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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 12.
Published in final edited form as: Theor Linguist. 2011 Oct;37(3-4):95–142. doi: 10.1515/thli.2011.009
Notational Conventions
SIGN Signs are glossed using upper-case (near) translation equivalents.
SIGN-SIGN If the translation equivalent for a single sign requires more than one written word, the words are conjoined with a hyphen.
IX Pointing signs are glossed using IX.
1-SIGN-b Spatial loci used to indicate referents are marked as prefixes (for the starting point) or suffixes (for the ending point). ‘1’ is used for first-person locus; different letters stand for different loci in an utterance.
[mod] Modifications for number and temporal aspect are given in square brackets: [mult] stands for multiple; [exh] stands for exhaustive; [dur] stands for durational.
CL(description) CL represents classifier constructions, with a prose description of what the construction represents within parintheses.
graphic file with name nihms439501t1.jpg The line above sign glosses represents non-manual marking co-occurring with the signs. t stands for non-manual marking of topic; neg for negation; eg for eye gaze; hn for head nod.