Sherry D: Old Sign For "Dog"
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Elderly Deaf Philadelphians
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Philadelphia Signs Project
sociolinguistics
deaf
sign language
American Sign Language
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regional variation
Language Description and Documentation
sociolinguistics
deaf
sign language
American Sign Language
ASL
regional variation
Language Description and Documentation
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Fisher, Jami N.
Tamminga, Meredith
Hochgesang, Julie
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Philadelphia Signs Project video with participant discussing the old and new signs for "dog."
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2015-07-23
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“It’s hard for me to sign FS-DOG [the newer variant]. In the past, [my son] would tell [his wife], ‘My mother uses this Philadelphia sign for ‘dog’. [His wife] was like, ‘Hold on [don’t use that sign].’ I have to be mentally controlled [not to]....When I talk to other Philadelphians, I’d [probably] use this older sign for ‘dog’ because we all have common [knowledge of what it means]”