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"Angus B. Grieve-Smith" Date: Wed Jul 8, 1998 12:06 pm Subject: Intro: Angus Grieve-Smith | |
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I've been meaning to introduce myself for a while. My name is Angus Grieve-Smith, and I'm a PhD student in computational sign linguistics at the University of New Mexico. I should say at this point that although I feel that writing is one of the best things that could be done for sign, I do not consider SignWriting to be the best writing system available, and my objections to SignWriting are on record. I have joined the SignWriting list because it is the only forum where written sign is regularly discussed, and I feel that some good work and some good people are associated with SignWriting. I plan to only offer constructive comments, and not attack SignWriting in its own forum, but I think you should know my views in advance. When I read back on this, it looks so downbeat. Let me balance that by saying that I think written sign is a great way to enable signers to communicate over time and distance, and has the potential for bringing prestige and recognition to signed languages. I'm sure that you all agree, and I'm glad that we're together on this. -Angus B. Grieve-Smith Linguistics Department The University of New Mexico |
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