Grasp Contact and Grasp Between

[Anne-Claude Pr=?ISO-8859-1?B?6Q==?=laz Girod]

thanks for these explanations ! it helps

Anny

> De : "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>
> Répondre à : sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Date : Mon, 1 May 2006 19:57:41 -0700
> À : sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Objet : [sw-l] Grasp Contact and Grasp Between
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> SignWriting List
> May 1st, 2006
> 
>> Anny from French-Switzerland wrote:
>> question: what's the difference between these 2 symbols?... when do
>> you use the first one...I coulnd't explain it to the week-end
>> participants... do you have examples of words using only the +
>> symbol ??
> 
> Attached is a list of the Contact Symbols. The GRASP Contact means
> taking something and holding on to it...like holding someone's hand,
> or holding a spoon in your hand while you are eating, or grasping
> your shirt in the sign for APPLY in ASL, or two fingers linking and
> grasping each other like in the sign for FRIEND in ASL...There is no
> Tension...it is just holding hands...smile...
> 
> All Contact Symbols can be BETWEEN. The two lines represent two limbs
> and the contact is happening BETWEEN the two limbs or body parts...so
> GRASP BETWEEN, in DanceWriting, could be holding a prop between your
> ankles...it is grasping something while you are between two
> surfaces...like pinching between two fingers...it is really rare.
> Simple Touch Between is the between symbol most used in SignWriting...
> 
> Next message I can show you a few signs using GRASP...
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