Signs for "phonetics" and "phonology" (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:20:55 -0400
From: Kathy H. <kaylynnkathy at hotmail.com>
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Subject: re: [Slling-l] Signs for "phonetics" and "phonology"

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Correction accepted.  Both hands move toward the ipsilateral side of the 
dominant hand.

The description was mine (Kathy's) not Nassira's (the contributor).  Just want 
to clarify that.



> A terminological point:
> In the second sign for "phonology", I had trouble with the expression "both
> hands also move ipsilaterally", since I understand "ipsilateral" and
> "contralateral" to be defined in terms of the hand: ipsilateral is right for
> the right hand and left for the left hand, so they can't both move
> ipsilaterally while maintaining the interaction. The video shows that they
> are moving toward the dominant, or strictly speaking the active, side: the
> signer is left-handed, or at least he is signing left-handed in this video,
> and the sign moves towards his left/the viewer's right.
> 
> -- Mark A. Mandel
> [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]
> 
> 
> #From: "Kathy H." <kaylynnkathy at hotmail.com>
> #Subject: [Slling-l] Signs for "phonetics" and "phonology"
> 
> #PHONOLOGY
> 
> #2 phonology
> #Description:  Active hand with P handshape (index finger extended straight
> #from base joint; middle finger bent at base joint, straight at other 
> joints;
> #presumably the thumb crosses the index finger but I [Kathy] cannot see this
> #for sure in the video); passive hand extended sagittally (forward) with
> #index finger extended (pointing forward, basically), palm facing
> #contralaterally-downward; palmar side of pad of middle finger of active 
> hand
> #taps radial side of passive index finger, first near the base joint, then 
> in
> #the middle of the finger, then near the tip of the finger; while both hands
> #also move ipsilaterally (ending in the midsagittal region); tapping occurs
> #three times in the video.
> #
> #Contributor:  Nassira Nicola (Quebec Sign Language)
> #Internet Site:  http:  //www.unites.uqam.ca/surdite/HTML/sallede.htm

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