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American Sign Language

Etymology

Illustrative of paging through a book.

Production

  • This two-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
    1. Posture the nondominant hand in the “flat B” handshape in front of the center of the chest, nondominant palm facing up. Posture the dominant hand in the “open A” handshape with the dominant hand at the palm of the nondominant hand, thumb of the dominant hand pointing down.
    2. Move the dominant hand in a repeated circle, each moving from the palm to the nondominant side, then up, then back to the dominant side, then down, contacting the nondominant palm each time.
GUH HandLUH HandLUH MoveGUH MoveGUH HandLUH Hand
GUH PalmLUH PalmSecondSecondGUH PalmLUH Palm
GUH PositionLUH SeparationThirdThird
open-A flat-B LUH Side-Up
Down Up
Touching on
Underside

Noun

(ASL gloss: PAGE)

  1. page

Verb

(ASL gloss: PAGE)

  1. to page through a book; to turn a the pages of a book
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