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<P>Hello,</P>
<P>I think our main goal is to gather information, exchange thoughts and experiences about working with SignWriting. </P>
<P>While visiting Stefan in Germany, Sara and I discovered that there are many rules and issues to be discussed about Spelling of SW and how to use it in educating Deaf children (and adults?) </P>
<P>Sharing information and experience, developing good software programs and wondering what linguistic issues need to be discussed. Not alone, but in a group :)</P>
<P>Hope this helps out a little.</P>
<P>Greetings Kathleen<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: "Valerie Sutton" <sutton@signwriting.org>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
<DIV></DIV>>To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: [sw-l] SignWriting Symposium ...question for organizing committee...
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:07:34 -0700
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<DIV></DIV>>SignWriting List
<DIV></DIV>>April 19, 2005
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<DIV></DIV>>Dear Organizing Committee for the SignWriting Symposium...
<DIV></DIV>>Please answer the question below, from the reporter Cathy
<DIV></DIV>>Hefferman...
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<DIV></DIV>>>What does the European Symposium set out to achieve?
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<DIV></DIV>>There is a deadline for the magazine article, so please post the
<DIV></DIV>>answer to this List...Many thanks!
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<DIV></DIV>>Val ;-)
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<DIV></DIV>>On Apr 19, 2005, at 10:18 AM, Cathy H wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>>>Hello
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<DIV></DIV>>>My name is Cathy Heffernan and I am the editor of SIGNMatters, the
<DIV></DIV>>>British Deaf Association's monthly magazine. We are doing a feature
<DIV></DIV>>>on SignWriting in the June edition and I'd really appreciate it if
<DIV></DIV>>>some of you could take the time to answer some of the below
<DIV></DIV>>>questions. Any other comments would be very welcome and if anyone
<DIV></DIV>>>is interested in writing something for the feature themselves, just
<DIV></DIV>>>get in touch.
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<DIV></DIV>>>SignWriting - questions
<DIV></DIV>>>what it is for
<DIV></DIV>>>why it was developed
<DIV></DIV>>>how it was developed
<DIV></DIV>>>who uses it and why
<DIV></DIV>>>is SignWriting linked to a particular sign language (like BSL, ASL)
<DIV></DIV>>>or is it the same world-over?
<DIV></DIV>>>Does SignWriting follow the same grammatical word order and
<DIV></DIV>>>phoenetic sequence as whatever sign language it represents?
<DIV></DIV>>>Is SignWriting only suitable in certain situations or can it be
<DIV></DIV>>>used to, say, write an email?
<DIV></DIV>>>What does the European Symposium set out to achieve?
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<DIV></DIV>>>As I am working to deadline I would really appreciate it if you can
<DIV></DIV>>>email back by the end of this week or mid-next week.
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<DIV></DIV>>>Hope to hear from you soon!
<DIV></DIV>>>Best regards
<DIV></DIV>>>Cathy Heffernan
<DIV></DIV>>>Editor
<DIV></DIV>>>SIGNMatters
<DIV></DIV>>>British Deaf Association
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