The "Reversal of Orientation for Negation" is a specific linguistic
phenomenon in ASL that utilizes a change in the palm orientation of a sign to
convey negation or the opposite of a concept.
In American Sign Language (ASL), concepts and meanings are conveyed through the
use of space, handshape, movement, and palm orientation.
For a relatively small subset of ASL signs reversing the orientation of the palm
can change the meaning of the sign to its opposite or to a negative meaning.
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APPROVE "like" thumb-up / DISAPPROVE thumb-down
COME / GO
GOOD / BAD
KNOW / don't-KNOW
LIKE / don't-LIKE
TRUE / FALSE
WANT / don't-WANT
Related concept: Divergence for Opposition or Negation
Repulsion: The fundamental force that pushes objects away from each other (e.g., two north poles of a magnet or two like electric charges pushing apart).
Divergence: The geometrical or directional term for lines, rays, or hands moving outward and away from a common point or center.
Separation The action of moving two objects apart, increasing the distance between them.
Extension (in anatomy) is moving your limbs or body parts (like your hands) in a way that increases the distance or angle between them or stretches them out.
Abduction (in anatomy) is the movement of a body part away from the midline or central axis of the body.
Disconnection (or disjunction)
repulsion, divergence, separation, disjunction, extension
Redds
UP / DOWN
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AGREE / DISAGREE
SAME / DIFFERENT
SAME / OPPOSITE
SUPPORT / RESIST
POINT on point the point / missed the point off topic non-sequitur
CONNECT / DISCONNECT
MEET / SPREAD
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Bonus sign:? don't-MIND It is quite possible that the don't-MIND is a reversal of the sign MIND that migrated to the nose area and added a reversal of orientation for negation movement.
Bonus sign: INSIDE-OUT
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Also see: Reversal of Orientation for Negation
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