nondominant handshapes

[petra.n.eccarius.1]

Sorry about the last message!  I hit the wrong button...

While I'm writing, though, I will take the opportunity to thank all of you
who responded to my posting.  You were all a great help!

All the best,

....petra
--
Petra Eccarius
PhD Student
Purdue University


On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, petra.n.eccarius.1 wrote:

> hi Rachel,
>
> It turns out that I will not be able to make it to CLS this year after
> all.  I'm still interested in reading your paper when it's done, though,
> if that's okay.
>
> I hope your presentation goes well!
>
> ....petra
> --
> Petra Eccarius
> PhD student
> Purdue University
>
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Rachel Channon wrote:
>
> > Hi Petra,  I will be giving a talk on a proposed unification of the
> > dominance and symmetry conditions at the Chicago Linguistic Society meeting
> > on April 15.  If you or anyone else is interested, I'd be happy to send you
> > the abstract (the paper will not be ready until after the conference).
> > Rachel Channon
> > University of Maryland Linguistics Department
> > rchannon at speakeasy.net
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: For the discussion of linguistics and signed languages.
> > [mailto:SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA] On Behalf Of petra.n.eccarius.1
> > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:02 PM
> > To: SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
> > Subject: nondominant handshapes
> >
> >
> > Hello list members,
> >
> > I am looking at 2-handed signs cross-linguistically for a paper I'm working
> > on, and I've come up with a couple of questions:
> >
> > 1) For those of you working on sign languages other than ASL:
> >
> > do any of you have sources (or information) regarding the possible
> > nondominant (passive) hands of Battison's type 3 signs (different
> > handshapes, one active, one passive) in your sign languages?  (I am
> > especially interested in languages that allow nondominant handshapes other
> > than the basic seven Battison names (B A S C O 1 5).)
> >
> > 2) For those of you who work on or use ASL:
> >
> > can any of you think of examples of type 3 signs with nondominant handshapes
> > other than those basic seven?  I have seen variants of BERRY (or was it
> > CHERRY?) with an extended pinky (I) on the nondominant hand instead of a 1,
> > and I know that there is an older form of FINAL that I've seen used from
> > time to time which uses an I with a 1 on the dominant hand.  Can any of you
> > think of more examples? (I know they are rare!)
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.  Feel free to respond to
> > me personally (eccarius at purdue.edu) or answer the list if you think it would
> > be of interest to everyone.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Petra Eccarius
> > (PhD student, Purdue University)
> >
> >
>