SignWriting Terminology

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
March 21, 2006

Ingvild Roald in Norway wrote:
> An alphabet is not just an ordered set of symbols - first, it the  
> set of these symbols, called  letters. These are used for writing a  
> language. The ordering is a secondary thing.

Hello Ingvild!
Thanks for this thoughtful message...Hope things are going well for  
you in Norway!

Yes, I call the letters...sign-symbols...

and the ordering of the sign-symbols in general (the  
01-01-001-01-01-01 that you see in programs) is called the Sign- 
Symbol-Sequence...the Sign-Symbols are listed in a specific  
order...so that is equivalent to Alphabetical Order in the Roman  
Alphabet...

Ha! no matter what, I hope everyone keeps writing signs and enjoying  
it...

On to more important things...

I will write a report to the List about all that is happening around  
here, as soon as possible...

Many blessings!

Val ;-)


Valerie Sutton
Sutton at SignWriting.org

1. SignWriting
Read & Write Sign Languages
http://www.SignWriting.org

2. SignPuddle
Create Signs in a Dictionary Online
http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle

3. SignText
Create Sign Language Documents
http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle/signtext

4. SignBank
Create Sign Language Databases
http://www.SignBank.org/signbank.html

5. DanceWriting
Read & Write Dance Movement
http://www.DanceWriting.org

6. MovementWriting
Read & Write All Body Movement
http://www.MovementWriting.org

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