<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">SignWriting List<div>December 11, 2013</div><div><br></div><div>Hello Steve and everyone on the SignWriting List ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>I bet many people, if you ask them, “are you behind on anything?” would answer “YES!” -</div><div><br></div><div>So you have taken on so many projects, and I want to thank you, Steve, and thanks to all of you, for all you have accomplished in 2013…It has been a remarkable year.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding “morphologies of sign languages” … what do you all think? Is that a category necessary for searching SignPuddle 3.0, which will be coming in 2014?</div><div><br></div><div>Would you all use that searching technique?</div><div><br></div><div>Val ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>-----------</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 11, 2013, at 8:33 AM, Stephen E Slevinski Jr <<a href="mailto:slevin@signpuddle.net">slevin@signpuddle.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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Hi SignWriting List,<br>
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This has been a great year, but I'm woeful behind on several
project. I appreciate all of the positive work people have been
able to do with SignPuddle. The long awaited work on SignPuddle 3
continues. Next year will be a break out year for written sign
language across the globe.<br>
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I'm finalizing the database for SignPuddle 3. I'm very impressed
with MySQL Workbench and the diagramming tool in particular. (image
below)<br>
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Database design<br>
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For individual entries, I have designed the parts-of-speech
solution, but not the morphology solution yet.<br>
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For parts-of-speech, there is a small list of values for the most
common choices. noun, verb, adjective, adverb, sentence, other.
This list can be translated into other languages.<br>
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Additionally, each entry has a separate parts-of-speech text field,
which can be used for a more accurate description or a value outside
of the common list.<br>
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I was considering a similar strategy for morphology. First, a new
table with a static list of the most common and universal choices.
Second, a freeform text field for each entry for alternate
descriptions and complex analysis.<br>
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Researching morphology, it appears there are several kinds of
analysis, each with its own classifications and descriptions. Is a
single list too simplistic to be helpful? I'd appreciate any
discussion of the topic.<br>
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Morphology list:
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monosyllable, compound, ... ?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
-Steve <br>
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PS - Here is part of the working diagram for the database. I
haven't added anything for morphology yet. <br>
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