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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00 size=6 face=Arial>Hi Val and
everyone,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00 size=6 face=Arial> Val, thank
you for your answer.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00 size=6 face=Arial>
Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#ffff00 size=6 face=Arial>
André</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG href="mailto:sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG">Valerie
Sutton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU
href="mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 14, 2011 1:08
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Is SignWriting an
antalphabet? and featural? Joe's writeup is thought-provoking...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>SignWriting List
<DIV>October 14, 2011</DIV>
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<DIV>Hello Andre!</DIV>
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<DIV>I got a big giggle out of your comment below...smile... We will not be
officially changing the name of the ISWA (Internatinoal SignWriting
Alphabet)...!!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>So in French, if you can translate just these words: International
SignWriting Alphabet .... that will be enough...smile...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>But Joe Martin has described very well the different terminology used in
the linguistic professions, related to the term "alphabet"...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>In Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway's latest published article in the Language
& Communication Journal, she references Joe Martin's discussion of the
term "pictographic" in his paper from 2000, on page 6:</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Martin's Paper on comparing Stokoe Notation with SignWriting</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0032-Stokoe-Sutton.pdf">http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0032-Stokoe-Sutton.pdf</A></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Erika also uses the term "featural" to describe SignWriting as well ...
and each author of articles and papers may view SignWriting from a different
lens or angle - so these terms are useful to try to describe a very unusual
writing system...</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>What I take from this is that there are several categories of alphabets -
and that some feel that the SignWriting Alphabet is featural, pictographic in
its own way, iconic and antalphabetic ...nonetheless ... in a broad general
sense, it is still an alphabet...and so we will keep our name - the ISWA
;-)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I love the descriptions of SignWriting by both Joe Martin and Erika
Hoffmann-Dilloway - it is very helpful to read their analysis -</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Val ;-)</DIV>
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<DIV>----------</DIV>
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<DIV>On Oct 12, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Gagnon et Thibeault wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial>Hi everyone,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial> Would you translate
"featural antalphabet" to French?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial> I am just
curious. Is ISWA "International SignWriting
Antalphabet?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial>
Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=6 face=Arial>
André</FONT></STRONG></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>