DFST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tonalism, Granville Redmond, Video Relay Service
9 Oct 2016
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Dominant hand: right hand if right handed, left hand if left handed, ambidextrous, choose one and stick to it. One handed signs: uses only dominant hand. 2-handed symmetrical signs: uses both hands, both moving the same way. 2-handed non-symmetrical signs: uses both hands, dominant hand moves, while other is stationary. Non dominant hand will never move unless your dominant hand is moving the same way. Handshape: hand configuration which is used in beginning any word production. Movement: changing of location of the hands within the set physical parameters during sign. Location: physical parameters or bodily location where the sign is produced. Iconic signs: when sign looks like the word they are representing. Name signs usually given by their deaf families. Giving of name sign is rite of passage. Total communication: philosophy of educating children with hearing loss that incoporates all means. Of communication (formal signs, natural gestures, finger spelling, body.
