terms Phonetic and Phonemic

[Steve Slevinski]

Hi Val,

I'd say that SW is a phonetic writing system with a phonemic alphabet 
that can approximate phonetic writing with extra effort.

-Steve

Valerie Sutton wrote:

> SignWriting List
> November 30, 2007
>
> HI Everyone!
>
> Regarding the general term "phonetic" and "phonemic"...
>
> I would like to ask all of you on the SignWriting List....
>
> Do you think of SignWriting as "phonetic" or "phonemic" ?
>
> I personally like to think of SignWriting as an alphabet that can be  
> written either phonetically or phonemically, depending on the writer  
> and the choices they make while writing...
>
> Technically we can write every nuance of a movement if we wish, and  
> that would be more "phonetic"... more like "Movement Writing"
>
> or as time goes by...
>
> certain SignSpellings start to become standardized and slowly  
> "phonemic" SignWriting happens too...
>
> No matter what, SignWriting is "alphabetic", but sometimes linguists  
> and scholars want to define the kind of alphabet it is...
>
> Some say it is a "featural alphabet" and that it may be...but it is  
> still an alphabet nonetheless...
>
> And I feel it can be either phonetic or phonemic depending on the  
> writer?
>
> Am I wrong to think this?
>
> Val ;-)
>
>
>
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