88 learning to use a sign language
Another kind of sign that is important to know is:
• name signs (the name given to each person)
Look, your cousins Yena
and Konti are coming.
Yena
Konti
coming
You can make up name signs for each member of the family.
A sign will be easier to remember if it looks like the person in
some way. This brother and sister made up signs for each other
based on how they look:
Isabel has a
curl on her
forehead.
Carlos has a
mole on his
cheek.
Where is
Isabel?
Carlos is
hungry.
Helping Children Who Are Deaf (2004)