QUESTION ASL signs for Next, Previous

Tini Pel tinipel at ONLINK.NET
Wed Nov 19 01:59:19 UTC 2003


I have learned those signs mentioned below, as well from a deaf person here,
Valerie,- "before" and "after" or "previous and" next"
Tini.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG>
To: <SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: QUESTION ASL signs for Next, Previous


> SignWriting List
> November 18, 2003
>
> Ingvild Roald in Norway wrote:
> > I don't know about ASL, but in NSL you would need to be on the same
> > time-line for the two.....
>
>
> Dear SW List, and Ingvild!
> Thank you for this explanation about Norwegian Sign Language...That is
> very interesting...And you are right, that there needs to be a
> connection between the two signs, no matter what signed language...(see
> attached GIF)...
>
> For those new on the SW List, I know it can be confusing to realize
> that I am not an expert in ASL. The invention of SignWriting was not
> based on a prior knowledge to any signed language...When I first
> invented SignWriting in Denmark in 1974, I did not know any signed
> language myself. I wrote the movements of Danish signs from videotape.
> And then later, when I moved back to the US and started working with
> signing Deaf people, I made a rule for myself...that even though I can
> certainly communicate with ASL signers, that does not mean that I am an
> expert in ASL myself...So, for the sake of the writing system, and for
> the sake of preserving ASL properly, I always ask Deaf people who know
> ASL well, to tell me the grammar issues...
>
> And I know you do the same in Norway, Ingvild, which is the way it
> should be...
>
> By the way, I can "guess" as a hearing person, what may be the case in
> ASL...but I am not sure...take a look at the attached GIF...I believe I
> have seen this signed this way before...but I am not sure...
>
>
>


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