SOON and EXPERT

[Rain G. Bosworth]

Right, I agree, is there ANY contrast that does differ in speed
alone?  In ASL or any other language?

Rain

At 4:29 PM -0500 11/14/00, Sandra K. Wood wrote:
>Why would you say these only differ by speed?  They actually differ by
>movement.  SOON taps the chin twice, ending with the handshape in the
>space in front of the chin and EXPERT only hits the the chin once and
>stays there.
>
>Sandra K. Wood
>
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