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Valerie Sutton Date: Sat Aug 11, 2001 3:41 pm Subject: Re: forming own writing conventions | |
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Helen Stickney wrote: >Perhaps I should be in contact more, because it seems that James, >Anselmo, and I have begun forming our own writing conventions for >tricky signs (perhaps I can share a few examples when I have time to >attempt making a SignWriting GIF). Stefan in Germany wrote: >Well it would be soooo interesting to study the reasons for different >SW-styles in the world - if they really show up. Do you really need >different movement descriptions in different countries? SignWriting List August 11, 2001 Hello Everyone! Thank you Helen and Stefan, for this discussion. I too wanted to discuss this issue. Although it is natural for different writing conventions to develop in different countries, I believe through the SignWriting List, we have the opportunity to create a more unified writing system... After all...There are not many writing systems historically, that developed while communicating on the internet! And so through the internet we might be able to discuss these issues and come to some common conclusions. The reason, historically, that other writing systems had different conventions, is partly do to the fact that people did not have contact with others around the world. Without radio, TV, ttys and computers, previous generations would not know how other people were writing in other countries...so the isolation created different writing conventions. One historic example of this.... some of the special letters of the Roman alphabet used in the Scandinavian spoken languages....the Danes, for example, use a special symbol in their Roman alphabet that does not exist in some other languages...They write with an "o" with a slash through it...So everytime a person is discussing a Danish spelling (with someone outside of Scandinavia), that special symbol has to be explained to the other person...so the Scandinavian writing conventions are not used in other parts of Europe. Now, if 500 years ago, the Scandinavians were on the internet...who knows?! Maybe that symbol would have become standard throughout all of Europe! Ha ;-) So...Helen...yes...please send us examples of some of your writing...creating GIFs would be great...but you can also make a JPEG, or send us a SGN file, or a PDF file, and then someone else can create GIFs for you...that way we can start the process... I know there are several symbols used in Nicaragua that are different, so I think it would be wise to discuss them...James told me briefly about a couple, but our meeting was so brief that there was no time to discuss those issues. And Anselmo asked me how to write certain facial expressions, and signs that are in front of the face...but I never got a chance to explain....too bad! Maybe we can do it now.... -- Val ;-> ----------------------------- Valerie Sutton ....visit the... SignWritingSite https://www.SignWriting.org Read & Write Sign Languages SignBankSite https://www.SignBank.org Sign Language Dictionaries DanceWritingSite https://www.DanceWriting.org Read & Write Dance MovementWritingSite https://www.MovementWriting.org Read & Write All Movement Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA phone: 858-456-0098....fax: 858-456-0020 |
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