A@Chest-RadialBack Contact

American Sign Language Alternative forms rotated with the knuckles facing toward the signer A@Chest-TipBack Contact with the “open A” handshape OpenA@Chest-RadialBack emphatic form, made with a large, quick motion, without the repeated contact A@Chest-RadialBack Etymology The same handshape as various signs indicating oneself, e.g. ase A@RadialFinger-1@Center-FingerUp oneself, and the same location as other first person pronouns. Production right-hand open-A palm-inclose to body in center of chestright-hand moves in and in repeatedly ase one a shape similar to the “A” handshape (i.e. with the fingers together and curled into a fist, the thumb unopposed and closed) but with the tip of the thumb extended about an inch past the edge of the index finger Chest RadialBack Touch the back of the thumb twice against the chest. Hold the hand still briefly. Noun noun MYSELF SELF-ONLY-1 I myself; only I; I and no one else Usage notes This sign indicates that the signer alone satisfies the sentence predicate. This pronoun and the related ase SELF-ONLY signs are only used as subjects. Related terms ase A@Chesthigh SmallFrontandback SELF-ONLY, you yourself, he himself, she herself ase A@IpsiChest-RadialBack A@ContraChest-RadialBack SELF-ONLY-PL-1, we ourselves ase A@Chesthigh RoundHoriz SELF-ONLY-PL, you yourselves, they themselves ase A@RadialFinger-1@Center-FingerUp self, oneself