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"Angus B. Grieve-Smith" Date: Mon Aug 20, 2001 12:26 am Subject: Re: Mexican sign for Mexico | |
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Valerie Sutton wrote: > The first one is touching the nose and then rotating in place with no > traveling of the arm. > The second one touches the nose too, but travels forward in an arc > down and under and forward. I can place a brush on that if you wish. > The third touches the forehead...smile...what should I do? I'll be interested to read the feedback from Nancy's native speaker friends, but here's my thoughts: 1) Normally there isn't much movement from the elbow, but if the second version that you wrote is vague about how much movement is involved, I'd support that one. 2) Since signs tend to move away from the middle of the face over the years, I'd guess that the version touching the forehead would be considered "casual" or "slang." But it may be accepted by now. 3) The contact is definitely brushing, not tapping, even on the version that touches the forehead. 4) If I remember right, the dip down is relatively slight. Does the movement arrow that I chose imply a deep dip? If so, we might want to use another arrow. -- -Angus B. Grieve-Smith Linguistics Department University of New Mexico |
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