MALLERY.) SUGGESTED ARRANGEMENT—HAND POSITIONS, 5AT 
TYPES OF HAND POSITIONS IN SIGN LANGUAGE. 
A—Fist, palm outward, hori- B—Fist, back outward, oblique C—Clinched, with thumb ex- 
zontal. upward. tended against forefinger, 
upright, edge outward. 
D—Clinched, ball of thumb E—Hooked, thumb against F—Hooked, thumb against 
against middle of fore- end of forefinger, upright, side of forefinger, oblique, 
finger, oblique, upward, edge outward. palm outward. 
palm down. 
G—Fingers resting against H—Arched, thumb horizontal I—Closed, except forefinger 
ball of thumb, back up- against end of forefinger, crooked agamst end of 
ward. back upward. thumb, upright, palm out- 
ward. 
J—Voretinger straight, up- K—Forefinger obliquely ex- L—Thumb vertical, forefinger 
right, others closed, edge tended upward, others horizontal, others closed, 
outward. closed, edge outward. edge outward. 
Fig. 342d, 
