SignWriting sorts by handshape, movement symbols, facial expressions...

[Valerie Sutton]

> On Sep 27, 2007, at 8:45 AM, Grushkin, Donald A wrote:
>> .....orientation <a> is not found before
>> orientation <b>, and so on and so forth, so that one could  
>> conceivably
>> "alphabetize" all the signs in the lexicon?

Don - I am sorry I forgot to mention in my previous post, that the  
Sign-Symbol-Sequence sorts, not only by the handshape, but also by  
the palm orientation, and the angle of the hand...so it is a very  
detailed sequencing, yet easy-to-find the symbols because all the  
palm orientation and angles are in a logical sequence for the  
user...I am working on a dictionary with 2000 signs right now, and  
enjoying the sorting process...

Also, in the past we have worked on dictionaries that have no spoken  
language at all...they are bi-lingual between two signed  
languages...and all is sorted by SSS...

Val ;-)
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