Some signs in DGS can be produced with extended or reduced movements which also include a shift in the joints. For instance, the DGS signs watch_out and can are produced with an elbow movement in their citation forms, however, when the movement is reduced the joint is switched from the elbow to the wrist (a-b).
a. watch_out (elbow movement) – watch_out++ (wrist movement)
‘to watch out’ – ‘to watch out repetitively’
b. can (elbow movement) – can (wrist movement)
‘can’