facial expressions

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SignWriting List
April 1, 2009

Hello Honza and everyone -
The basic simple Eyebrows Up and Down are used the most, for specific  
grammatical elements in sign languages. For example a question  
sentence with Eyebrows Up can change to Down under certain  
circumstances...I could show you some examples in ASL but I suspect  
you already know about the basic eyebrows up and down...

The others, that combine Down or Up with "Inside or Outside" are used  
mostly in writing storytelling, or even mime or gesture...

Some people have more expressive eyebrows than others, where the  
entire eyebrow does not go up, but only the inside part of the eyebrow  
goes up while the half remains straight...it is hard to reproduce this  
when you try, but when you are telling a story it happens  
automatically...I oftentimes call the Up & Inside Eyebrows "Dreamy  
Eyebrows"...

In storytelling, in ASL, we have been writing "Dreamy Eyebrows" when  
we say "Once Upon A Time" (or something equivalent to that)...or  
"Wandering through the forest..."...Look at the eyebrows in this  
Goldilocks Level 3 video:

http://www.signbank.org/SignPuddle1.5/canvas.php?ui=1&sgn=5&sid=375

Here is the writing of that attached...so it is a matter of "feeling"  
the eyebrows are a little different than the normal up and  
down...there is more of a forehead wrinkle involved...and the Outside  
ones are used the least out of all of them...


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On Apr 1, 2009, at 6:02 AM, Honza wrote:
> I dont see any differences between "up and up-outside" and "down and
> down-inside" I am not sure if "eyebrows up and eyebrows down are  
> extremes and up
> outside and down inside are just interstages in order from top to down
> in order you can see in attachment
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