two questions about SW, and one about ASL & call to writers

Kimberley A. Shaw kshaw at WELLESLEY.EDU
Fri Jul 1 12:42:59 UTC 2005


Ummm ... I hadn't learned those diacritics yet, where in the "Lessons in
SignWriting" manual are they located?
Best,
Kim from Boston

sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu on Friday, July 01, 2005 at 1:36 AM -0500
wrote:
>Here's my instinct, using diacriticals to show below, in back of, and
>above along the arrow's direction.
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>http://signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-US/image.php?build=01-05-032-01-06-01,125,117,02-03-001-02-01-01,150,82,01-05-011-01-06-07,120,98,02-01-001-01-01-11,149,67,02-01-001-01-01-13,151,126,02-01-001-01-02-11,166,103,&sign=sunrise_2
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>  Sunrise (by Charles of Takoma Park)
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>Does this work, or am I getting the diacriticals wrong. 
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>Charles Butler
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>Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
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>SignWriting List
>June 30, 2005
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>> Kimberley A. Shaw wrote:
>> So, question #1: what is the best way to show one hand going 
>> *behind* the
>> other one? For example, the signs for "sunrise"/"sunset" in the ASL
>> SignPuddle: the right hand is the sun, approaching and then going 
>> above
>> the horizon of the left hand ... put one arrow? two arrows, one
>> above/below the horizon hand?
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>Hello Kim...Ok...I see your question now. Attached is your writing in 
>SignPuddle...great to see all your additions to the dictionary!
>I assume that you want the C hand behind the left Flat Hand?....Of 
>course I would love to hear how James and others write this...My 
>answer will come next message...
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