Tibetan Sign Language

TibSL
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    MORPHOLOGY
    • Theresia Hofer
    SYNTAX
    • Theresia Hofer
    SOCIAL HISTORY + PRAGMATICS
    • Theresia Hofer
    PHONOLOGY + LEXICON
    • Theresia Hofer
    Acknowledgements:
    I wish to acknowledge the assistance, patience and in many cases friendship of several key members of the Tibet Deaf Association (TDA) in Lhasa and many others in pursuing my research on signed language use in Tibet.
  • Phonology
    B1.1. Handshape – Active articulators
    Handshapes used in

    Handshapes used in lexical signs

    hs_index
    hs_indexbent
    hs_indexmiddle
    hs_indexmiddleunit
    hs_indexmiddleunitindexbent
    hs_indexmiddlethumb
    hs_indexmiddlethumbangle
    hs_indexmiddlethumbhinge
    hs_indexmiddleunitthumbside
    hs_fivefingersspread
    hs_fourfingers
    hs_fourfingersunitclaw
    hs_fourfingersunithinge
    hs_cupopennothumb
    hs_curlicue
    hs_fivefingersspreadbent
    hs_fivefingersspreadcup
    hs_flat
    hs_flatthumbforward
    hs_angle
    hs_circle
    hs_hinge
    hs_hingenothumb
    hs_indexmiddlering
    hs_babyindexthumbonhinge
    hs_babythumb
    hs_babythumbonhinge
    hs_babyup
    hs_babyuponcircle
    hs_indexmiddlebaby
    hs_ringhinge
    hs_indexthumbhook
    hs_indexthumbside
    hs_middleringbabyoncircle
    hs_indexthumbangle
    hs_indexthumbcircle
    hs_indexthumbcupopen
    hs_indexthumbhinge
    hs_thumb
    hs_thumbsideunit
    hs_thumbunderfourfingers

    Handshapes used in classifier constructions

    hs_index
    hs_indexmiddle
    hs_fivefingersspread
    hs_babythumb
    hs_babythumbonhinge