Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
January 20, 2025
Search: DETERIORATE
| BOOKS: | ||||||
| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 430 | Higgins (1923) | DETERIORATE | NOT IMPROVE | NOT-IMPROVE: Same as preceding sign, but the stages of motion are made from near the elbow downwards towards the wrist. (To become worse) (Deterioration) (Decline) (Relapse). | 78 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=430&refid=higgins1923 |
| 326 | Long (1918) | DETERIORATE | DETERIORATION, DECLINE, FALLING OFF | DETERIORATION, DECLINE, A FALLING OFF, etc.: Make similar motion to above (IMPROVE), but begin at about the elbow, arm inclined down, and move hand in opposite direction (down). | 46 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=326&refid=long1918 |
| FILMS: | ||||||
| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 322 | Veditz (1913) | DETERIORATE | N/A | 3P-SELF-PL(rt) TRY REMOVE(int,lt-to-rt) SIGN FROM SCHOOL(lt) ROOM, FROM CHURCH, FROM(lt) EARTH; REMOVE(rt-to-lt) TRY+ S-O 1P-POSS-PL(arc-to-1P) SIGN DETERIORATE+++. | 28 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=322 |