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Valerie Sutton Date: Sun Jan 31, 1999 11:44 pm Subject: Re: About Sign Dic... | ||||||||
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From: Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:37:22 EST To: SignWriting List Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: About Sign Dic... Valerie, I hope you find this information of value. When learning Japanese, including the Chinese characters used, I discovered a wonderfully easy to use and coherent dictionary written by an American, Jack Halpern. This dictionary used a new system of organizing the characters, which are basically pictures. Mr. Halpern's term is "Simplified Kanji Inexing by Patter" or SKIP. The ISBN is 4-7674-9040-5. Basically, all the characters are divided into one of four pattern types and from there into two other subdivisions. Out of over 3500 characters listed in this dictionary, one can find an unfamiliar character in less than 30 seconds; much quicker than finding a word in an English/English dictionary. It doesn't matter if the person using the dictionary can read, or even speak, Japanese. The idea is the Symbol is ordered by the Pattern. I mention this to you because, after seeing that incredibly outstanding effort's screenshot of the SignDic recently posted, I think maybe ordering the Signs by patterns might be reasonable. As a first suggestion, perhaps dividing the Signs into 1) Static/Fluid 2) Either Hand/Left Hand/Right Hand/Both Hands 3) Other Body Parts 4) Speed of Sign 5) I can't think of any others but I'm sure the rest of y'all can. Feel free to post this and send to the List. Sincerely, William J. "Chip" McGruder Monterey, California ______________________________________________ Valerie ':-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton at the DAC Deaf Action Committee for SW SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||
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