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Thanks for sharing that version of architect. Yes, that sign is in my sign bank
but by way of clarification -- I suggest that is a version best reserved for a
person's "receptive" vocabulary. Eventually when it gets embedded into a
"lesson" it will be there as a "You might also see this version..." type of
entry.
I'm glad you posted it though since it reminds me to add to my "to be signed"
list a longer version such as:
HOUSE-DESIGNER (using a somewhat compounded and inflected version of HOUSE ART
PERSON.
Or even ENGINEER-DESIGNER using a compounded / inflected version of MEASURE ART
PERSON.
Architect is one of those signs that are signed differently in high context and
low context situations.
After introduction (and thus in "high context") a person can reduce it down to
designer-[ARTIST]
Again thanks for posting. Thus we've touched on one more of the 10,000 things a
person needs to wrap their mind around in order to be fluent in ASL. I'll go add
the other versions to my "video list" now and post them within a couple of
weeks.
Also, I'm leaning toward using this version of "architect" in the future (see
below).
After context is established, the concept of architect could be conveyed via a
very quick down and then toward the dominant side movement of an "F" hand. Not
only has this sign appeared at spreadthesign under their American version
(below) I'm seeing it used by an actual Deaf architect to describe himself and
his work in an online video (search: Deaf Architect). In other videos online I'm
seeing versions of DESIGN used a lot in "architecture"-related discussions so I
think we certainly need to also keep the DESIGN sign in mind when discussing
architects and architecture.