4.1.1.2. Simultaneous manual articulation
The fact of having two independent manual articulators allows signers to realize two different items simultaneously. So, in some cases, the noun and its modifiers (for example adjective or numeral) are articulated with the dominant hand and, at the same time, the article is produced with the non-dominant hand.
In the example below, noun and article are articulated simultaneously: specifically, the noun child and the nominal modifier hair black are expressed by the dominant hand, whereas the definite article ix(def) is simultaneously expressed by the non-dominant hand (see the discussion on pointer buoys in PRAGMATICS 2.2.3).
re sq rs: child
dom: childa hair black walk dad go
n-dom: ixa------------------ walk
‘The kid with black hair left whining and went to his dad.’
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