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<DIV>Mine tends to follow the following pretty closely. This is the setup for the SW Sign Puddle as I tend to order signs. One could order by each feature, but this is usually the order that I take a sign in. I did a schema published in Brazil which is on the SW site. </DIV>
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<DIV>Handshape (10 groups, ordered by the current dictionary by fingers used)</DIV>
<DIV>Orientation (6 basic orientations)</DIV>
<DIV>Rotation (8 rotations within the above rotations)</DIV>
<DIV>Contact (with other hand, with head, with body) (four basic types of contact)</DIV>
<DIV>Finger Movement (this takes care of squeezes, trills, and holds)</DIV>
<DIV>Arm Movement (this is directions of the whole arm) (up and down, then in and out)</DIV>
<DIV>Speed (slow, fast, gradual, simultaneous)</DIV>
<DIV>Facial Expression (a bunch, but they have not been catalogued systematically)</DIV>
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<DIV>Charles Butler, once working for SignNet Project, Catholic University of Pelotas, Brazil</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Erika Hoffmann <erhoffma@OBERLIN.EDU><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Fri, April 8, 2011 1:51:26 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> question about dictionaries<BR></FONT><BR>Hi all!<BR>In the article I am revising I want to address briefly in a footnote the issue of ordering of signs in SL dictionaries using SW. The reviewer of my article was speculating that Stokoe might have chosen to arrange the elements of a sign in a linear fashion to facilitate clear ordering of signs for the creation of dictionaries. S/he wondered how this issue is handled for SW. I have a sense of how the issue is approached, but I figured it was better to ask the list rather than risk getting it wrong in print!<BR>Thanks!<BR>Erika<BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway<BR>Assistant
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