<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<div>May 8, 2008</div><div><br><div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div>On May 8, 2008, at 3:22 PM, aia07r wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">I have a few questions about Sutton SignWriting that I hope you can answer.<span> </span>How many articulating parts does Sutton include, and what are they?<span> </span>Also, does Sutton consider most of the possible movement for each part?<span> </span></span></blockquote><div><br></div></span></blockquote><br></div><div>Now I have a question. What do you mean by "articulating parts"?</div><div><br></div><div>The International SignWriting Alphabet (the ISWA 2008), which is going to be released in a month or so, has 7 Symbol Categories and 30 Symbol Groups...You can see that Category 3 is Face and Head, Category 4 is Body, meaning shoulders, hips, torso and limbs...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">ISWA 2008</span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 1: Hands</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 2: Movement</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 3: Face Head</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 4: Body</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 5: Dynamics</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 6: Punctuation</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 7: Advanced Sorting</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 1: Hands</span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 01: Index</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 02: Index Middle</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 03: Index Middle Thumb</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 04: 4 Fingers</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 05: 5 Fingers</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 06: Baby Finger</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 07: Ring Finger</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 08: Middle Finger</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 09: Index Thumb</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 10: Thumb</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 2: Movement</span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 11: Contact</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 12: Finger Movement</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 13: Straight Wall Plane</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 14: Straight Diagonal Plane</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 15: Straight Floor Plane</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 16: Curves Wall Plane</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 17: Curves Hit Wall Plane</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 18: Curves Hit Floor Plane</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 19: Curves Floor Plane</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 20: Circular Movement</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 3: Faces & Head</span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 21: Brow, Eyes, Eyegaze</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 22: Cheeks Ears Nose Breath</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 23: Mouth Lips</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 24: Tongue Teeth Chin Neck</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 25: Head</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 4: Body</span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 26: Shoulders Hips Torso</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 27: Limbs</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 5: Dynamics</span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 28: Dynamics & Timing</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 6: Punctuation</span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 29: Punctuation</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; min-height: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Category 7: Advanced Sorting</span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Group 30: Detailed Location</span></font></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>