Pronunciations (4)
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/pɹoʊtæktaɪl/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/pɹoʊtæktəl/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/ˈpɹəʊtæktaɪl/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈpɹəʊtæktəl/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
Proper noun
A dialect of American Sign Language that communicates with touch.
- Synonyms
- Related words
- tactile American Sign Languagetactile ASLWiktionary’s coverage of American Sign Language terms
- Examples
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More examples (1)
Exploring the linguistic phenomenon of pro-tactile has lead Terra Edwards to make distinctions between Tactile ASL (TASL) and Visual ASL (VASL) ( October 3, 2014).
ProTactile builds on this quality of expression, alive with decisions made on the fly, touches become pass-words for fields of composition as yet uncharted.