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Valerie Sutton Date: Mon Dec 6, 1999 1:53 am Subject: Re: Writing the top of the head | |
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>Valerie - > Re: LION, isn't it necessary to indicate the wrist flexion in the sign? >As it is, it looks like the hand is fixed in the "palm faces back" >orientation. > - Wayne >P.S. This is a great way to learn! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Wayne - The question was "how to write the top of the head' so in that sense I think it is pretty clear that the hand is relating to the top of the head in the sign for LION. I beleive it is the movement symbol that causes the question in your mind....The movement arrow starts at the thin area of the movement arrow's stem and moves back in a curve towards the darker part of the arrow - towards the signer...Usually that kind of movement is done at the level of the chest - it is rare to see it relating to the head like that ...later I can show you other signs that use that movement symbol - it means the whole arm and hand move in a curve, back towards the signer....not indicating any wrist motion. But yes, if you want to show wrist motion that is fine - why not write it for us to see if we can read it? Val ;-) |
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