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Mark Penner Date: Fri Jan 8, 1999 3:09 am Subject: Re: actors | |
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At 09:56 01/07/99 -0800, you wrote: > Our remaining question was, is Signwriting a different "type" of writing > system? I think so; here's why; > > To a large extent Chinese uses word based writing--every word has a > unique symbol. At first glance SW looks like that. But the SW symbol for > any word is a combination of parts; handshapes, movement arrows, maybe > faces, shoulders...ect. Those same parts combine and recombine in various > ways the same as the letters of an alphabet or syllabary. they are the > units to look at, rather than the entire symbol. etc. Great analysis, Joe. I copied this and saved it in a file for later reference. Mark Mark and Mary Esther Penner Tokyo, Japan https://www.deaf.or.jp/vibi/ |
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