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Types of gestures Iconics Deictics Beats

Types of sign languages Alternate sign languages Primary sign languages

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Articulatory parameters◦ Shape◦ Orientation◦ Location◦ Movement

Sets of features or primes Non-manual components – head, eye

movements Finger-spelling

American Sign Language - http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/index.htm

ASL – American Association for the Deaf - http://www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=91587

ASL Browser - http://aslbrowser.commtechlab.msu.edu/browser.htm

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