AW: [sw-l] LESSONS in Finger Movements

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
February 17, 2005

Sandy Fleming wrote:
> They're different speeds but it's also a question of what sort of
> deliberation is involved?


Correct, Sandy! Yes...BIRD seems to be similar in several signed
languages, and it takes the Close-Close, but other signs are evenly
timed - Close-Open-Close...this is a matter of Even versus Un-even
timing...or Even versus Un-even speeds...

Val ;-)

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> Sandy
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu]On Behalf Of Stefan
>> Wöhrmann
>> Sent: 17 February 2005 17:10
>> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>> Subject: AW: AW: [sw-l] LESSONS in Finger Movements
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>> Hi Valerie,
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>> thank you very much for this new lesson -
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>> in fact I did not know about this difference between
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>> Close-Close and Close-Open-Close --  ;-((
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>> Do you remember a sign (ASL) with "Close - Open - Close"
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>> Maybe its a decission of feeling like the  movement down, down  -
>> instead of
>> down, up , down
>> or the eyes half closed - vs. half - open
>> or the difference in rotation focusing on the thumb vs. the baby
>> finger ...
>> ??
>>
>> Anyway - an interesting new aspect!  L.I.F.E.
>>
>> Thank You
>>
>> Stefan;-)
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>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>> [mailto:owner-sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] Im Auftrag von Valerie
>> Sutton
>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. Februar 2005 03:30
>> An: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>> Betreff: Re: AW: [sw-l] LESSONS in Finger Movements
>>
>> SignWriting List
>> February 16, 2005
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>> On Feb 16, 2005, at 3:11 PM, Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:
>>> looking at the videos I see mouthmovements and fingermovements -
>>> attached you find my suggestion how to transcribe the two signs ...
>>
>> Thank you for these suggestions, Stefan. We can always look at the
>> mouth movements another time, right now I am trying to teach Finger
>> Movements, and I have barely begun...
>>
>> Regarding your two writings...of course the handshape differences in
>> your diagram are fine...that is a matter of interpretation...but the
>> Finger Movements...I wrote those a little differently...I wrote
>> Close-Close, but you wrote Close-Open-Close...see my last
>> message...pretty minor difference though...and perhaps again a matter
>> of interpretation...;-)
>>
>> More tomorrow everyone - Thanks for your participation -
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