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<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Val,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>We
were talking about symbol synonyms, not sign synonyms.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
two signs you showed illustrated the same movement with different symbols.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
white palm to the side facing the chect (01-05-011-01-01-03) of the first
sign is a synonym symbol with the palm to chest overhead view
(01-05-011-01-05-03).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Another example with the same symbol. Palm half filled
(01-05-011-01-02-03) is a synonym to palm all black with a gap
(01-05-011-01-06-03). I'll include pictures later.... So it looks
like fill 1 is sometimes equivalent to fill 5. And fill 2 can be the same
as fill 6. For this symbol anyways...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>These
symbol synonyms are used for alternate sign construction.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
think...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=877345117-29042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Steve</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Valerie
Sutton<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 29, 2005 1:33 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [sw-l] Are SignSpellings
really synonyms?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>SignWriting List<BR>April 29,
2004<BR><BR>Stephen Slevinski wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>How many IMWA symbol synonyms are there anyway? I've know about
them, but<BR>never really researched this aspect of the
IMWA.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Hello Everyone, Stuart, Stefan and Stephen
-<BR>Thanks for this interesting message...Actually I think we should be
careful about assuming these are synonyms...I am not so sure that is true.
These are different spellings of exactly the same sign...<BR><BR>Let me give
you an example in English:<BR><BR>color<BR>colour<BR><BR>Both are the same
word. The second spelling is used more in Great Britain. The first spelling is
commonly used in the US...But I read both as the same word...<BR><BR>Is that a
synonym? I looked synonym up in a dictionary and it said it was:<BR><BR><?fontfamily><?param Lucida Grande><?bigger>-----<BR><BR>synonym<?/bigger><?x-tad-smaller>
<BR>n : two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be
synonymous relative to that context [syn: <?/x-tad-smaller><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEEE><?x-tad-smaller>equivalent
word<?/x-tad-smaller><?/color><?x-tad-smaller>]<BR><BR><?/x-tad-smaller><?/fontfamily>----------<BR><BR>but
that is not a different spelling....They are talking about two completely
different words that mean the same thing...<BR><BR>In the beginning of writing
English, centuries ago, there were multiple spellings for different words, and
over time, through a natural evolution, one or two became the norm...I believe
that is what is happening with SignWriting...and that is fine. Let it
evolve!!<BR><BR>Can Stuart give us an example of a synonym in ASL?...can you
write both signs in SignPuddle please, Stuart, and then show them to
us...smile?<BR><BR>Val ;-)</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>