[sw-l] SignSpelling Sequence

Ingvild Roald iroald at HOTMAIL.COM
Sat Apr 30 15:07:21 UTC 2005


And this might mean that once the dictionary grew, there may be many signs
in between?

Ingvild




>From: "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>
>Reply-To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>Subject: [sw-l] SignSpelling Sequence
>Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:54:15 -0700
>
>SignWriting List
>April 29, 2005
>
>Stephen Slevinski wrote:
>>If I was trying to find a sign in a dictionary, I would start looking
>>under
>>the while palms.  If I couldn't find it there, I would look for possible
>>symbol synonyms.  I guess a good dictionary would have the sign under both
>>so it is easier to find by IMWA symbol search and sort.
>
>Yes...Each spelling has a SignSpelling sequence, which states which symbol
>comes first, second, third in the sign.
>
>I just put those two spellings into SignSpelling sequence in SignBank.
>Please see attached diagram. Once I have established the SignSpelling
>Sequence, then those two signs are sorted by Sign-Symbol-Sequence, which
>will automatically place the sign that starts with the white palm first,
>and the sign that starts with the overhead view second...
>
>
><< SignSpellingSequence.gif >>
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