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From:
Charles Butler Date: Thu Nov 15, 2001 4:57 am Subject: Re: Brackets to represent phrases with the same non-manual markers | |
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In my dictionary, I would put the facial expression by itself with brackets [] to indicate "this facial expression can be used for "negation" on a phrase, or equivalent notes. Else, I put facial expressions AFTER hand shape, orientation, rotation, location, movement, and speed. ----- Original Message ----- From: Stuart Thiessen To: Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:33 AM Subject: Brackets to represent phrases with the same non-manual markers > I am curious what others think of this convention of writing. It makes > sense to me. Would it still make sense if it were written > vertically? Another question is how would this affect searching for a > sign? If I wanted to search for an sign that has the INTENSE facial > expression or TOPIC facial expression, how would that work? Would we need > to define a different "layer" to be searched for these kind of expressions > which affect more than one sign? > > Thanks, > > Stuart > > At 20:37 11/08/2001 +0100, you wrote: > >Hi, everybody! > > > >Also, as you may know, we use brackets here to represent when whole phrases > >use the same facial expression. So rather than have to read a head shaking > >over every sign in the whole phrase, we put a beginning bracket with the > >head shaking and then a close bracket at the end. Cognitively this is a bit > >more accurate anyway--negation is often an element of the phrase, not the > >individual sign. I'll attach here part of a text with some examples in > >Spanish SL. > > > >Have a super day! > >Steve :-) > >---------------------- > > > > > > > Stuart Thiessen > 4616 Hickman > Des Moines, IA 50310 > |
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