Table 1.

Effects of the low phonetic environment on the position of the hand on the vertical, lateral, and horizontal axes, organized by sign and by signer. Each cell shows the difference in the position of the target sign in millimeters in the low environment compared to the high environment.

Sign	Signer	Vertical axis	Lateral axis	Horizontal axis
KNOW	LL	ns	ns	ns
	MF	ns	15 mm to right***	5 mm forward**
	VF	40 mm lower***	42 mm to right***	8 mm forward*
FATHER	LL	23 mm lower***	ns	ns
	MF	10 mm higher*	ns	13 mm forward*
	RD	10 mm higher*	53 mm to left***	ns
	VF	10 mm lower**	ns	ns
WHY	LL	12 mm lower*	ns	10 mm back*
	MF	10 mm lower*	ns	ns
	RD	ns	23 mm to left*	ns
	VF	ns	ns	12 mm back**
STUBBORN	LL	ns	28 mm to left***	5 mm back***
	RD	20 mm lower**	ns	ns
	VF	34 mm lower***	88 mm to right***	ns

^*p ≤ .05

^**p ≤ .01

^***p ≤ .001