[sw-l] how to write dialogues between 2 or more people?

[Barbara Pennacchi]

On 31.05.05 19:53, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> Do you have a videotape of a dialogue in Italian Sign Language, that you
> would like to write in SignWriting? The best way to test this, is to
> write a document to see what happens...Viewing the videotape together
> will help...

yeah, it would help, but at the moment I haven't got anything usable nor
sendable right now. It'll take a bit of time. My question was kinda of a
preliminary one.

> few for you to give you an idea, but here is an example of group
> dances...different dancers are on different lines...and their
> relationships are in the square at the bottom of the page...The three
> dancers are Stage-Left, and are in a row with each other....

Hey, that's kinda cool! :) I know zero to nothing about dancing: I'm like
a deaf rhinoceros in a china shop heheh; but the bottom box might be
better than trying to make euclidean geometry agree with "placing-
eyegazes-that-don't-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-actual-dialogue-being-
written" and "eyegazes-that-are-actually-inside-the-dialogue-you're-
reading", too and also with ensuing head aches. :)

The box not only makes it clear that it is merely a supplementary
information ABOUT the dialogue's spatial setting, but can be used in both
horizontal and vertical writing.

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