FlatB@Chest-PalmBack

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American Sign Language

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Alternative forms

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  • (with the “open B” handshape) OpenB@Chest-PalmBack

Etymology

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This sign uses the same handshape as all ASL possessives, e.g. FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp (your, his, her, its), and FlatB@IpsiChest-FingerUpPalmAcross RoundHoriz FlatB@ContraChest-FingerUpPalmAside (our, ours). Its location indexes the first person (the signer).

Production

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right-hand open-B palm-in close to body in center of chest
  • This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
    1. Posture the dominant hand in the “flat B” handshape on the chest, dominant palm facing back.

Adjective

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(ASL gloss: MY, POSS-1)

  1. my

Noun

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(ASL gloss: MY)

  1. mine
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