American Sign Language

🇺🇸 ASL
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    MORPHOLOGY
    • Diane Lillo-Martin
    • Julie A. Hochgesang
    PHONOLOGY + LEXICON
    • Diane Brentari
    • David Reinhart
    Acknowledgements:
    Some images are from A Prosodic Model of Sign Language Phonology (1998) by Diane Brentari, reprinted courtesy of The MIT Press.
  • Phonology
    B1.1. Handshape – Active articulators
    Handshapes used in

    Handshapes used in lexical signs

    hs_index
    hs_indexonangle
    hs_indexoncircle
    hs_indexbent
    hs_indexhingeonfistlow
    hs_indexmiddle
    hs_indexmiddlebent
    hs_indexmiddleoncircle
    hs_indexmiddleunit
    hs_indexupmiddlehinge
    hs_indexmiddlecross
    hs_indexmiddlethumb
    hs_indexmiddlethumbbent
    hs_indexmiddleunitcup
    hs_indexmiddleunithinge
    hs_indexmiddlethumbangle
    hs_indexmiddlethumbcup
    hs_indexmiddlethumbhinge
    hs_indexmiddleunithingethumbside
    hs_indexmiddleunitthumbside
    hs_fivefingersspread
    hs_fivefingersspreadfourbent
    hs_fourfingers
    hs_fourfingershinge
    hs_fourfingersunitclaw
    hs_fourfingersunithinge
    hs_middlethumbangleoutindexup
    hs_cupopen
    hs_cupopennothumb
    hs_curlicue
    hs_fivefingersspreadbent
    hs_fivefingersspreadcup
    hs_flat
    hs_flatthumbforward
    hs_angle
    hs_circle
    hs_hinge
    hs_hingenothumb
    hs_indexmiddlering
    hs_indexmiddleringunit
    hs_indexmiddleringunithinge
    hs_babyindexthumbonhinge
    hs_babythumb
    hs_babythumbonhinge
    hs_babyup
    hs_indexmiddlebaby
    hs_indexmiddlebabyonangle
    hs_middleup
    hs_indexthumbhook
    hs_indexthumbside
    hs_indexthumbsidebothbent
    hs_middleringbabyoncircle
    hs_middleringbabyonhinge
    hs_indexthumbangle
    hs_indexthumbcircle
    hs_indexthumbcupopen
    hs_indexthumbcurvethumbinside
    hs_indexthumbcurvethumbunder
    hs_indexthumbhinge
    hs_thumb
    hs_fist
    hs_thumbbetweenindexmiddle
    hs_thumbbetweenmiddlering
    hs_thumbbetweenringbaby
    hs_thumbsideunit

    Handshapes used in classifier constructions

    hs_index
    hs_indexbent
    hs_indexhingeonfistlow
    hs_indexmiddlebent
    hs_indexmiddleunit
    hs_indexmiddleunitindexbent
    hs_indexupmiddlehinge
    hs_indexmiddlecross
    hs_indexmiddlethumb
    hs_indexmiddlethumbbent
    hs_indexmiddleunitcup
    hs_indexmiddleunithinge
    hs_indexmiddlethumbangle
    hs_indexmiddlethumbcircle
    hs_indexmiddlethumbcup
    hs_indexmiddlethumbhinge
    hs_indexmiddleunithingethumbside
    hs_indexmiddleunitthumbside
    hs_fivefingersspread
    hs_fivefingersspreadfourbent
    hs_fourfingers
    hs_fourfingershinge
    hs_fourfingersunithinge
    hs_middlethumbangleoutindexup
    hs_cupopen
    hs_cupopennothumb
    hs_curlicue
    hs_fivefingersspreadbent
    hs_fivefingersspreadcup
    hs_flat
    hs_flatthumbforward
    hs_angle
    hs_circle
    hs_hinge
    hs_hingenothumb
    hs_indexmiddleringbent
    hs_babythumb
    hs_babythumbonhinge
    hs_babyup
    hs_indexthumbhook
    hs_indexthumbside
    hs_indexthumbsidebothbent
    hs_middleringbabyoncircle
    hs_middleringbabyonhinge
    hs_indexthumbangle
    hs_indexthumbcircle
    hs_indexthumbcupopen
    hs_indexthumbcurvethumbunder
    hs_indexthumbhinge
    hs_thumb
    hs_fist
    hs_thumbsideunit

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