GRANDFATHER in sign language

How to sign "grandfather" in American Sign Language (ASL)?

Drawing of the sign grandfather

Meaning: The father of one's father or mother.

Pronunciation (sign description): Dominant "5" or sometimes flat hand (handshape), palm facing left if right-handed (orientation), thumb on the side of forehead (location), moves forward in arc twice away from the cheek (movement).

Opposite: GRANDMOTHER.

Related signs: FATHER, GRANDCHILD, GRANDPARENT.

Baby Signing

Observe how a baby acquires the ASL sign "GRANDFATHER" on the phonological level.

Like GRANDMOTHER, this phonological acquisition involves proximilization -- which involves the development of motor control from the arm to the hand.

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