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Ingvild Kristine Roald Date: Mon Nov 8, 1999 9:54 am Subject: Re: Axial stationary movement "Reverse, opposite" | ||||||||
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Hi all, I have a problem with both the axial movements (the 'room' from Germany and the 'reverse/ opposite' from Japan). If I am to read horizontally, the writings are OK, but if I should read this in a vertical column, and the sign itself should be read from the bottom, I myself feel confused and get a break in my reading. The same is true for all signs with movenets going forwards or upwards. Of course we would have the same sort of problem reading horizontally, if the movement was leftwards, but that is not very common, is it? At least I feel that for *stationary* movement, as we are talking about in this example, the first rotational posistion of the hands should be on top and the last should be at the bottom of the written sign. This has to do with the lack of spelling rules (which will have to grow out the actual use of the writing system) and the ability that we as yeat lack to read the sign as a whole. All the best to everyone, Ingvild Ingvild Kristine Roald Reseach fellow, Department of Applied Education University of Bergen, N-5020 BERGEN, Norway e-mail: Department phone: +47 55 58 48 30 Department fax: +47 55 58 48 80 Private phone: +47 55 28 34 34 | ||||||||
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