fingerspelling

Fingerspelling has been available longer and there have been studies of it.

Fingerspelling is a way to show any letter of the English alphabet using one hand.

For example, when talking about a person, a signer might spell their name using fingerspelling.

Fingerspelling does not, therefore, stand alone as a system but has in most cases become part of sign language for adult deaf People.

In most languages with writing systems alphabetic fingerspelling has been available for over two hundred years.

As far as can be made out, systems of fingerspelling have always come about by hearing invention.

Fingerspelling is used mostly for foreign words, last names, and unusual words.

Among themselves they used sign language and one-hand fingerspelling.

Fingerspelling is making an alphabet with your hands.

Fingerspelling is a part of some sign languages.

Fingerspelling is a form of borrowing, a linguistic process wherein words from one language are incorporated into another.

Fingerspelling is used in different sign languages and registers for different purposes.

Fingerspelling is also used to express numbers.

The amount of fingerspelling varies with the context and the age of the signer.

The proportion is higher in older signers, suggesting that the use of fingerspelling has diminished over time.

The picture shows the fingerspelling in American Sign Language.

Fingerspelling is not the same everywhere.

Fingerspelling is also known as a "hand alphabet" or "dactylology".

Fingerspelling uses 26 different signs to represent the 26 letters of the English alphabet.

As with other forms of manual communication, Fingerspelling can be comprehended visually or tactually.

Fingerspelling is essentially an English event.

Fingerspelling is a manual technique of signing used to spell letters and numbers (numerals, cardinals).

Pure fingerspelling is usually indicated by hyphenation.

Fingerspelling is a tool.

Fingerspelling is not universal.