Your ASL teacher has brought in a special guest from Australia to talk about cross-cultural sign language and the elements that various sign languages around the globe have in common. Your guest speaker is demonstrating various handshapes like A, B, and 1, and is explaining that these shapes are common among various sign languages around the world. What concept is she demonstrating?

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Responses

marked handshapes

marked handshapes

passive handshapes

passive handshapes

unmarked handshapes

unmarked handshapes

dominant handshapes

1 answer

The concept your guest speaker is demonstrating is unmarked handshapes. Unmarked handshapes are those that are commonly used and easily recognized across various sign languages, such as A, B, and 1.