1@InsideChesthigh-RadialUp

American Sign Language Alternative forms The index finger points in different directions depending on the location of the referent. Etymology From the typical ASL method of referring to something by pointing to it (deixis). Production 1 often with eye gaze directed to the indicated person, thing, group, or empty space 1 InsideChesthigh RadialUp ASL 1@InsideChesthigh-FingerForward.jpg The index finger points toward the indicated particular person, thing, group, or empty space previously established to represent the indicated entity. Hold the hand briefly in this posture. If the referent is a person, the index finger points toward the center of the person's chest (or the center of the figurative chest of an absent person whom the indicated space has been designated to represent). Thus, if the signer's chest is lower or higher than that of the indicated person, the finger points down or up accordingly. | hold | 1o-p c m0CH TIFI VP MP ØG⊥ GUH Hand LUH Hand LUH Move GUH Move GUH Hand LUH HandGUH Palm LUH Palm Second Second GUH Palm LUH Palm GUH Position LUH Separation Third Third1 75px|rightDown Pronoun pronoun ASL 1@InsideChesthigh-FingerForward.jpg YOU HE SHE HIM HER PRO ase pointing at a particular person or thing that indicated person or thing; you; he; she; it; him; her; that ase pointing at an empty space, following the identification of a particular person, thing, or group that is absent designates a space that will henceforth represent the person or thing just previously identified ase pointing at an empty space previously designated to represent one or more particular persons or things that are absent the person or thing for which this space was previously designated; he; she; it; they; that Usage notes that indicated person or thing; you; he; she; it; him; her; that Historically, linguists considered the forward-pointing version of this sign (interpreted as meaning “you”) to be a separate sign from when it would point elsewhere (interpreted as meaning “he”, “she”, “it”, etc.). Recent analysis,Meier, Richard P., 1990, Person deixis in American Sign Language, University of Chicago Press, pages 175-190. however, reveals that ASL has no actual distinction between second-person and third-person pronouns. A similar sign, ase 1@Side-PalmDown there is sometimes produced with an alternative orientation that makes it a homophone for this sign. Derived terms ase BentB@BackFinger-PalmBack-BentB@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack C@Ulnar-PalmUp-C@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp 1@CenterChesthigh-TipFingerForward How are you? See also ase 1^o-f@Sternum-FingerBack me References Hawai'i Pidgin Sign Language Pronoun hps pronoun you References Woodward, James. 2014. Documentation of Hawaii Sign Language: Building the Foundation for Documentation, Conservation, and Revitalization of Endangered Pacific Island Sign Languages. Endangered Languages Archive. Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000