The sign for SOCIALIZE is typically produced with the "5" handshape or the "open-A" handshape.
The thumbs are pointing at each other facing up and down and move in a circular motion.
INTERACTION-[socialize / social / mingle]-[5-hand-version]:
ASSOCIATE / SOCIALIZE / EACH OTHER / ONE ANOTHER / HANG OUT WITH / MINGLE-[open-A-hand-version]:
Sample sentence:
YOUR ASL TEACHER ENCOURAGE YOU ASSOCIATE-socialize DEAF?
(Does your ASL teacher encourage you to socialize with Deaf people?)
If you wanted to covey the concept of ANTI-SOCIAL, you could sign:
ANTI-SOCIAL-[don't-LIKE-SOCIALIZING]:
SOCIAL MEDIA can be signed two ways:
SOCIAL MEDIA-[SOCIAL + M-E-D-I-A]:
SOCIAL MEDIA-[S-M]:
Question: What is the difference in meaning between the loose-5-hands
version of socialize and the open-A-hands version of socialized?
Response:
The loose hands version by virtue of the use of more fingers tends to mean more
along the lines of social gatherings and mingling.
The open-A hands version tends to mean interact with, associate, interaction,
etc. It can mean socialize as well.
So the two signs overlap quite a bit however the loose hands version would not
fit as well if it is just "one" person is hanging out with "one" other person.
So the open-A's version is a bit more flexible and has more meanings but would
be slightly less fitting for a large social gathering with lots of general
mingling.
https://youtu.be/5uPwZ-cRPWQ
Notes:
See: ENJOY
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