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Valerie Sutton Date: Tue Feb 8, 2000 1:38 pm Subject: Re: Question on Handshapes | ||||||||
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>Val, you quoted someone as saying: >I'm in the middle of transcribing material in Jordanian Sign >Language (LIU = "lughat ul-'ishaarat il-'urduniyya"), and have run >into a handshape which I have not found in the SW material. It is a >tight fist, with the tip of the index finger touching the inside of >the thumb knuckle. If you look at the thumb side of the hand, it >resembles a written "9" -- which is good, since it is a signed >number "9" in LIU, as well as a fingerspelled letter "waw". > >Val - > I'm wondering if your response might possibly have missed the >mark. I think when the person wrote: "with the tip of the index >finger touching the inside of the thumb knuckle" that they might >have meant that the index finger is no longer part of the tight >fist, but rather partially opened, and its tip is contacting the >inner part of the outermost knuckle. I know what the Arabic letter >"waw" looks like, and that's what leads me to believe that it's not >just the thumb that is pointing forward, but that the index is also >partially opened. > So, is there a symbol for this particular handshape? > Love, > - Wayne ---------------------------------------- SignWriting List February 8, 2000 I see, Wayne. Thanks for pointing that out. I still would not read it that way, since the number 6 and 9 in Brazilian Sign Language are also trying to show the picture of a 6 or 9 in the air..however I certainly do not know the fingerspelling letter "waw" - that is for sure! There is no problem writing the new handshape you mention. There are specific rules as to how each handshape is constructed. I will write a second email message with an attachment showing the new handshape. Thanks for the info, Wayne - Val ;-) | ||||||||
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