Birthday Party Page 4

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
November 2, 2007

On Nov 2, 2007, at 12:06 PM, K.J. Boal wrote:
> SignSpelling rules say that if you only write one hand position, it  
> should be the end position . . . I think I've broken that rule with  
> my new spelling.  What can I say?  The sign is not an exact mime of  
> the movement.

Hello Kelly Jo, Stefan, Adam and everyone -

Actually, Kelly Jo, it is important that we clear this up. The  
SignSpelling Rules for Finger Movement Symbols do say that the second  
position is always written (like the sign for Milk writes the closing  
position with the fingers squeezing and so forth)

And it is also true that if a sign finishes in contact, then the  
second Position of Contact is always written, but if there is a  
Position of Contact in the beginning of the sign, and not at the end,  
then the first position is always written, because the Position of  
Contact is always written.

In the sign for ICE CREAM, the Position of Contact is the beginning  
position, because we are brushing the chin...so this sign needs to be  
written parallel to the wall plane...

and I am of course not an expert in ASL at all...so please know that  
I not saying I know this sign very well, but I thought it just  
brushed down twice remaining parallel to the wall plane at the end as  
well...but maybe that is my misunderstanding of ASL...

no matter what, the beginning position has to be written in this case  
because it is the Position of Contact...

I have realized for some time that I need to write all of these  
Spelling Rules in an updated guidelines and have not gotten to it yet  
so I am sorry about that!

Val ;-)

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