Appendix:Gestures/pointing

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Translingual[edit]

Production[edit]

  1. Extend index finger.
  2. Point at intended object/direction.

Interjection[edit]

[pointing]

  1. look!; indicates that the speaker wants the listener to examine the object being pointed at
  2. (with mouth open) expresses amazement
  3. definition by pointing; to indicate an object in a way that makes it lexical, standing in for a word that would otherwise define or name it (common in signed languages).