nondominant handshapes

[Ingvild Roald]

>From the non-linguist in Norway again: There are a number of signs, some
of wich are well-established, that uses the L handshape for the
non-dominat hand. They are AUDIOGRAM, STATISTICS,  and several more
mathematical and special signs. The L of the non-domninat hand represents
the two axis of a graph, or the lower (left) corner of a graph like an
audiogram. The other more spcialiced signs are derived from the
well-established ones.

Ingvild Roald, Norway
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "petra.n.eccarius.1" <eccarius at PURDUE.EDU>
>To: <SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
>Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 11:01 PM
>Subject: nondominant handshapes
>
>
>> Hello list members,
>>
>> I am looking at 2-handed signs cross-linguistically for a paper I'm
>> working on, and I've come up with a couple of questions:
>>
>> 1) For those of you working on sign languages other than ASL:
>>
>> do any of you have sources (or information) regarding the possible
>> nondominant (passive) hands of Battison's type 3 signs (different
>> handshapes, one active, one passive) in your sign languages?  (I am
>> especially interested in languages that allow nondominant handshapes
>other
>> than the basic seven Battison names (B A S C O 1 5).)
>>
>> 2) For those of you who work on or use ASL:
>>
>> can any of you think of examples of type 3 signs with nondominant
>> handshapes other than those basic seven?  I have seen variants of BERRY
>> (or was it CHERRY?) with an extended pinky (I) on the nondominant hand
>> instead of a 1, and I know that there is an older form of FINAL that
>> I've seen used from time to time which uses an I with a 1 on the
>dominant
>> hand.  Can any of you think of more examples? (I know they are rare!)
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.  Feel free to respond
>> to me personally (eccarius at purdue.edu) or answer the list if you think
>it
>> would be of interest to everyone.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Petra Eccarius
>> (PhD student, Purdue University)
>>