German Sign Language

🇩🇪 DGS
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    SYNTAX
    • Cornelia Loos
    Acknowledgements:
    I would like to acknowledge the authors of the respective syntax chapters in the Sign-Hub reference grammar of DGS on whose work the information contained here is based.
    SOCIAL HISTORY + PRAGMATICS
    • Prof. Dr. Pamela PernissReiner Griebel*please note that the four people listed as content providers contributed equally to the project
    • Liona PaulusBenny Kuffel
    PHONOLOGY + LEXICON
    • Claudia Becker
    • Andreas Bittner
    Acknowledgements:
    Andreas Bittner
  • Phonology
    B1.1. Handshape – Active articulators
    Handshapes used in

    Handshapes used in lexical signs

    hs_index
    hs_indexoncircle
    hs_indexbent
    hs_indexhingeonfistlow
    hs_indexmiddle
    hs_indexmiddlebent
    hs_indexmiddleunit
    hs_indexmiddlecross
    hs_indexmiddlethumb
    hs_indexmiddleunitcup
    hs_indexmiddleunithinge
    hs_indexmiddlethumbangle
    hs_indexmiddlethumbcup
    hs_indexmiddleunitthumbside
    hs_fivefingersspread
    hs_fourfingers
    hs_fourfingersunitclaw
    hs_middlethumbangleoutindexup
    hs_cupopen
    hs_curlicue
    hs_fivefingersspreadcup
    hs_flat
    hs_flatthumbforward
    hs_angle
    hs_circle
    hs_hingenothumb
    hs_babythumb
    hs_babyup
    hs_indexthumbhook
    hs_indexthumbside
    hs_middleringbabyoncircle
    hs_indexthumbangle
    hs_indexthumbcircle
    hs_indexthumbcupopen
    hs_indexthumbcurvethumbunder
    hs_indexthumbhinge
    hs_thumb
    hs_fist
    hs_thumbsideunit

    Handshapes used in classifier constructions

    hs_index
    hs_indexbent
    hs_indexhingeonfistlow
    hs_indexmiddle
    hs_indexmiddlebent
    hs_indexmiddlethumb
    hs_indexmiddleunitcup
    hs_indexmiddleunithinge
    hs_indexmiddlethumbangle
    hs_indexmiddlethumbcup
    hs_indexmiddleunitthumbside
    hs_fivefingersspread
    hs_fivefingersspreadfourbent
    hs_fourfingers
    hs_cupopen
    hs_curlicue
    hs_fivefingersspreadcup
    hs_flat
    hs_flatthumbforward
    hs_angle
    hs_circle
    hs_hinge
    hs_hingenothumb
    hs_babyindexthumbonhinge
    hs_babythumb
    hs_babyup
    hs_indexthumbhook
    hs_indexthumbside
    hs_middleringbabyoncircle
    hs_middleringbabyonhinge
    hs_indexthumbangle
    hs_indexthumbcircle
    hs_indexthumbcupopen
    hs_indexthumbcurvethumbunder
    hs_indexthumbhinge
    hs_thumb
    hs_fist
    hs_thumbsideunit

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