terms Phonetic and Phonemic

[Valerie Sutton]

Ha! OK Steve -

That is very interesting...your description makes it clear that both  
phonetic and phonemic are terms that can relate to SignWriting in  
some way...so that is good...it is not all black and white...there  
are shades of grey...

SignWriting is like a globe with many viewpoints looking at it from  
different perspectives...

It is flexible and can be applied in different ways, depending on the  
need and the profession writing it...

I don't believe there are terms in the English language to match what  
is happening in all aspects of SignWriting, and that is ok...

I am grateful to all of you for taking the time to think about it and  
describe it!

Val ;-)







On Nov 30, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Steve Slevinski wrote:

> 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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