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Joe Martin Date: Thu Jul 2, 1998 1:27 am Subject: chironomy | ||||||||||||||||
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Charles; Hi; I like that term chironomy. Oxford English Dict. just says it means the science of gesture...as in oratory. If we extend its meaning to include natural languages like ASL, then what do we call...(the original meaning)? Do you have a detailed reference for that word? Either way seems a stretch; the Kodaly method uses a gesture system, only very arguably a "language," so "chironomy" needs be extended to include natural languages like ASL. On the other hand, if talking about SignWriting as a notational system, since we are talking about writing, (-graphy meaning writing and all) maybe chirography would be a better choice? Maybe...Chironomy written either by chirography or computer? (primary signed languages like ASL, NSL, written by hand or PC.) .....or maybe not (~_~). Joe Martin _------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Charles Butler wrote: > The proper term is cheironomy, not cheirography. Cheirography is > handwriting, cheironomy is gesture language (as the word was used in the > 14th century). The word now means a gesture system indicating a musical > chant (such as the Kodali hand-sign system for solfeggio singing). So a > cheironomic alphabet is Sign Writing. Kodali would be a specific > application of cheironomy. > | ||||||||||||||||
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