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Manuelle Parameter

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Also known as handform, dez, DEZ

In sign languages, handshape, or dez, refers to the distinctive configurations that the hands take as they are used to form words. In Stokoe terminology it is known as the , an abbreviation of designator. Handshape is one of five components of a sign, along with location (), orientation (), movement (), and nonmanual features. Different sign languages make use of different handshapes.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Manuelle Parameter is referenced by 317 other articles, and connects out to Varieties of American Sign Language, Hawaiʻi Sign Language and German Sign Language.

It sits within the topics Sign language and United States-centric.

Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.

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characteristic of
hand
short name
DEZ
Commons category
Handshapes
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