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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed Feb 3, 1999 4:52 am Subject: Re: About Sign Dic... | |
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>Concerning Sign Dictionaries - > >Perhaps I've just been unfortunate as I've never seen one which is NOT a >bilingual (Signs to English/English to Signs, etc.). Perhaps a dictionary of >Sign Language giving the definitions of the words in Sign Language would be >worthwile? > >Feel free to post to list. > >Sincerely, >William J. "Chip" McGruder >Monterey, California __________________________________ Hi Chip - Yes...an ASL dictionary, written in ASL with no spoken language could definitely be done. We worked for years on a dictionary with no spoken language in the entire dictionary - it was a bilingual dictionary between American and Danish Sign Language. Here is information on this work from our web site: SignWriting Publications 1981-1989 https://www.SignWriting.org/hist006.html 1983-1984 SignWriting Bilingual Dictionary Project The Danish Sign Language-American Sign Language, American Sign Language-Danish Sign Language Dictionary written in SignWriting. If this dictionary had been completed, it would truly have been historic. There was no spoken language in the dictionary. Everything was written in two languages, Danish Sign Language and American Sign Language, including the foreword and introduction. The work was compiled by Karen Albertsen, Annegrethe Pedersen and others at the Deaf Center For Total Communication in Copenhagen, Denmark, collaborating with Valerie Sutton and her team in the USA. The work was halted when it became apparent that a typing program for SignWriting was greatly needed. Writing the whole dictionary by hand with ink pens and transfer sheets became too much work. The SignWriter Computer Program could easily type the dictionary now, and someday, with funding, the DAC hopes to start the bilingual dictionary project again. 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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