movement

Ingvild Roald iroald at HOTMAIL.COM
Sat Mar 7 21:21:19 UTC 2009


Thanks. That solves it then: I write them closer, so they make up the one 
sign

Ingvild

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Subject: Re: [sw-l] movement

> SignWriting List
> March 7, 2009
>
> Hello Ingvild and Adam!
>
> I am sorry we misunderstood the sign. It sounds like you know how to
> write it, Ingvild, and really don't need us...We are guessing because
> we have not seen the signs and sentence...
>
> If you feel it is one sign, then you can write it with or without an
> arrow between...if you want to write the two positions without a
> connecting arrow, then just write the two positions a little closer to
> each other, than two separate signs would be, so it is clear that it
> is one sign rather than two...
>
> And Adam, if the sign had been close to the ear as I had misunderstood
> it to be, then your Wrist Movement Symbol would have been
> perfect...but that was my fault for misunderstanding that the sign for
> YOU was down lower...
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> smile...
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> Val ;-)
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> On Mar 7, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Ingvild Roald wrote:
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>> No, a wrist flex is not the right one - the hand stays in line with
>> the lower part of the arm.
>>
>> So the quarter circle is from the elbow, forward/down.
>>
>> The only reason I want to put in an arrow, is because I feel this is
>> just one sign, but maybe it really two, and then the arrow should
>> not be there ...
>>
>> Norwegian Deaf would have the mouth movements, pronouncing just the
>> one word "DØV" (DEAF). not "DU" (YOU") or "are" ..
>>
>> Ingvild
>>
>> From: Adam
>> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 8:11 PM
>> To: SignWriting LIst
>> Subject: Re: [sw-l] movement
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>> I think from what you described that if you wanted to add a movement
>> arrow, the wrist flex would be the one that you want. Do you agree,
>> Ingvild? Adam On Mar 6, 2009, at 11:26 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
>> SignWriting List March 6, 2009 On Mar 6, 2009, at 6:30 AM, 
>> iroald at hotmail.com
>>  wrote: How would you write the movement of the hand in this sign?
>> The elbow may stay in touch with the side of the body at all times,
>> the hand just arches down from the ear to forward. The sign is the
>> neutral question "Are you deaf?". I know I could choose one of the
>> slanting-down-forward arrows, but it does not feel right - too
>> elaborate in a way. It is also possible to let the sign stay as it
>> is, it should be perfectly legible, but then again it would not seem
>> to be just one sign, would it? Ingvild Hello Ingvild and everyone -
>> Thanks for this question. I agree that a movement arrow is not
>> needed. Is this really one sign? It sounds like it is more like a
>> compound sign...a combination of DEAF and YOU... Anyway, I think the
>> ear symbol is needed in the second position too, to show that the
>> second hand position, which is pointing forward, is still near the
>> ear...Even if the second hand is not near the ear, I think the ear
>> should be on the second head because it feels like there is still a
>> relationship with it and it looks funny when it disappears...at
>> least for me...If you see this as one sign, then the two positions
>> might be a little closer to each other too...See attached diagram.
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