name signs
Personal identification displays
Name signs are personalized signs in deaf communities that identify individuals, functioning like nicknames in signed languages.
Unlike fingerspelling someone's full name letter by letter, a name sign is a single gesture—often incorporating a person's initial or referencing a physical characteristic or personality trait.
Name signs are typically bestowed by deaf people, and receiving one marks acceptance into the deaf community.
She was given her name sign by her deaf roommate.
- gesturesExpressive body movements
- handGrasping body part
- pointExact location or meaning
- facial expressionEmotive muscle positioning
- Deaf cultureIdentity embracing sign language community
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Unknown identity state
anonymous · namelessness · unidentified · faceless · unknown
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