Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-manual marker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: non--man-u-al -mark-er
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

7

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the non-sign components of American Sign Language (facial expression, body position, head position, etc.) that provide context and tone to signs.

Inflected Forms

non-manual markers (plural)

Questions

What does non-manual marker mean?: Any of the non-sign components of American Sign Language (facial expression, body position, head position, etc.) that provide context and tone to signs.

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