spelling help

[eghoffma at UMICH.EDU]

Hi - I was looking through the dynamics and I'm wondering if there are 
any symbols to represent whether a sign is being performed more slowly 
than usual? Or more quickly? I see that tension can be represented, but 
that doesn't quite seem to suit my need here. For example, I'm doing a 
transcript in which a fluent signer is conversing with a homesigner 
from a rural area. At the beginning of the conversation he performs a 
lot of signs more slowly and much bigger than would normally done. Is 
there a way to convey this? Other than arrows for large straight 
movements (it is tricky with curved or circular movement, I agree)?
Thanks,
Erika

Quoting CWren at doe.k12.ga.us:

> I thought hooked 8s might be the 'feeling finger.'
> Can you figure out which sign they mean when they say "hooked 8s to open
> 5s" ?
> How about "flat hand on open palm, back"
>
> Of course it doesn't really matter, part of what I'm trying to prove is
> that that (above) really makes no sense unless you already know the
> specific sign they mean.  I have been signing for over 20 years, and I
> can't tell what signs those are referring to...  If SignWriting was used
> in place of that--  there would be no question of what sign was meant--
> even if you didn't know the sign you could "feel it out"  (as opposed to
> "sound it out"  ::smile::)
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> I can read this sign just fine, it says exactly what you mean to say, and
> I've seen it in action.  They may meen "feeling finger" for "hooked 8
> hand".
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> Charles
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> CWren at doe.k12.ga.us wrote:
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> I am trying to spell this sign...  Its in a reading program for Deaf kids
> called Fairview, if any of you are familiar with it...  They use it as a
> sign for "give out," meaning exhausted, too tired to do anything.  They
> have it glossed as "fall flat,"  and describe it as "legs on open palm,
> back"  Here is my rough attempt to write what I think they mean:
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>      Is it spelled reasonably correctly?  The V hand falls with a
> loop-di-loop, then smacks onto the open palm, then pulls back along the
> hand.
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> We are trying to show how SW can be integrated with current teaching
> materials to make everyone's life easier.
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> Another gloss they have for "Give out" is 'fall flat 2'-- "flat hand on
> open palm, back"  and one glossed as exhausted-- "hooked 8s to open 5s" I
> know what "closed fists to open 5s" is (another one on the same card), but
> I can't figure out the hooked 8s...  Do any of you know which signs these
> phrases might be referring to?
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> Thanks for all your help!
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> Cherie Wren
> GSD Staff Interpreter
> 232 Perry Farm Rd
> Cave Spring, GA 30124
> 706-777-2328
> 706-766-0766 Cell
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