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From:
Charles Butler Date: Sat Dec 11, 1999 5:36 pm Subject: Re: Writing Legs & Feet | |
The first sign that I can think of that is outside of the "waist to top of head" space is "DOG". In every version of sign that I learned it was a tap on the upper thigh plus a click of the hand. Some variations I have seen have been "D-O-G" fingerspelling, which looks and feels like the hand-click. That to me says that linguists need to be much more inclusive in their definition of sign language, and much less expansive in what is "gesture". Charles Butler |
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