Nominal vs Cardinal numbers in ASL

[Adam Frost]

On Feb 8, 2009, at 4:40 PM, SignWriting wrote:

> Grin...so in Arabic documents they use Hindu numbers instead of  
> Arabic numbers - ha!

I know. Strange, huh!

> So let's number pages as we wish...each document can be done  
> differently depending on the author, the layout artist, the  
> publisher...and it is all ok...

I think that this is the best way to go. :-)

> Meanwhile there is nothing wrong with writing page numbers in a Sign  
> Language too...they are useful tools for teaching to read numbers  
> for beginning readers...which would be an argument for using the  
> cardinal numbers for page numbers in ASL, since the cardinal version  
> of ASL numbers are what most people know best...they know the  
> nominal but they have not thought about it much and maybe it will  
> seem more correct to do the first five numbers with the palm facing  
> the chest...just a
> thought...
>
> Val ;-)

I would have to agree with you there. Most people haven't had the same  
education in number systems as I have. While it is technically being  
used in the nominal sense, the instinct is that it is cardinal. I  
think that this is largely due to the fact that most languages don't  
have a distinction between cardinal and nominal. :-)

Adam

> --------
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Adam Frost wrote:
>
>> I just did a search on Wikipedia for Chinese numerals. It said that  
>> they used to use the characters for the numbers, but now are mostly  
>> using the Arabic numerals.  I also found in the Arabic numeral  
>> article that the Arabs use what they call "Hindu numerals" which  
>> were the numbers that you saw on the Arabic translation that you  
>> referred to a few emails ago.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> On Feb 8, 2009, at 3:09 PM, SignWriting wrote:
>>
>>> How do Chinese documents number their pages? In Chinese? Or do  
>>> they use Arabic numbers now in their own style?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ____________________________________________
>>
>> SW-L SignWriting List
>>
>> Post Message
>> SW-L at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>>
>> List Archives and Help
>> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/
>>
>> Change Email Settings
>> http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l
>>
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________
>
> SW-L SignWriting List
>
> Post Message
> SW-L at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>
> List Archives and Help
> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/
>
> Change Email Settings
> http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l
>




____________________________________________

SW-L SignWriting List

Post Message
SW-L at majordomo.valenciacc.edu

List Archives and Help
http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/

Change Email Settings
http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l