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Valerie Sutton Date: Thu Jan 14, 1999 7:16 am Subject: Re: Notation Systems | ||||||||
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>> Actually, no. This list was set up for discussion of SignWriting >>specifically. It would be up to the list owner, Valerie Sutton, whether >>or not to extend the list to comparative discussion of writing systems for >>sign. >Right, I did not know this... I thought it was open to any sort of >discussion concerning the writing of signs. But never mind :-) >Susanne >Universität Hamburg __________________________ January 13, 1999 La Jolla, California 23 o'clock (grin) Hi Susanne! Sorry I did not get to answering your messages sooner. I was in a meeting tonight with our computer programmer until 10:00 pm (22 o'clock). It is now 11:00 at night here in San Diego...It must be seven or eight in the morning in Germany, the next day!! So good morning - ha! Yes, Angus is correct that the SignWriting List is focused on the use of SignWriting, which is a trademarked name for "Sutton SignWriting", a part of Sutton Movement Writing. But that does not mean that we cannot discuss other writing systems occasionally, just as long as we don't stray toooooo far off the SignWriting focus. This is a list for Sutton SignWriting generally. And of course, other systems are of interest to many people, and I have always had admiration for the HamNoSys system, so please feel welcome on the SignWriting List! The SignWriting List is a donation to our group from Humber College in Ontario, Canada. The first owner of the SignWriting List is Paul Cowley, who donates his time to running the LISTSERVE software. Paul is the technician behind the scenes, and I, as the "second owner" run the discussions. It is a wonderful gift we have been handed. The other day I was thinking that...while I was working with my guests ...the SignWriting List members were discussing linguistics and Chinese and SignWriting and bilingualism..and so many fascinating subjects - and none of you had to wait for me to post it! So we are all very lucky indeed. But back to the subject of other systems. The other day I was talking with a linguist, and the linguist used this term....SignWriting is a "practical orthography", and HamNoSys and other systems are "linguistic orthographies". So we discussed this together, and I think that is an interesting way to describe the differences. Would you say that is a good way to describe it? Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton at the DAC Deaf Action Committee for SW SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||
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