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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello Rachel, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>just want you to know that you are very welcome to
contact me and to inform me about the details. I can imagine that there is a
good chance to support you in this project. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Best wishes <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Stefan ;-) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dr. Harry van der Hulst from the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Connecticut</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and I are writing<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>a grant application for a project that will expand the current SignTyp<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>crosslinguistic database (</span><a
href="http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/signtyp/downloads/"><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/signtyp/downloads/</span></a></font><span
lang=EN-GB>) and<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>add SignWriting. The goal is to create videotapes of signs of different<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>languages and SignWriting transcriptions of these videotapes. The results of<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>this work will be web-based dictionaries for each sign language as well as a<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>research database. Each dictionary will include pictorial descriptions of<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>the concept, SignWriting transcriptions and glosses in both English and the<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>language spoken in the same area as the sign language, and records for<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>SignTyp, the research database. The project should therefore provide<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>material which will be useful to deaf people, to students of the language,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>and to researchers. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>We are looking for people who could find and videotape native signers of<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>various languages. We would provide a word list (mostly as pictures), and<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>we would be able to pay something to you and to the person being videotaped.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>If you are interested or would like more information, please email me at<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l"><span lang=EN-GB>rchannon at speakeasy.net.</span></a></span></font> <span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>Rachel Channon<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:place
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-GB> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Connecticut</st1:PlaceName></span></st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>Department of Linguistics, Unit 1145<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>337 Mansfield Road<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Storrs, CT 06269-1145<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
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