<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>March 22, 2014</div><div><br></div><div>Hi Jonathan abd Cherie -</div><div>I am not sure what project you are referring to - now I am curious - ha!</div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan excerpted a few paragraphs from the MA thesis by Amy Rosenberg - Amy felt that there was not much need for punctuation when writing ASL also, and I also agree that the basic Period (End of Thought) and Comma (Pause) are enough Punctuation for writing ASL - The other symbols we have are not required but can be used…</div><div><br></div><div>What is really at issue here is how we started to use the Semi-Colon symbol, which is one thick line with one thin line, which represents a stop combined with a pause (Pause-Stop), to be placed at the end of a sentence or phrase that poses a question, combined with the Head Arrow that pushes the Head forward to show the question, combined with any Facial Expressions needed to show the question-</div><div><br></div><div>So by combining Facial Expressions, Head Movements and a Pause-Stop punctuation symbol, we created a standard way to write questions.</div><div><br></div><div>Take a look at the attached page from the SignWriting Basics Instruction Manual. Notice I called the Semi-Colon a “Question Mark”, referring to the feeling of a pause-stop at the end of a question…</div><div><br></div><div><img height="752" width="523" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="AEEFC846-704C-4F8B-861F-712750867759" src="cid:A536DA7A-CF9D-4FDA-9E98-B03828F1B366"></div></body></html>________________________________________________
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