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Handshape

In sign languages, handshape, or dez, refers to the distinctive configurations that the hands take as they are used to form words. In Stokoe terminology it is known as the .mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}dez, an abbreviation of designator. Handshape is one of five components…

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EvolutionaryFingerspelling
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In American Sign Language

American Sign LanguageAmerican Manual Alphabet
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Sign languagesStokoeLocationOrientationMovement
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Constraints

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Handshape

Nodes14
Edges13
Triples9
Avg. degree1.86
Density0.142857
Components1

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Handshape

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related to Constraints · 4
Handshape → Evolutionary, Possible, The, These
related to In American Sign Language · 4
Handshape → American Manual Alphabet, American Sign Language, For, Not
see also · 1
Handshape → Classifier

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handshapes sign languages fingerspelling make dez location orientation movement 85 american language stokoe tendencies finger thumb index found 33 conform

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Handshaperelated to ConstraintsPossible0.60section
Handshaperelated to ConstraintsEvolutionary0.60section
Handshaperelated to ConstraintsThese0.60section
Handshaperelated to ConstraintsThe0.60section
Handshaperelated to In American Sign LanguageAmerican Sign Language0.60section
Handshaperelated to In American Sign LanguageAmerican Manual Alphabet0.60section
Handshaperelated to In American Sign LanguageNot0.60section
Handshaperelated to In American Sign LanguageFor0.60section
Handshapesee alsoClassifier0.60section

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