Claw5@TipFinger-Claw5@CenterChesthigh Claw5@SideChesthigh-Claw5@SideChesthigh

American Sign Language

The hands encompass a large amount of something.

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This two-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
1. Posture the nondominant hand in the “claw 5” handshape in front of the center of the chest, palm facing across. Posture the dominant hand in the “claw 5” handshape touching the tip(s) of the extended finger(s) of the nondominant hand, palm facing across.
2. Move both hands to the following posture.
3. Posture the nondominant hand in the “claw 5” handshape about half an arm’s length in front of and beside the chest, palm facing across. Posture the dominant hand in the “claw 5” handshape about half an arm’s length in front of and beside the chest, palm facing across.
Alternatively, the hands may begin near each other rather than touching.
Alternatively, the palm tips may point up rather than forward.

Hold-move chart for Claw5@TipFinger-Claw5@CenterChesthigh Claw5@SideChesthigh-Claw5@SideChesthigh

dominant hand (strong)	type contour plane quality local movement	move
	Hand configuration Part of hand Proximity Spatial relation Contact location Part of hand facing Facing location Part of hand oriented Plane of orientation	see appendix (5~u) fingertip (TIFI) at (c) ? (TIFI) fingertip (TIFI) forward (VP) hand midline plane (MP)	see appendix (5~u) whole hand at (c) ? (m2CH) fingertip (TIFI) forward (VP) hand midline plane (MP)
nondominant hand (weak)	type contour plane quality local movement	move
	Hand configuration Part of hand Proximity Spatial relation Contact location Part of hand facing Facing location Part of hand oriented Plane of orientation	see appendix (5~u) whole hand at (c) out from center of chest (m0CH) fingertip (TIFI) forward (VP) hand midline plane (MP)	see appendix (5~u) whole hand at (c) ? (m2CH) fingertip (TIFI) forward (VP) hand midline plane (MP)

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(much): Moving the hands farther apart may signify a larger or even excessive amount. Like English much, the adjective use of this sign only modifies mass nouns, not countable nouns. For countable nouns, see S@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp-S@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp 5@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp-5@InsideChesthigh-PalmUp (“many”).

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