nondominant handshapes

[Ingvild Roald]

HI!

I'm not a linguist, and the signs I will tell about are for the most part
not signs firmly settled in the Norwegian SL, but they are in use:
they are signs regarding the inner structure of the atom, starting with
the sign for ION, which is almos-symmetrical, and is a 'Nordic' sign:
non-dominat and dominat both in I-shape, dominat I circling the
non-dominant I.
>From this sign the others are derived:
ATOM is A circling I
Electron is E circling I
ELECTRON-SHELL is a claw around the I
EXITATION (of atom or molecule) is E lifted from near I to further up
DE-EXITATION is the E moving from further up to down closer to the I.

You can read about these in an article on the SignWriting site, under
'lingustics'. The article is called 'Terminology in the making'

Ingvild Roald, Norway


"For the discussion of linguistics and signed languages."
<SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA> skriver:
>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)