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From:
Stefan Woehrmann Date: Wed Mar 8, 2000 9:15 pm Subject: Re: Order of Reading Movement | |
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Dear Valerie, thanks again very much. As you know - Iīm very busy to write new signs for my pupils and Iīm so greatful for your help. Stefan ;-) >From: Valerie Sutton >Reply-To: SignWriting List >To: SignWriting List >Subject: Order of Reading Movement >Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 07:07:03 -0800 > >On 3/2/00, Stefan Woehrmann wrote: > >QUESTION: >Is there a special arrow that doesnīt mean moving from here to there but >just helping to read the order of movements? > >----------------------------- > >SignWriting List >March 8, 2000 > >Hello everyone - And thanks Stefan for the above question, that was hidden >inside one of your adorable "spider gymnastics" messages.... My pupils could read it. Big smile and again and again - we performed it! Thanks for your comment. Itīs the second reaction. I was wasnīt quite sure - didnīt want to annoy anybody ! >Here are the rules on reading the movement in signs: > >1. If there are Movement Arrows in the sign, then you read the sign >starting at the stem of the arrow and the sign then moves in the direction >of the arrow. This means that if a Movement Arrow is pointing up, then the >sign starts low, and ends high. But if the Movement Arrow were pointing >down, then the movement starts high and finishes low. > >2. If the Movement Arrows are in clusters or groups, or if they are >"combined arrows", where many arrows are blended to become one symbol, then >the rule is: Read the cluster of Movment Symbols from: 1. Center to Out or >2. Top to Bottom. > >3. If there are no Movement Arrows in the sign, but smaller symbols are >used to show small movement, such as Finger Movement, or Push-Tension, then >again the rule is: Read the small movements from: 1. Center to Out or 2. >Top to Bottom. > >So in the example of the miming of a spider reflected in a mirror, which >Charles Butler wrote (which was not necessarily a sign, but was a part of a >"mime-like" storytelling sequence)....you read the sign or gesture from Top >to Bottom: ><< _less078.gif >> ><< less078.gif >> |
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