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From:
Valerie Sutton Date: Wed Feb 17, 1999 6:01 pm Subject: Writing ASL Sentences | |
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February 17, 1999 Dear SignWriting List Members! Thank you for your attached documents - I have received several documents typed in SignWriting, attached to email messages, in the past few hours. Isn't that great?! You are really getting skilled at typing with SignWriter :-) I know that the grammar of signed languages is different in every language - and of course that makes it complicated to teach you all how to write grammar on this List - since this is an international list. In ASL, we have found that most sentences begin with the eyebrows up - in other words - the sentences begin with a "topic marker", which means the eyebrows are raised. So for those of you sending me ASL documents, remember to start the sentences with eyebrows up - it is a little like the capital letter at the beginning of English sentences -" Eyebrows Up" is usually the beginning of most ASL sentences. You can read more about this on our web site: Writing ASL Grammar Lesson 1: Topic Markers https://www.SignWriting.org/sw149.html What is it like in other signed languages? Do you also start sentences with Eyebrows Up? Valerie ':-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton at the DAC Deaf Action Committee for SW SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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