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"Angus B. Grieve-Smith" Date: Wed Jul 5, 2000 5:55 pm Subject: Re: Lucky | |
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On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Bill Reese wrote: > Less "difficulty" learning a language?!? Whoa, Bill. I was talking about the difficulty of learning SignWriting, the writing system, not ASL the language. I believe that the children who are now learning SignWriting intuitively in fifth grade will soon have a much better grasp of it than we do, who are learning it analytically as adults. But in response to your message... I don't have a problem with anyone trying to write down what people actually do, and for learners to use those descriptions. But I do have a problem with people criticizing native speakers for not following those descriptions. > What I would like to see would be an all-inclusive sign dictionary in > signwriting that would allow me not only to obtain a command of that > language but also the understanding and study of it, the same way > spoken language dictionaries do it now. I think that would be great. Up to now there has never been a monolingual (Webster's-type) dictionary of any signed language. Creating one would be a monumental undertaking, but it would be nearly impossible without using some sort of writing system. -- -Angus B. Grieve-Smith Linguistics Department University of New Mexico |
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