<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello dear signwriters, </div><div><br></div><div>I would like to explain to you how sign search works in sign2mint. <br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://sign2mint.de/search/gebaerdensuche">https://sign2mint.de/search/gebaerdensuche</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>If you know a sign, but not</div><div><br></div><div>If you know a sign but you don't know its translation or you don't know the meaning of the sign and you want a translation for it.</div><div><br></div><div> There are 4 groups:</div><div><ol><li>handshape</li><li>2-hand</li><li>contact</li><li>movement</li></ol><div><br></div><div>handshape:</div><div>There are 30 main handshapes (phonem, i dont know, whether the word "phonem" is used). We have phonems and allophons and fingerspellings. Allophones are handshapes that are similar to phonemes or written differently, allophones are minimal deviations from phonemes.</div></div><div><br></div><div>There is a table with phonem, allophon and fingerspellings.</div><div><a href="https://sign2mint.de/page/gebaerdensuchinformation">https://sign2mint.de/page/gebaerdensuchinformation</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>If, you choose a phonem, so it looks for this phonem and its allophons and fingerspellings. Independent of hand position. </div><div><br></div><div>2-hand:</div><div>there are 5 ways in which the left hand moves compared to the right hand. <br>- parallel<br>- symmetrical<br>- alternating<br>- resting<br>- performing together<br></div><div><br></div><div>I would very much like to add that it is only a hand gesture, but there is no symbol for it, so this selection is not available.<br></div><div><br></div><div>contact:</div><div>There are 4 how-contact:</div><div>- simple contact</div><div>- wipe (loose) contact</div>- rub (continuous) contact<div>- grap contact</div><div>There are 4 where-contact:</div><div>- head</div><div>- neck</div><div>- breast</div><div>- arm</div><div><br></div><div>I would very much like to add hand contact, but we have no idea, which symbol. We use arm, breast or neck only, if there is contact. And head with contact symbol like ")" in the head.</div><div><br></div><div>movement:</div><div>There are 9 movements.</div><div>- straight</div><div>- wave</div><div>- angular</div><div>- circle</div><div>- spirale</div><div>- arm rotation</div><div>- hand movement</div><div>- finger movement<br><div><br></div></div><div>The more symbols you select, the more accurate the result will be.<br>There is no finer selection. We will see if we need it. <br>I would like to distinguish in dominant and recessive hand, that is not possible with signwriting. Or is it? <br></div><div><br></div><div>sign2mint-Team</div><div>Uta</div></div>
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