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"Judy A. Kegl" Date: Thu Apr 7, 1904 1:12 pm Subject: Re: New SignWriter Features? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wayne, You might recall how we handle these non-manual symbols in Nicaragua: 1) As to the cheek puffed on one side, SW already has a character for that. When you select the CHEEKAS PUFFED symbol, you can alter it to one cheek only by hitting the N key, and you can flip-flop from left tgo right cheek with the Comma key. 2) For teeth chomping, we use a symbol that can be found first by selecting the dash key (right of the zero) and then by selecting the F-key option. This symbol is place to one side of the GRITTING-TEETH symbol and signifies one chomp. Repeating this symbol side by side, with on symbol upside down, indicates multiple chompings. ___ ___ | | | | | | ONE CHOMP | | MULTIPLE CHOMPS | | |__| 3) For the wagging tongue, we show the tongue extended symbol with the back-and-forth arrow to the side. As you may recall, Valerie doesn't use a single stemmed, 2-pointer arrow for back-and-forth, but uses multiple arrows. However, we use a short stem arrow with a pointer at either end to achieve the end you seek. Type this by superimposing a left pointing arrow on top of a right pointing arrow. -- James Shepard-Kegl --Judy Kegl Linguistics Program University of Southern Maine 96 Falmouth Street Portland, ME 04104-9300 Phone: 207-780-4531 Fax: 207-780-5561 e-mail: , ---------- >From: "Wayne H. Smith" >To: SignWriting List >Subject: Re: New SignWriter Features? >Date: Tue, May 25, 1999, 3:30 PM > > Valerie and everybody - > > Just thought of a few more more needed non-manual symbols: > > 1. cheeks puffed on one side only (needed for TSL PINK, FALSE, > ONE-MONTH, and a few more) > 2. mouth open, tongue wagging from side to side (needed for TSL > NOT-HAVE) > 3. mouth open, teeth biting down once (needed for TSL FINISH) > > Also, how does one indicate signs that are made on the back of the > head, e.g. TSL MANCHU, HIGH-BLOOD-PRESSURE? > > Finally (until I think of something else), TSL namesigns are > interesting in that many of them are marked for gender, much as in Spanish: > Mario, Maria, Patricio, Patricia, etc. For men's namesigns, the thumb > (meaning "male") is extended, and for women's namesigns, the pinky (meaning > "female") is extended. This often means that a whole set of handshape > symbols might be needed just to handle this phenomenon. Is there an easy > way that we can just generate the needed handshapes, or will I have to use > the old way of piecing handshape symbols together using bits and pieces > under the - key? > > Will appreciate any feedback and suggestions. > > Love, > - Wayne > > | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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