<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<DIV>June 19, 2005</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Bill Reese wrote:<DIV>....For instance, the following is an entry in an english dictionary for "pronunciation." How could this be done in SignWriting?<BR> <BR> Main Entry: <B>pro·nun·ci·a·tion</B> <BR> Pronunciation: <TT>pr&-"n&n(t)-sE-'A-sh&n <I>also </I>÷-"naun(t)-</TT><BR> Function: <I>noun</I><BR> Etymology: Middle English <I>pronunciacion, </I>from Middle French <I>prononciation, </I>from Latin <I>pronuntiation-, pronuntiatio, </I>from <I>pronuntiare</I><BR> <B>:</B> the act or manner of pronouncing something<BR> - <B>pro·nun·ci·a·tion·al</B> /<TT>-shn&l, -sh&-n<SUP>&</SUP>l</TT>/ <I>adjective</I></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-----------------------------------</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Bill - This is a great question!</DIV><DIV>Ha...I am new to this too...but for now, regarding the detailed and the simplified...examples are clear in this attachment...see number 4..it is very very detailed...but in your entry above there are not only detailed and simplified spellings, but also a definition about the English word described in English, and we have the equivalent definitions written in ASL about ASL starting in SignBank now, thanks to Deaf contributor Adam Frost, who is writing the ASL definitions for us...so the layout style of the dictionary has to be determined by the editors of that dictioinary, and then create a standard throughout the book...SignBank is the closest we have to that idea right now...I can share some of this with you tomorrow - Thanks for your input... Val ;-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN><IMG src="cid:57AE4FD6-7EDB-40D1-9691-34A9C35B3962@local"></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>