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"Angus B. Grieve-Smith" Date: Sun Aug 19, 2001 1:09 pm Subject: Re: sw symbols for the different countries _ here : Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
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> The "mime" of the sign Mexico is of a "serape" being thrown around the > shoulders and clasped in front. This is a good explanation of the articulation of this sign, Charles. But I didn't realize that this sign was on the Web page; it doesn't correspond to what little Mexican Sign Language I know. In ASL, I'm used to seeing the sign for "Spanish" used to mean "hispanic" (i.e. from a Spanish-speaking country) but I hadn't seen this variant used for "Mexico." The sign that I was taught to use for "Mexico" is the third one in the attached gif. When I took Mexican Sign Language classes, we were taught to use the fourth sign that I have written in the gif. I'm not sure I'm writing the right thing: the fingertips brush the top of the tip of the nose, and move outward. The movement is all from the wrist: the arm stays stationary unless the signer wants to make a "big" movement. I've also seen a variant made at the forehead, but I don't think that that is "citation form." -- -Angus B. Grieve-Smith Linguistics Department University of New Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
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