Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
December 21, 2024
Search: SOMETIMES
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| Entry ID | Book Source | Reference Gloss | Author’s gloss | Description | Page | URL |
| 722 | Higgins (1923) | SOMETIMES | SOME-TIME | SOME-TIME: Left hand supine, fingers pointing outward, and right index tip drawn back off heel of left palm several times. (The slower, larger and fewer the motions of the right index tip denotes the more seldom.) (Seldom) (This sign is made with the numerals to denote "How often"). (This sign made once indicates "Once" if any other number is added it denotes that number of times.) | 127 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=722&refid=higgins1923 |
| 723 | Long (1918) | SOMETIMES | SOMETIMES | SOMETIMES: Repeat the sign for "once" several times. The sign made slowly or rapidly indicates whether it is frequent or seldom. | 83 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/books/book-window.php?id=723&refid=long1918 |
| FILMS: | ||||||
| Tag ID | Signer(Year) | Reference Gloss | Context | Segment | URL | |
| 34 | Gallaudet (1910) | SOMETIMES | N/A | OFTEN ON WAY cl-i:XxXx(coach-ride) TAKE(dn,rep2x,2h-alt) MALE~FEMALE~PEOPLE(rf) MONEY SOMETIMES PLOW TAKE(dn,rep2x,2h-alt,at_rt) SHEEP COW(2h). | 4 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=gallaudet&glossid=34 |
| 131 | Hotchkiss (1913) | SOMETIMES | N/A | 3P-SELF SOMETIMES GO-TO(-to-lt) VISIT(lt) SCHOOL(lt) | 11 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=hotchkiss&glossid=131 |