fingerspelling

«fingerspelling» in Mova's school dictionary: spelling out words letter by letter with hand shapes, as… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (fingerspelling, uncountable); verb fingerspell (fingerspell, fingerspells, fingerspelled/fingerspelt, fingerspelling)

meaning for a pupil

1) Fingerspelling is spelling out words letter by letter with hand shapes, as part of a sign language. tree →

2) It is used for names, places and words that have no sign of their own. tree →

sense in the lessons

In lessons about deaf people, sign language and inclusion, pupils learn to fingerspell their names. British Sign Language uses two hands for fingerspelling; American Sign Language uses one hand. Phrases: «fingerspell your name», «the fingerspelling alphabet».

examples

• We learned fingerspelling in assembly. tree →
• I can fingerspell my name in British Sign Language. tree →
• Fingerspelling is used for names that have no sign. tree →
• In American Sign Language, fingerspelling uses one hand. tree →
• British fingerspelling uses both hands. tree →
• She fingerspelled the word «cat» slowly so I could follow. tree →
• A poster of the fingerspelling alphabet hangs in our classroom. tree →
• Fingerspelling fast takes lots of practice. tree →

note

Often written as one word, sometimes «finger spelling». Fingerspelling is only one part of sign language; most words have their own whole signs. Sign languages differ between countries, so BSL and ASL are not the same.

In the corpora

• BSL fingerspelling uses two hands, ASL fingerspelling uses one; fingerspelling is for names and words without a sign.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fingerspelling» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.