A Linguistic Comparison
Two Notation Systems for Signed Languages:
Stokoe Notation & Sutton SignWriting



Joe Martin
Western Washington University
Martinj4@cc.wwu.edu


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I.
Introduction

III.
Scripts

 V.
Comparison

 VII.
Conclusions

II.
Describing Language

IV.
Origins

 VI.
Structure

VIII.
References