How to pronounce“handshape”in English

Languages combine these individual sounds or handshapes into words according to specific patterns, and the study of that is called phonology.

There are five major features of signed language articulation: Handshape, such as the difference between the ASL sign for ‘red’ and ‘sweet’.

This isn’t just true for /t/ — all of the sounds or handshapes of a language can be produced differently depending on the context.

For example, an extended ring finger is a meaningful handshape in Taiwainese Sign Language but not in BSL or ASL.

In American Sign Language, nouns and their related verbs sometimes have the same handshape and location, but different movement.

We've learned about how language is made up of smaller pieces, like sounds and handshapes, which combine into larger ones, like morphemes, signs, and words, and into even larger sentences and conversations.

They claim that these gloves can “translate” American Sign Language into English speech by recognizing the wearer’s handshapes.