Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
April 19, 2024
Search: PURPOSE
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 229 | Long (1918) | PURPOSE | INTEND, MEANS, PURPOSE | INTEND, MEAN, PURPOSE: Touch forehead with forefinger; then bring hand down and place the ends of the fingers of the "V" hand against palm of extended left; lift "U" hand off and twist it around, bringing the ends back to the palm but with positions reversed; the left hand may be slightly twisted around in an opposite way. VI, 128. | 37 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=229&refid=long1918 |
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| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 178 | Gallaudet (1910) | PURPOSE | N/A | 1P-IX (neg)PURPOSE STORY ABOUT 3P-POSS(rt) LOVE SWEETHEART CONTINUE NEGATIVE | 19 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=178 |
| 187 | Gallaudet (1910) | PURPOSE | N/A | 1P-IX PURPOSE OTHER(rep2x,l-hand) BUT RELATED(lt-to-ctr) WITH THAT(2h,rc) | 20 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=187 |
| 215 | Gallaudet (1910) | PURPOSE | N/A | THAT(1h) HAPPEN(rep2x,lt-to-rt) IN BOOK L-O-R-N-A D-O-O-N-E GIVE-GIFT(-to-lt) NAME(lt) TO LAND~ALL-OVER IN S-O-M-E-R-S-E-T(l-hand) AND D-E-V-O-N-O-N-T-I-O-S(r-hand) NAMED T-H-E L-O-R-N-A D-O-O-N-E C-O-U-N-T-R-Y AND(l-hand) THAT(1h,l-hand) 1P-IX PURPOSE STORY NOW | 21 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=215 |
| 465 | Veditz (1913) | PURPOSE | N/A | TRUE(int) 1P-POSS-PL(1P-to-arc-to-1P) N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L A-S-S-O-C-I-A-T-I-O-N O-F T-H-E D-E-A-F END COLLECT INDEFINITE F-U-N-D FIVE~THOUSAND cl-d-trace:1onB(dollar) FOR THAT(1h) PURPOSE. | 41 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=veditz&glossid=465 |