wrist flex versus rotation

Valerie Sutton signwriting at MAC.COM
Fri Jul 6 21:05:55 UTC 2007


On Jul 6, 2007, at 1:51 PM, Adam Frost wrote:

> The only difference that I see between what Cherie is trying to  
> write and the sign HAPPEN (other than the handshapes of course) is  
> that in HAPPEN the wrist is not bent while in Cherie's sign it is.  
> In fact, it would be the difference between HAPPEN and ARGUE. I  
> just looked up the spelling of ARGUE and it has neither wrist flex  
> nor forearm rotation. It is just down arrows. Is it possible that  
> that is what should be written?
>
> Adam

The sign for ARGUE is oftentimes written as Wrist Flexes...it depends  
on the writer.... ARGUE is not a Rotation, because the Palm Facing  
does not change...

Here is the sign for ARGUE as the whole arm moving down-down...

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and here is the same sign, but with a Wrist Flex (but this is NOT a  
Rotation ;-)


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