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Charles Butler Date: Thu May 21, 1998 5:19 am Subject: Re: SUGGESTION | |
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James Womack wrote: > > On Tue, 19 May 1998 17:54:04 EDT RTenn80762 writes: > >Gallaudet University Press has announced just such a dictionary, > >"Handshape Dictionary", in its spring catalog. > > I have had one for about 6 months now direct from the authors cause > apparently, I advised them in some capacity when they were in the > process of making this book. > > If we're talking about the same thing, the authors live in California. > If you desire, I will give further info as I don't have the book in my > hand at this moment and don't feel like searching for it, but would > do so later. > > _____________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at https://www.juno.com > Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] It seems that the linguistic compilation of handshapes by groups and Valerie's long-term research into handshape clusters (the 5-hand including the flat hand, the claw, the flat hand with palm extended), etc. should be dovetailed. The DAC certainly has a long linguistic history if all the old Sign Writer newspapers were put on line and examined for patterns. This might in fact make a wonderful linguistic history project. With ASL and DSL to compare and a dictionary compiled with the words as already used in the Sign Writer Newspaper, an archival project that becomes a companion to the SW Dictionary should be put together. I am in the DC area, and if I can get a volunteer or two (or a dozen), I would be happy to go through the archives myself. What a project, and what a way to become another of the Sign Writing projects here. How's about it Valerie? |
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