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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed Oct 3, 2001 2:12 pm Subject: Re: Sign-Symbol -Sequence here: variation | |
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>Can you give me a hint - What does "variation" of any given sign mean ?? >Can you show an example ? SignWriting List October 3, 2001 Dear SW List and Stefan - Thank you for this question. Variations in SymbolBank refer to minute differences in symbol construction...I have not listed any variations on the web yet, because I am still busy just trying to do the GIFs for the most used symbols, which are all variation one...the SymbolBank will expand as time permits, and someday there will be variations listed as well. I have my own terminology specific to SignWriting. I know others use different terms...but for SignWriting, we use these term definitions: 1. a "symbol" is similar to one letter in the Roman alphabet (when writing spoken languages). A symbol has no meaning, other than to describe the way something looks or moves. 2. a "sign" - is like a "word" (when writing spoken languages)...A sign is a "group of SW symbols"...just like a word is a group of alphabetic letters.... so: SymbolBank is only a listing of all the symbols in Sutton Movement Writing... The Sign Symbol Sequence is not talking about "signs", but instead "symbols". It is the order that the symbols are placed, when sorting dictionaries in SignWriting. In regards to the term "variation"... Obviously signs can have variations, in different dialects of signed languages... But when using the term "variation" in SymbolBank, we are talking about differences in the way one symbol is written... For example, a variation of a hand symbol can be a tiny minute difference in the amount of bending done...for example....take the symbol that is used for the letter X in many fingerspelling systems...imagine if we wanted to write a minute difference in the way that handshape bent its finger...making one finger open more or close more...those variations can be written in SignWriting, but they are more for researchers, and so I will add them last to the SymbolBank... Sorry for my long response! I am done over 1000 gifs this week, and I get dizzy from it - ha! Val ;-) |
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