Questions and Answers
What is the sign for 'Engineer'?
What is the definition for 'Worker'?
work + agent
What does 'Carpenter' mean in ASL?
wood + agent
What is the sign for 'Teacher'?
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What does 'Student' mean in ASL?
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What is the definition of 'Physicist'?
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How is 'Musician' signed in ASL?
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What does 'Florist' mean in ASL?
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What does 'Farmer' mean in ASL?
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What is the definition of 'Dancer'?
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What is the sign for 'Chef'?
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What does 'Manager' mean in ASL?
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What is the definition of 'Artist'?
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What does 'Lawyer' mean in ASL?
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What does 'Mechanic' mean in ASL?
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What is the sign for 'Photographer'?
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What is the definition of 'Pharmacist'?
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What does 'Biologist' represent in ASL?
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How is 'Economist' signed in ASL?
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What is the definition of 'Interpreter'?
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What does 'Dentist' mean in ASL?
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What is the sign for 'Trainer'?
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Study Notes
ASL Occupations and Professions Summary
- Engineer: Sign for "Measure" with dominant hand wiggling up and down is combined with agent marker.
- Worker: Combination of signs for "work" and "agent".
- Carpenter: Sign involves "wood" plus agent marker.
- Teacher: Sign incorporates "teach" alongside agent marker.
- Student: The sign for "student" includes "agent".
- Cop/Police Man/Woman: Sign not provided.
- Physicist: Involves signing "Physics" followed by the agent marker.
- Musician: The sign is based on "Music" plus agent marker.
- Florist: Involves the sign for "Flower" combined with agent marker.
- Farmer: Incorporates terms for "Farm" alongside descriptors for dirtiness plus agent.
- Dancer: Sign for "dance" combined with agent marker.
- Chef: Involves "cook" plus agent or alternatively spelled out as C-H-E-F.
- Manager: Sign includes "Control" with agent marker.
- Custodian: The sign for "Clean" is combined with agent marker.
- Artist: Involves signing "Art" plus agent.
- Airplane Pilot: Sign for "Airplane" combined with agent marker.
- Advisor/Counselor: Sign involves "Advise" plus agent marker.
- Actor/Actress: Incorporates the sign for "Act" with agent marker.
- Cashier: The sign mimics the motion of pushing buttons on a cash register plus agent marker.
- Accountant: Sign involves "Count" with agent marker.
- Military: Sign is represented by tapping a rifle twice.
- Lawyer: The dominant hand in L-handshape slides down the palm of a non-dominant flat hand with agent marker.
- Mechanic: Sign features the depiction of a wrench (twists twice) followed by agent marker.
- Optometrist: Sign combines "Eye" with "Doctor".
- Dentist: Sign involves "Teeth" with agent marker; alternative version noted.
- Electrician: Includes "Electric" plus agent marker.
- Boss: Sign represented by a "C" handshape on the shoulder.
- Mathematician: Involves the sign for "Math" with agent marker.
- Author/Writer/Journalist: Sign depicts writing on paper combined with agent marker.
- Doctor: Sign features a "D" taking a pulse.
- Nurse: Sign not provided.
- Waitress/Waiter: Combines the sign for "bring/carry" with agent marker.
- Biologist: Sign incorporates "biology" (alternate CL-B towards the body) with agent marker.
- Designer: Combines "design" plus agent marker.
- Business Person: Sign not provided.
- Fisherman: Involves signing "fish" plus agent marker.
- Interpreter: Sign includes "interpret" (dominant hand wiggles) combined with agent marker.
- Pharmacist: Sign features "Medicine" as if crushing a pill plus agent marker.
- Photographer: Sign for "camera" combined with agent marker.
- Physical Therapist: Involves the sign for "body" combined with "help" or abbreviated "PT".
- Pilot: Sign is simply "pilot".
- Principal: Sign not provided.
- Programmer: Sign includes "program" (CL-P over CL-B) and agent marker.
- Psychologist: Sign not provided.
- Scientist: Involves the sign for "science" (alternate A hands) plus agent marker.
- Teacher: Repeated, includes "teach" with agent marker.
- Technician: Sign for "tech" combined with agent marker.
- Trainer: Sign involves "practice".
- Volunteer: Depicts pinching a shirt.
- Economist: Involves upside down CL-E combined with agent marker.
- Entrepreneur: The sign for "business" (CL-B) combined with agent marker.
- Sales Person: Sign includes "sell" plus agent marker.
- Bank Teller: Spelled out as B-A-N-K T-E-L-L-E-R.
- Babysitter: features "baby" followed by a sign for "keep" (strike K on top of another K) plus agent marker.
- Funeral Director, Judge, Housekeeper, Model, Postal Worker, Receptionist: Signs not provided.
- Vet: Spelled out as V-E-T.
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