<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">SignWriting List<div class="">February 25, 2016</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hello André -</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for preparing a document - yes of course show us - that is very kind of you!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I do not know ASL classifiers well, but we can get feedback from others -</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Val ;-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-----</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 24, 2016, at 6:48 PM, André L <<a href="mailto:andre-andre@hotmail.ca" class="">andre-andre@HOTMAIL.CA</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Hello Valdenir,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I wanted to prepare a document on classifiers and specifiers of size and shapes with SignWriting.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">I can share the preliminary material I assembled.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Please contact me directly.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">André Lemyre<br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 637.96875px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">De :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages <<a href="mailto:SW-L@listserv.valenciacollege.edu" class="">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a>> de la part de Valerie Sutton <<a href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com" class="">signwriting@MAC.COM</a>><br class=""><b class="">Envoyé :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>24 février 2016 17:26<br class=""><b class="">À :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:SW-L@listserv.valenciacollege.edu" class="">SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU</a><br class=""><b class="">Objet :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Writing ASL Classifiers in SignWriting</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class=""><div class="">SignWriting List</div><div class="">February 24, 2016</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 24, 2016, at 1:36 PM, Valdenir Pinheiro <<a href="mailto:prof.tils@gmail.com" class="">prof.tils@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="">good afternoon</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">Valerie</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">prof</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">and colleagues</span><br class=""><span class="">I'm curious</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">to learn</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">ASL</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">classifiers</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">in sign</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">writing.</span><br class=""><span class="">can you help me?</span><br class=""><span class="">email</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class=""><a href="mailto:prof.tils@gmail.com" class="">prof.tils@gmail.com</a></span></span></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div class="">------------------------------------------</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hello Valdenir Pinheiro!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for this question.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are two issues ...learning ASL classifiers, and then learning how to write classifiers in SignWriting.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regarding writing classifiers in SignWriting, we add a Classifier Marker, a Tension Symbol, under the classifier. This symbol combined with the handshape let's the reader know that it is a classifier. This is explained on page 184 and 185 in the Lessons in SignWriting Textbook. See 2 attached diagrams from the book:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span id="cid:D3363DEF-D8C7-42CC-A967-55DC49662586"><Classifiers_p1.png></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span id="cid:8818D627-12D4-4BCA-9EDB-1DE7229F4AB3"><Classifiers_p2.png></span></div>________________________________________________<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" class="">sutton@signwriting.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Post Messages to the SignWriting List:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu" class="">sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">SignWriting List Archives & Home Page<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist" class="">http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1" class="">http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1</a></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">________________________________________________</span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" class="">sutton@signwriting.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Post Messages to the SignWriting List:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu" class="">sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">SignWriting List Archives & Home Page<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist" class="">http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages<a href="http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1" class="">http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1</a></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></ht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