SignWriting List Forum| Message 2811 | Previous | Next [ Up Thread ] | Message Index |
|
SignWriting List Forum |
|||
|
|
From:
Wayne in Maine Date: Mon Feb 14, 2000 12:14 pm Subject: Question about A-dot handshape | ||||||||||||
|
I'm having trouble deciding how to write various TSL signs which employ the "a-dot" handshape, i.e. the a-handshape with the thumb fully extended to the side. Perhaps I'm reading the charts wrong, but it seems that when the thumb is actually pointing to the right, as in the gesture for thumbing a ride, the symbol has the thumb sticking out of the top of the symbol. In "refuse", again it's sticking out of the top of the symbol, although the thumb is actually pointing back. Same goes for "drunk" where the thumb is pointing left, but the symbol still had the thumb on top. Am I interpreting this right? or am I free to turn the symbol for the a-dot handshape around as I have done in two of the cases below. The rotated symbols "feel" more natural to me, i.e. they "look more like" the handshape as I'm perceiving it, but am I breaking a SW rule by doing this? I also have trouble with this when the a-dot handshape is parallel with the floor. How would you write, e.g., ASL "help"? I'm not sure I've made this clear. I may try another GIF file with a particular TSL example. - Wayne | ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
