Pretoria 09 · Variation in SASL Place Names · University of the Free State

Title: Pretoria 09
Description: Pretoria 09 is an initialised sign with the handshape P in the British Sign Language alphabet.In the case of Pretoria there are three lexical variations: one that resembles the sign for GOVERNMENT (Pretoria 01 and Pretoria 02), another which is the sign for SISTER (Pretoria 14), and two initialised variants that differ phonologically from each other (Pretoria 06 and Pretoria 09).
Place Type: Town
Years Recorded: 2024
Research Site: Bloemfontein; Kimberley; Phuthaditjhaba; Thaba 'Nchu; Thaba 'Nchu; Phuthaditjhaba; Kimberley
Part of Location Collection: Pretoria
Age Group: 45-49; 50-54; 55-59; 65-69
Home Language: Afrikaans; SASL
Main location: Bloemfontein; Cape Town; Worcester
Context Items: Age Group; Home Language; Main Location; Date Recorded; Research Site
SASL Shorthand Annotation: #2,{1,?1,*1,!1,[9,^3,~27,&1,*2,!1,[1,^3,~0,&0
Category Value: Handedness: 2; Contact: 1; Mouthing: 1; Dominance: 1; Location: 1; Handshape: 9; Palm orientation: 3; Movement: 27; Repetition: 1; Dominance: 2; Handshape: 1; Movement: 0; Repetition: 0