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== Uses == Fingerspelling is typically only used in a specific set of circumstances, primarily for proper names (including personal, brand, and place names) and other words that do not have a conventional sign, usually borrowed words from English or other languages.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Geer |first1=Leah C |last2=Keane |first2=Jonathan |date=2017-01-09 |title=Improving ASL fingerspelling comprehension in L2 learners with explicit phonetic instruction |journal=Language Teaching Research |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=439β457 |doi=10.1177/1362168816686988 |s2cid=151792040 |issn=1362-1688|doi-access=free }}</ref> In other instances, fingerspelling is used sparingly.
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