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Val,<br>
The things you quote me on.... :-)<br>
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I like the comparisons with spoken language dictionaries. On Page 4
you talk about Sign-Syllables and also "clusters" of signs. Are these
clusters the same as the syllables? Also, in the description of the
Sign-Symbol-Sequence, you mention "visual unit." Is this the complete
"sign", which, communicates a concept? The second paragraph of
Sign-Symbol-Sequence looked difficult to write. Some of my confusion
with it seems to be from not understanding what a visual unit is.
Also, some spoken languages are written right to left or top to bottom
or bottom to top, yet that is with the complete "word" or "character" -
which I'm assuming to be the same as a "sign". Within each word or
character, some spoken languages aren't written in a linear sequence. <br>
<br>
Bill<br>
<br>
Valerie Sutton wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="midDBCF35ED-4A28-11D8-B68F-000A959F2614@signwriting.org">SignWriting
List
<br>
January 18, 2004
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<br>
Dear SW List Members:
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<br>
I am happy to announce a new posting:
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<br>
SignSpelling Guidelines 2004
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.SignBank.org/symbolbank">http://www.SignBank.org/symbolbank</a>
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<br>
This is an improved version of an older document. I posted half of it a
<br>
few days ago, but now there are 20 pages in this new PDF document.
<br>
Thanks to Ingvild, and others on the SignWriting List, we had a long
<br>
discussion about SignSpellings in SignBank. I have taken Ingvild's
<br>
advice, and have simplified the spellings so that they always look-up
<br>
by handshape...So now I am asking for your feedback again...I hope at
<br>
least a few of you can download the document and read it and then
<br>
report to the List what you think...
<br>
<br>
Bill Reese's wonderful comment about pronunciation markers is still in
<br>
there - Thank you Bill!!
<br>
<br>
And I have for the first time, described the difference between a
<br>
SignSpelling (SS) and the Sign-Symbol-Sequence (SSS), which are two
<br>
different things...
<br>
<br>
So please download and get back to us - Many thanks for your
<br>
feedback... Val ;-)
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