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Definition of Finger spelling
1. Noun. An alphabet of manual signs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Finger Spelling
Literary usage of Finger spelling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association (1886)
"Finger-spelling requires three times the time required by oral pronunciation.
The tongue .never tires. The fingers and the hand soon droop. ..."
2. The Association Review by American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf (1907)
"On the other hand, there seemed to be an advantage to the pupils to be well versed
in finger-spelling for use among themselves, especially for out-of-school ..."
3. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1909)
"Or a message may be sent by finger spelling, but this too will only be recognized
and answered by the few who have been trained to know language through ..."
4. Teaching Children to Be Literate: A Reflective Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1995)
"finger spelling has also proven to be quite beneficial for improving word
identification and spelling in hearing children as well ..."
5. Proceedings of the Meeting of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf by Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf (1879)
"In finger-spelling, each component letter stands but singly and but for a moment,
... Finger-spelling excels written language in rapidity and convenience. ..."
6. Circular of Information by Volta Bureau (U.S.), Volta Bureau (1894)
"In fact finger-spelling was not invented by them nor for them. finger spelling
affords a finger form for every letter in the alphabet and by means of it ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The chief elements of the manual method are finger-spelling, reading and writing and
... Signs are used to awaken the child's thoughts, finger- spelling and ..."
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