Question about tilting or rocking

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
July 9, 2009

Hello Ingvild!
I am sorry I did not explain these symbols better...

Although it is possible to keep the head in one place while the  
shoulders tilt, or even have the head moving in the opposite direction  
to the movement of the upper body, that is not what I meant at  
all...that is not what these symbols mean.

The head goes along with the rocking or tilting motion...

When we place the symbols on top of the head, they are referring to  
the entire body (the entire spine including the head) doing a weight  
shift or rocking to one side and the the other. It is a larger rocking  
motion that includes the entire spine....so if you were standing up,  
the entire body might shift its weight a little to one side or the  
other, and if you are sitting down, then the rocking comes from the  
hips or your seat...It is not writing head motion only...it is a whole- 
spine rocking...and unless otherwise stated, the head is going along  
with the spine...that was the way these symbols were defined some 20  
years ago...

But when the tilting or rocking motion is placed near the shoulders,  
it is a smaller rocking that does not involve the entire spine but  
only the upper half of the spine from the waist up...and the head I  
would assume, follows along in the direction of the rocking...we are  
not talking about the head...it is coming along for the ride...

Now it is very possible physically to have the head move in one  
direction while the shoulders rock in the other direction, but that  
would require adding the symbols for the head that show that  
motion, ...The reader would need to know that the shoulders are going  
one way and the head is lead by the ear in the opposite  
direction...but unless you are writing dancing or mime that would  
rarely be needed in SignWriting...the Tilting Symbols are showing  
weight shifts from the whole spine or the upper spine...

Val ;-)



On Jul 9, 2009, at 2:04 AM, Ingvild Roald wrote:

> How can you tilt your torso without also moving your head? Just  
> moving the stomach /chest back and forth? To move the shoulders  
> without the head feels more like moving the head in the opposite  
> direction ...
>
> Ingvild
>
>
>
> > From: signwriting at mac.com
> > To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> > Subject: Re: [sw-l] Re: Question about tilting or rocking
> > Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 11:38:59 -0700
> > CC: JoSignJ at aol.com
> >
> > SignWriting List
> > July 8, 2009
> >
> > Hello Adam and Jonita!
> > Thank you for looking at the video of the sign, Adam and for writing
> > it...I like your writing...it is clear. When the Tilt symbols are
> > placed above the head, it means the entire upper body tilts or  
> shifts
> > from side to side...When they are placed near the shoulders, that is
> > only the shoulders, from the waist...so placing the symbols above  
> the
> > head is a stronger tilt motion that is entire upper body...Here are
> > those symbols:
> >
>
>
>
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