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Bill Reese Date: Tue Jun 19, 2001 3:39 pm Subject: Re: "ABC Stories" in ASL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Val, In my area (Florida, USA), the ABC stories are told using every fingerspelling letter - starting with "a" and ending with "z." There's a smooth transition in the story from letter to letter. Bill Valerie Sutton wrote: > Lorraine wrote: > >>> I am wondering if everyone on the list, in particular those from > >>>other countries, know what I mean by an ABC story and if there is > >>>such a thing in other sign languages? Basically, one uses only > >>>the handshapes of the letters of the alphabet to tell a story. The > >>>stories are quite creative and amusing.... <<< > > SignWriting List > June 19, 2001 > > Wonderful idea, Lorraine, to preserve the ABC stories for future > generations by writing them in SignWriting.... > > The ASL "ABC stories" use the letters of one language (English), to > stimulate storytelling in another language (ASL)... > > The Deaf storyteller takes the handshape for the letter "A" in > American fingerspelling, and then creates an ASL story based around > the A handshape. So every sign is using the A hand in the entire > story. Then the next story is only using the "B" handshape...but it > is not used in a fingerspelling context, but instead in signs that > happen to use the B handshape naturally in ASL.... > > Linguists could study the ABC stories for a long time, and still not > capture all the nuances... > > We look forward to reading your work, Lorraine! > > -- > > Val ;-> > > ----------------------------- > > Valerie Sutton > > > SignWritingSite: > https://www.SignWriting.org > > SignWriting List Archives: > https://groups.yahoo.com/group/sw-l/ > > To post a message to the SW List: > | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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