Sign talk; a universal signal code, without apparatus, for use in the army, the navy, camping, hunting and daily life by Seton Ernest Thompson 1860-1946 & Scott Hugh Lenox 1853-1934 & Powers Lillian Delger

Author:Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946 & Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934 & Powers, Lillian Delger
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sign language, Indian sign language, Indians of North America
Publisher: Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, Page

SIGN TALK

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Gratitude. Use Thank you sign. Or else raise the flat right hand, palm forward and face high; draw it downward in a sweep several times as though stroking the other person's breast. For emphasis use both hands. Fr. la reconnaissance; Ger. die Dankbarkeit.

Grave. Hold out both flat hands, thumbs up, six inches apart, pointing level forward; draw them back level to you, sign Die; then hold out left flat hand as before and slap on it two or three times with the flat right, for cover up.

Fr. le tombeau; Ger. das Grab.

Great. Hold out the slightly curved 5 hands in front of breast, few inches apart, palms toward each other, pointing to front; separate hands the right to the right and up a little and near the body; the left to the left and down a little and farther away. Compare Big and Wide. Sometimes use Much or High. Fr. grand; Ger. gross.

Greater than. Sign Ahead, Great. So also Less than would be Behind, Small.

Fr. plus grand que; Ger. grb'szer als.

Grief. See Sorrow.

Grieve. Sign Heart, Down. See Give up and Mourn. Fr. se chagriner, pleurer; Ger. trauern.

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