/3now1#/

[Scott Liddell]

This appears to be Stokoe's phonemic representation of the spoken
English word 'know'.  I haven't looked at Trager and Smith for many
years, but I suspect he is following their conventions in producing a
phonemic representation.  I think the clue here is "as know is said"
using the word 'said' rather than the verb 'signed'.
Scott


On Feb 3, 2004, at 3:08 PM, daisuke at YAHOO.COM wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Hello.  I am reading Stokoe 1960, "Sign Language Structure", after a
> long time, and I am wondering what /3now1#/ stands for.
>
> In Section 1.0 (on page 37 in its 1993 revised edition), he explains
> that the phrase "Yes, I know him" can be expressed in 16 different
> ways (wow!), and he writes:
>
> ....; but 'know' is signed by touching the tips of the fingers of the
> slightly bent hand to the forehead.  It is signed thus in isolation,
> that is, much as know is said /3now1#/ in isolation; but in sign
> language utterance 'know' may get only a slight movement upward of the
> bent hand.
>
> Since KNOW is not an agreeing verb but a plain verb, I presume that
> /3now1#/ is not talking about agreement; in case it were about
> agreement, "now" would be more puzzling.  Is it some convention that
> was used in the sixties?
>
> I appreciate your insights about this.
>
>
> Daisuke