 | Draper (1915) | CANT | N/A | A-P-I-L ONE~THOUSAND EIGHT~HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR (glitch) PERSEVERE SEEM(2h) SAME AMERICA(rf) CANT(neg) SUCCEED MUST FAIL(nod). | 1 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=draper&glossid=10 |
| 126 | Draper (1915) | CANT | N/A | BUT THAT(2h) CANT+++(neg) B-E. | 14 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=draper&glossid=126 |
| 199 | Fox (1915) | CANT | N/A | BUT IN(rf) ONE SUPERIOR UNDERSTAND 1P-IX-PL CANT+ GIVE-GIFT~cl:CC(set-aside,rt) | 18 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fox&glossid=199 |
| 202 | Fox (1915) | CANT | N/A | 1P-IX-PL(rf) CANT+ GIVE-GIFT~BOW-DOWN~HONOR(rt) | 19 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fox&glossid=202 |
| 205 | Fox (1915) | CANT | N/A | 1P-IX-PL CANT+ MAKE~NEAT HERE(rt) LAND | 20 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=fox&glossid=205 |
| 195 | Hubbard (1913) | CANT | N/A | 3P-IX(rt) BODY(rf)~STRONG, HAPPEN MOMENT SEEM(2h) BLINK, 3P-IX(rt) BECOME cl:AA-to-BB(stricken,rt) pose:lay-there SUFFER-PAIN HELP 3P-SELF(rt) CANT+. | 20 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hubbard&glossid=195 |
| 48 | Marshall (1920) | CANT | N/A | cl-i:BB(place-on-wagon) ON cl-d-trace:11(wagon-wheels,bs:sideways) SMALL(exp), 1P-POSS DAD COW cl-i:XxXx(lasso-above-head) pose:pull-wagon(bs:rt-side) CANT(neg) | 6 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=marshall&glossid=48 |
| 183 | McGregor (1913) | CANT | N/A | THINK~SUPERIOR DURING THAT(1h) TIME-PERIOD, WORLD SEEM(2h) LARGE(int) PEOPLE FEEL FAR(int,r-hand-to-rt) FAR(l-hand-to-lt) FAR(r-hand-to-rc) FEEL(1x) MINGLE CANT+++. | 19 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=183 |
| 205 | McGregor (1913) | CANT | N/A | DONT-KNOW WHO LIVE NEAR+ 3P-IX-PL(lt-to-rt) CANT FEEL(deliberate) BROTHER gs:NOTHING UNDERSTAND gs:NOTHING pn:JESUS 3P-POSS(rt) WORD+ | 22 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=mcgregor_sermon&glossid=205 |
| 578 | Veditz (1913) | CANT | N/A | BECAUSE 3P-SELF-PL(rt-to-ctr) CANT+ SIGN. | 53 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=578 |