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Valerie Sutton Date: Thu Jun 17, 1999 8:51 pm Subject: Phonemic way of writing | ||||||||
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On Wed, 19 May 1999, Joe Martin wrote: >Finally, I like the idea of different "spellings," and I wonder if what >you are describing here is evolving a phonemic way of writing the symbols. >That would be fascinating to see. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 17, 1999 Actually, Joe, this has been happening slowly over the past 25 years..but not on purpose. A phonemic way of writing is evolving in a natural way. Back in the 1970's SignWriting was quite detailed. I remember once, while I was giving a presentation back in 1978, someone in the audience was critical, saying that SignWriting was "too phonetic", and then someone else in the group stated that there was nothing wrong with the International Phonetic Alphabet, and then a third person said "Yeah. But the International Phonetic Alphabet is not use on a daily basis". So I told the group that I hoped that it might evolve to something simpler, for daily use. And I suspect that is what Steve and Dianne Parkhurst are doing in Spain. They are working with native Deaf adults, so knowledge is being assumed when they write, at least to a certain extent. SignWriting can be either phonetic or phonemic - it depends on the writer and what they want to convey. So that is why we have several "different spellings" of the same signs in our dictionaries- just letting people write as they "feel it", and may the best spelling win over time! Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org The DAC, Deaf Action Committee for SW Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||
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