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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Val, Maria and
friends, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>looking at my old files
about lipreading I found this kind of files: animated Mouthing – can you understand?
They say “WAS?” </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(What?) and
“ Wie viele?” ( How many) ..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Stefan ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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sw-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:sw-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Im Auftrag von </span></b>Valer</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>ie S</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>utton<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Gesendet:</span></b> Sonntag, 21. September
2008 17:45<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>An:</span></b> SignWriting List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Betreff:</span></b> Re: [sw-l] Mouth Patterns</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>SignWriting List<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>September 21, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Sep 21, 2008, at 6:11 AM, MARIA AZZOPARDI wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I'm trying to figure out the exact mouth patterns for the signwriting<br>
symbols.<br>
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Is there by any chance a list of the signwriting mouth patterns with the<br>
corresponding phonetic alphabet (IPA) letters that match the signwriting<br>
symbols? Or perhaps photos/illustrations of the mouth patterns produced by<br>
the signer with the correspoinding signwriting symbols?<br>
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Many thanks,<br>
Maria<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>----------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hello Maria and Stefan!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thank you for your message above, Maria, and I am happy to see that
Stefan has already answered you at length...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Let me try to explain it with English terminology...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>If I make any mistakes, Stefan, please tell me...It would be great to
get good terminology in English for your developments...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>A few years back, I asked Stefan to find a name for his invention and
we decided that in English, we would call it Woehrmann's SpeechWriting. In
German, Stefan calls it Mundbildschrift.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Did you know about Woehrmann's SpeechWriting?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Stefan took the basic SignWriting mouth symbols, and then developed
them further, inventing a system for writing the mouth patterns of German
speech, using an extended set of symbols...it is very exciting because some of
Stefan's students are actually learning to speak German words better, because
of his amazing SpeechWriting development.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Stefan also differentiates between SpeechWriting, and Mouthing...the
movements of the mouth while signing...when signers mouth the way a word would
be said, while they are using Sign Language...I believe Stefan calls this
Mundbilder in German....is this correct, Stefan?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>And then there is a third set of mouth movements that are connected to
native Sign Languages of the Deaf...that are not based on any spoken
language...like "PAH" and other mouth positions we all know...based
on the grammatical needs of sign languages...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>So there are three kinds of writing the mouth:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>1. SpeechWriting....or....Mundbildschrift in German<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>2. Mouthing.....or....Mundbilder in German<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>3. Sign Language mouth movements based on grammar....what is that in
German?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Anyway, no matter what..there are three kinds! ;-))<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>And number 2 and 3 above are in the ISWA...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Regarding more instruction for the ISWA symbols, including Facial
Expressions, we have started a new place to learn the ISWA...it is still under
construction, but you might want to look now...someday there will be photos or
other illustrations to help you learn the symbols...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>ISWA 2008 Symbol Lessons<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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href="http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/iswa/">http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/iswa/</a></span></font></span><font
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>You can also access the above page
from the Lessons area:</span></font></span><font size=1 face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>SignWriting Lessons</span></font></span><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Val ;-)</span></font></span><font
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