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From:
Akehurst Date: Fri Aug 27, 1999 1:14 pm Subject: SWLProject | ||||||||
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Hi Valerie, nice to be getting back 'in harness' and wanted to comment on your notes (before I get toooo far behind again...) I was having trouble determining "which" facial expressions were absolutely mandatory, and which were just "a nice addition". But based on what you said...I can continue to enjoy transcribing videotapes of ASL, and if I feel a facial expression is valuable I can write it without fear that the document can't be read. I think this is exactly right, Valerie. I'm thinking people WILL be writing SW like that. Their personalities and personal preferences will come through (as with other written languages). Some are so exact, every grammatical rule respected, etc. - others just jot down the bare necessities to make themselves understood. That's what makes it all so 'alive' and it's exciting to see SW going through those same motions. The real issue, of course, is establishing rules on which facial expressions are "mandatory" to write - and that is a linguistic question that may have different answers depending on the signed language being written... I agree. I think the sheer passage of time and experience with SW will help us with this question. Darline Clark-Gunsauls' Cinderella three-quarters ready to be published....and Humpty Dumpty...would those two pieces of literature be of interest to your students? Send at will! Thanks, Valerie :) all the best, Kathy Akehurst Private Tutor Ontario, Canada | ||||||||
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