"institute" ASL American Sign Language

American Sign Language: "institute" The sign for "institute is an "initialized" sign, but it is well accepted. The dominant hand lowers and touches the base hand, raises back up, and then comes down again. It is most commonly recognized in the Deaf world as the sign for "Deaf School" (meaning, a state-run residential school for the Deaf). Whether this sign means "institute" or not will depend on the context in which it is used. If you are talking about "mental patients" then it is going to mean "institutionalized." I saw it used in Northern Utah to refer to an "institute" of religion. INSTITUTE: INSTITUTE-[variation_2] In this variation the base hand is a fist. This sign is also commonly recognized in the Deaf world as meaning "Deaf School." INSTITUTE-[variation_3] Remember, ASL isn't English and thus in many cases it is perfectly fine to just sign SCHOOL (as shown below) when the English word "institute" is being used to refer to a general "school." See: RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!) (You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.) Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk." Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT > Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT > Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT > You can learn sign language online at American Sign Language (ASL) University (tm) Sign language lessons and resources. Dr. William Vicars (c) Lifeprint.com

American Sign Language: "institute"

The sign for "institute is an "initialized" sign, but it is well accepted.
The dominant hand lowers and touches the base hand, raises back up, and then comes down again. It is most commonly recognized in the Deaf world as the sign for "Deaf School" (meaning, a state-run residential school for the Deaf). Whether this sign means "institute" or not will depend on the context in which it is used. If you are talking about "mental patients" then it is going to mean "institutionalized." I saw it used in Northern Utah to refer to an "institute" of religion.

INSTITUTE:

INSTITUTE-[variation_2]
In this variation the base hand is a fist. This sign is also commonly recognized in the Deaf world as meaning "Deaf School."

INSTITUTE-[variation_3]
Remember, ASL isn't English and thus in many cases it is perfectly fine to just sign SCHOOL (as shown below) when the English word "institute" is being used to refer to a general "school."

See: RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL

Want to help support ASL University? It's easy: DONATE (Thanks!)
(You don't need a PayPal account. Just look for the credit card logos and click continue.)

Another way to help is to buy Dr. Bill's "Superdisk."

Dr. Bill's new iPhone "Fingerspelling Practice" app is now available! CHECK IT OUT >

Want even more ASL resources? Visit the "ASL Training Center!" (Subscription Extension of ASLU) CHECK IT OUT >

Bandwidth slow? Check out "ASLUniversity.com" (a free mirror of Lifeprint.com less traffic, fast access) VISIT >

You can learn sign language online at American Sign Language (ASL) University (tm)
Sign language lessons and resources. Dr. William Vicars (c) Lifeprint.com