Hoi,<br>Only with acronyms there is a need for transparency. When the codes are just codes there is no such need.<br>Thanks,<br> Gerard<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Lorraine Leeson
</b> <<a href="mailto:leesonl@gmail.com">leesonl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">But why do the acronyms need to be transparent?? This doesn't seem to
<br>be a necessary condition of naming!<br><br>Lorraine<br><br><br><br>On 04/09/07, Mark A. Mandel <<a href="mailto:mamandel@ldc.upenn.edu">mamandel@ldc.upenn.edu</a>> wrote:<br>> The trouble with abbreviations derived from the spoken language of the
<br>> country where the SL is used is that they are opaque outside of that country<br>> or spoken language. BII, NGT, LSF... They have little or no mnemonic value.<br>><br>> I don't see that it's necessary to stick with purely initial three-letter
<br>> abbreviations just because three letters were enough to distinguish the<br>> first few SLs that were scientifically studied: ASL, BSL (both from<br>> English-speaking countries), FSL, and OFSL (abbreviated in English by the
<br>> English-speaking linguists).<br>><br>> What would be so bad about IndSL, IndonSL, IrSL, IsrSL, and so on?<br>><br>> m a m<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> SLLING-L mailing list
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