nondominant handshapes

[Cormac Leonard]

yes, dominant handshape in those signs would be the 'i' handshape (pinky
only extended from fist).

Cormac
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark A. Mandel" <mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU>
To: <SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: nondominant handshapes


> On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Cormac Leonard wrote:
>
> #there are a number of signs in Irish Sign Language (ISL) that use a 'U'
> #handshape (index and middle fingers extended and unspread from fist) for
the
> #base hand configuration, including IN, SCHOOL and WAIT.
>
> And a different handshape on the dominant hand, right? Otherwise they're
> Battison's Type 2.
>
> -- Mark A. Mandel
>    Linguistic Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania
>