ProTactile
UK/ˈpɹəʊtæktaɪl/US/pɹoʊtæktaɪl/
ProTactile is the alternative spelling of Protactile.
Proper noun capitalized: Protactile
Protactile
- A dialect of American Sign Language that communicates with touch.
- Exploring the linguistic phenomenon of pro-tactile has lead Terra Edwards to make distinctions between Tactile ASL (TASL) and Visual ASL (VASL) (www.protactile.org, October 3, 2014).2016 November, Massimiliano Spotti, Nelson Flores, Ofelia Garcia, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Language and Society, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 257
- 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.2020 October 9, Erin Manning, For a Pragmatics of the Useless, Duke University Press, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- PT
Synonyms of ProTactile
Forms of ProTactile
| alternative form | Pro-Tactile |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ProTactile |
Origin of ProTactile
From pro- + tactile, first used c. 2012.
Questions about ProTactile
- What does ProTactile mean?
- ProTactile means a dialect of American Sign Language that communicates with touch.
- What is ProTactile the alternative spelling of?
- ProTactile is the alternative spelling of Protactile.
- What part of speech is ProTactile?
- ProTactile is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ProTactile?
- ProTactile is pronounced /pɹoʊtæktaɪl/ (US).
Words near ProTactile in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ProTactile (page history and authors); Protactile (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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