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H@RadialFinger-H@NearCenterChesthigh H@RadialFinger-H@CenterChesthigh
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American Sign Language
Alternative forms
The final location of this sign indicates the direct object, the thing called or named.
Production
two
H RadialFinger the dominant middle finger crossing the nondominant index finger H NearCenterChesthigh ASL H@RadialFinger-H@CenterChesthigh.jpg
Move both hands outward toward the literal or figurative location of the direct object (the thing called or named).
H RadialFinger the dominant middle finger crossing the nondominant index finger H CenterChesthigh
Verb
verb ASL H@RadialFinger-H@CenterChesthigh.jpg NAME NAMED
ase transitive to name (someone or something); to call (someone or something)
ase with no syntactic direct object to be called; to be named
ase 2007 D. Dunn ASL Interp speech from Martin Luther King's Dream vids.myspace.com http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=18370564 (ASL gloss) R-E-V M-A-R-T-I-N L-U-T-H-E-R K-I-N-G M-L-K^KING NAMED MOST INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER… Reverend Martin Luther King (sign name M-L-K^King) has been called the most inspirational speaker of…
Conjugation
This is an indicating verb. Its final location indicates the direct object, the recipient of the name. When used in contexts that omit the object, it is produced in citation form with just a short forward movement toward nothing in particular.
Related terms
ase H@RadialFinger-H@CenterChesthigh Contact Contact a name