Facial Expressions - Linguistic aspect

Fri Aug 1 14:41:36 UTC 2008

Sorry for the misunderstanding.  Thanks for the link.

Maria

> There is also an excellent SW article on Facial Expressions and Topical
> Markers.
>
> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/grammar/gram001.html
>
>
> Charles Butler <chazzer3332000 at yahoo.com> wrote: The video that I am
> transcribing is NOT in the Sign Puddle or Sign Literature yet.  There is
> no publication called "Living ASL".  I was using this is an example of a
> living language.  Valerie has not yet loaded Lucinda's videotape on
> L'Epee.
>
> Signing Naturally covers expression and head nod markers in several
> chapters.  We spent at least three classes on those markers in my ASL III
> class.
>
> Charles
>
>
> MARIA AZZOPARDI <maria.azzopardi at um.edu.mt> wrote: So would the head
> up/down at the beginning and end of a fingerspelt word
> also be considered a 'topical marker'?
>
> Do you know of any recent literature about facial expressions, or even a
> grammar book of ASL that would include facial expressions/head movements.
>
> So is 'Living ASL' in the USA Puddle?
>
> Many thanks once  again
> Maria
>
>> Ah, "Living ASL" was my shorthand for working directly with Lucinda's
>> tape.  I'd love to go to some of the Deaf video blogging sites and
>> simply
>> grab one at random and write them.
>>
>> The grammar marker at the end of Versailles France would be a "topical
>> marker". The whole phrase is one noun, not just Versailles.  She's
>> really
>> talented and very consistent.
>>
>> In the original video tape she did tend to mouth words so I had to be
>> careful just to pick up the grammatical markers, not the English.
>>
>> Charles
>>
>>
>> MARIA AZZOPARDI  wrote: Thank you Charles for
>> your feedback. Yes, I've noticed the classifiers and
>> will be analysing them a little more in detail soon.
>>
>> Your transcriptions of DeafHistory contain a lot of phonetic detail,
>> well
>> done - even someone like myself who knows no ASL can  almost see the
>> Deaf
>> signer sign while reading them.
>>
>> Where can I find "living ASL" please?
>>
>> Maria
>>
>>> The DeafHistory 1-4 are from a transcription of an actual video which
>>> will
>>> be posted later, so as a "standard" text it, I think, is a good example
>>> of
>>> "living ASL".  I'm trying to include the head-nods where they appear,
>>> as,
>>> for the most part, they appear as markers on fingerspelled words and on
>>> time phrases.
>>>
>>> I'm also including, if you may have noticed, classifiers when they are
>>> carried down between signs.  Note "teaching Deaf children" in
>>> DeafHistory4, the left hand from TEACH is carried down into Deaf &
>>> children as a topical marker while the primary hand moves.
>>>
>>> Charles
>>>
>>> MARIA AZZOPARDI  wrote: Thanks.
>>> Yes, this is  helpful. It's a starting point to start analyzing and
>>> thinking.
>>>
>>> It's interesting to see how the head-up and then head-down marks the
>>> beginning an end of a fingerspelt word, this happens in LSM too. It's
>>> even
>>> more interesting to note that it doesn't actually mark the beginning
>>> and
>>> end of a fingerspelt word, because in 'Versailles France', the head
>>> comes
>>> down on the sign France rather than on the last 's' of Versailes.
>>>
>>> What exactly would you call this grammatical feature?
>>>
>>> Additionally, you mentioned this is a first draft. For writing standard
>>> ASL, would you include the head-up and then head-down at the beginning
>>> and
>>> end of fingerspelt words, or would the head-up and down be considered
>>> redundant information, and thus unneccessary for a written text.
>>>
>>>  thanks,
>>> Maria
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Simply as an example, go to the ASL Encyclopedia and see the
>>>> beginnings
>>>> of
>>>> the article I have loaded on Deaf History, DeafHistory1, DeafHistory2,
>>>> DeafHistory3, DeafHistory4.  I transcribed this from a videotape and
>>>> it
>>>> is
>>>> filled with grammatical eye gazes, eyebrows, and head nods.  It's a
>>>> first
>>>> draft, but it may help you in how I manage with it.
>>>>
>>>> Charles Butler
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> MARIA AZZOPARDI  wrote: Hello list,
>>>>
>>>> I have a 'big' question about the function of facial expressions
>>>> (mainly
>>>> eye-brow and head up/down expressions) in sign languages.
>>>>
>>>> The linguistics of LSM (Maltese sign language) has still not been
>>>> researched  thoroughly. There are of course rules in LSM governing
>>>> facial
>>>> expressions, however since this has not been studied yet, I find
>>>> myself
>>>> trying to do two things at the same time: translate to signwritten
>>>> LSM,
>>>> and at the same time think about what rules may be governing these
>>>> facial
>>>> expressions. I find myself using different eye-brow expressions for
>>>> different questions, at the introduction of new topics, during
>>>> role-play
>>>> in signing, at certain clauses etc.
>>>>
>>>> Could someone lead me to some more information about the grammatical
>>>> aspect of facial expressions, preferably with signwritten examples. Or
>>>> perhaps illustrate a few examples of how and when facial expressions
>>>> are
>>>> used in your sign languages. LSM is different to ASL and other  sign
>>>> languages, although it seems to be a little related to BSL. Besides
>>>> there
>>>> are certain sign language universals, so any information would be much
>>>> appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Maria
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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