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Valerie Sutton Date: Fri Jan 11, 2002 4:03 pm Subject: Re: Questions for a Notation Comparisons Study | ||||||||
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>Susanne Bentele wrote: >>* Does the large number of symbols seem to have an effect (i.e. >>negative) on learnability or readability? SignWriting List January 11, 2002 Val's answer: No. Quantity of symbols, or the lack thereof, does not influence readability. Readability and learnability, when it comes to Sign Language Literacy, is based on the visual nature of the writing system matching the visual nature of the Sign Language being written. So regarding our success with deaf students reading Sign Language literature fluently (as they do!)....it is due to the fact that SignWriting looks like Sign Language...and has nothing to do with how many symbols there are... -- 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 Movement & Gesture Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA tel: 858-456-0098....fax: 858-456-0020 | ||||||||
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