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article


ARTICLE
• Also means “COLUMN” ( as in a newspaper column)
• Note: Left hand can be horizontal or vertical
• CHAPTER (To sign "chapter" use a “C” handshape)--left hand horizontal

ARTICLE:
Use the thumb and index finger to show the width of an article. Move the right hand down the palm of the left hand.  I sign this with the left fingertips pointing upward.  Another way to sign it is with the left fingertips pointing forward.



Variation of the sign "article"



Another variation of the sign for "article"


I opened up a newspaper and there was an article: 












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