AW: [sw-l] "Birthday Party" Page 1

[Stefan Wöhrmann]

Hi Adam, 

here in Germany we do almost the same – questions that ask for a yes no
answer with eyebrows uo – but open questions eyebrows down. Now – looking at
hours and hours of DGS – videos I have to admit that things do not seem to
be that easy- Sometime absolutey strong and compentent DEAF signers
(themselves being SL-instructors) violate this “rule” – I guess
unconciously. I get the impression that the eyebrow up vs. down question is
pretty much dependent on the “motivation/idea/ feeling” of the signer ... 

So thanks for your feedback – in this case -- 

“You have a rhetorical wh-word question. The eyebrows should be up, not
down. “

Can you think of a situation that you would rather sign a rhetorical WH-word
with exebrows down – and would not feel irritated – because the message you
send with this mimic goes along with these eyebrows down? 

 

Stefan ;-) 




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Von: sw-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
[mailto:sw-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu] Im Auftrag von Adam Frost
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 31. Oktober 2007 02:20
An: kjoanne403 at hotmail.com; SignWriting List
Betreff: Re: [sw-l] "Birthday Party" Page 1

 

Written very well. I enjoyed the story. First page does not have spelling
errors that I caught on first read, but there is a grammar error. ;-) You
have a rhetorical wh-word question. The eyebrows should be up, not down. 

Adam

On 10/30/07, kjoanne403 at hotmail.com <kjoanne403 at hotmail.com
<mailto:kjoanne403 at hotmail.com> > wrote:


 

 

Hi everyone, 

I got excited about the book again when I was posting earlier, so I got busy
this evening and rewrote what I wanted to rewrite. There are seven pages in
all (though I don't think #6 really needs proofreading . . . it's only one
sign, but I'm going to send it anyway so I don't break up the flow of the
story.) As I said earlier, feedback/comments/criticism is welcome! 

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