1.1.4. Other active articulators
In the production of LIS signs, hands play a crucial role. However, there are a few signs in which the most prominent articulator is not the hand, but the arm. Two examples are shown below, the signs transgress and move_to.
a. transgress
b. move_to
According to our informants, in situations where signers do not want some people to see what they are signing, some signs may be produced by non-manual articulators, rather than manual ones. In this way, the linguistic message is less likely to be noticed. For example, instead of producing a manual pointing with the index finger, the signer may direct his/her eye gaze and/or a head tilt toward the object or person of interest.
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