use of sign language in Jordan

[Steve Slevinski]

Fine, let's consider the term "articulatory features".  A pompous and 
meaningless term.  If you want to talk about Articulatory phonetics or 
Articulatory gestures, that's fine, but please explain why you used the 
term "articulatory features"?

I'll just cut your term down to articulate: to be able to easily produce 
or communicate a language.

Dan Parvaz wrote:
> If we want to be sticklers for perception, then we perceive voicing, 
> acoustic "shapes" which at least partially correlate to articulatory 
> positioning, fundamental frequency, turbulence, etc.
>
> Articulatory features or perceptual ones... it doesn't matter. 
> Alphabets don't analyze at that level, and SW does. Not the same.
>
So you're saying ..
"An alphabets is not concerned with the mechanics of producing language, 
but with consonant or vowel sounds."

This is incorrect.  It's possible to discuss language without relying on 
sound.  If speech or phonetics is part of a definition, that term is 
probably biased for the hearing world and the definition should probably 
be changed. 

SignWriting does write the articulatory features of sign 
language,because they are significant and meaningful.

When you're talking, it does not matter what happens to your tongue.  It 
doesn't even matter if you have a tongue with articulatory synthesis.  
The tongue movement is unimportant for articulation.

When your signing, it may matter what happens with your tongue.  The 
tongue and it's movement are meaningful, just like a vowel or 
consonant.  You need to understand the articulation of the tongue for 
written communication.

Regards,
-Steve

BTW: a sophist argues to be right.  A philosophical laymen discusses in 
order to discover truth.
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