indicating contact with forearm

Valerie Sutton sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG
Thu Mar 9 02:41:58 UTC 2006


SignWriting List
March 8, 2006

On Mar 8, 2006, at 6:25 PM, eghoffma at UMICH.EDU wrote:
> I need to indicate that the right hand brushes against the forearm  
> of the left arm (kind of like brushing dirt off your sleeve). I  
> really can't leave the left forearm implicit, since I'm  
> transcribing for an audience unfamiliar with the sign language in  
> question.
> Is there a way to do this?
> Thanks,
> Erika

Hello Erika!
Yes. Here, for example, is the sign for computer in ASL...it touches  
the forearm of the left arm...



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