[sw-l] document idiosyncratic gestures

[rocha at ATLAS.UCPEL.TCHE.BR]

Hi,

Marianne Stumpf is very interested in how young deaf children come to
learn how to represent signs in written form, and the importance of this
acquisition for their cognitive development.

She is Deaf and very skilled in SignWriting, and for a many years she is
teaching SW in Deaf schools.

For her Ph.D. thesis, which I'm advising, she made a preliminary study on
how young deaf children come to differentiate between drawing signs in a
hand-free way and writing them using SignWriting.

There is yet no formal report on that, but there is an informal report (in
Portuguese).

You can contact Marianne at the address

   stumpf at qbnet.com.br

I'm sure she can converse with you in English in a quite understandable way.

All the best,

Antônio Carlos


> Hi Val,
>
> I was at the University of Kansas but I moved to Maine (University of
> Southern Maine) about 5 years ago.  Judy and James Shepard-Kegl convinced
> me that this was a good place for my interests and skills and I have never
> regretted the move.  I still work with Judy and James on the cognitive
> (perceptual, memory, and logical reasoning) side of the Nicaraguan Sign
> Language Project.  Working with Nicaraguan homesigners forced me to
> develop the kinds of communication assessment skills that led to my
> current position with the dept of health and human services here in Maine.
>  And Sign Writing is starting to be a big part of those skills.  James
> tried to convince me...oh years past... about the value of Sign Writing.
> I could see the value clearly when I was in Nicaragua because it is the
> primary way that students could gain knowledge independently....but I'm a
> Capricorn, stubborn to the bone, and didn't really see how I could use SW
> until a few years ago, then didn't seriously pursue it until 3 months ago.
>  Yes I am slow, but once converted, I embrace with my whole heart.
>
> I have stayed on the list, but must admit that I don't read all the
> emails.  Are there others here using primarily handwriting with whom I
> could ask questions as they arise?
>
> Regards,
>
> Romy
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Valerie Sutton<mailto:sutton at signwriting.org>
>   To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu<mailto:sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
>   Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 8:19 PM
>   Subject: [sw-l] document idiosyncratic gestures
>
>
>   SignWriting List
>   October 15, 2004
>
>   Romy Spitz wrote:
>   > By way of introduction, I am a novice signwriter, mostly using it to
>   > document idiosyncratic gestures (homesigns) that deaf/hoh and hearing
>   > nonverbal clients with developmental disabilities or linguistic
>   > isolation have and use for their sole communication mode.  That way at
>   > least someone can tell the Deaf interpreter or the educaitonal team
>   > the person's "sign" for their workplace, dog, mom, soda, etc.  But
>   > that's not why I am writing today.
>
>
>   Hello Everyone, and Romy!
>   What an interesting use for SignWriting, Romy...it is great to know
>   that SignWriting is helping in that way...
>
>   Are you still at the University of Kansas? I believe we were in touch
>   back in 1998...perhaps regarding the SignWriting Literacy Project?...it
>   has been so long and my memory escapes me...But I found your name in
>   our records, writing in 1998...smile...
>
>   Thanks for sharing with us -
>
>   Val ;-)
>
>
>


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Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa
Escola de Informática - UCPel