<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<div>May 25, 2010</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On May 25, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Dali balti wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">- what is the difference between "v", "v v", and "w"????<br>- what is also the difference between the above and when they are doubled one on the other?????</span></blockquote><br></div><div>Hello Dali!</div><div>I believe you are talking about Finger Movement Symbols, the Hinge and the Trill. See attached diagrams below.</div><div><br></div><div>The Hinge, the V you mention, means that the finger moves from the knuckle joint, while the middle joint remains locked...the middle joint does not bend...it stays in the same position...while the whole finger moves up and down from the knuckle joint.</div><div><br></div><div>Instruction pages to go to:</div><div><br></div><div>1. <a href="http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/088%20Finger-Movement.html">Finger Movement</a></div><div><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/088 Finger-Movement.html">http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/088%20Finger-Movement.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>2. <a href="http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/090%20Finger-Hinge.html">Hinge Movement</a></div><div><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/090 Finger-Hinge.html">http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/090%20Finger-Hinge.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>3. Trill Movement (also called Alternating Finger Movement)</div><div><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/091 Finger-Trill.html">http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/091%20Finger-Trill.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>4. Download the SignWriting Basics Manual on the web</div><div>number 3 on this web page:</div><div><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/">http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/</a></div><div>The finger movement instruction starts on page 32 of the SignWriting Basics Manual.</div><div><br></div><div>To summarize for you here....</div><div><br></div><div>A single Hinge (single V) means one time closing the finger from the knuckle joint.</div><div><br></div><div><img height="25" width="32" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="e8624111-0df3-444b-a57f-8c04e08a3d54" src="cid:8E802F42-0A94-4104-8357-E5EDF09D75AD"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>A double Hinge (VV) means closing the finger twice - close-close - the emphasis is on the close...</div><div><br></div><div><img height="53" width="58" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="febcf28d-d7ea-4619-a6a2-dcd938b339d3" src="cid:1C486522-F0D0-4F76-9FC5-C290E6DCBEB4"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>A double Hinge that is connected, which you called a W, means that the finger opens and closes up and down from the knuckle joint...like...close-open-close, or open-close-open...all directions are equal in importance...there is no emphasis on either direction...they are equal in importance</div><div><br></div><div><img height="34" width="27" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="6192d499-0783-4bf9-bcd6-0af3cc4c45d0" src="cid:810ACB17-6093-4EDD-992C-3C0194668BF0"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Trill, with the one V on top of the other, means that the fingers alternate...while one closes the other one opens...a finger trill...or alternating hinges is another way to describe them...</div><div><br></div><div><img height="45" width="57" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="dd37c6df-0f5a-45c7-b054-c77cf56c2d97" src="cid:3EEFD9AD-C81B-44EC-9FEB-50FB6C1A9CB8"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please see attached...here are the symbols in the International SignWriting Alphabet (ISWA)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img height="873" width="530" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="88303b16-5b8f-4d5e-b2e8-4244de13a36e" src="cid:89AAF029-ED91-44B2-9AE4-0F3F068A0C8A"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>