Nepali Sign Language article: Transcriptions in SW

[MARIA AZZOPARDI]

Dear Erika,
I'm very interested in the content of this article. Can I purchase it in
some way?

I have used signwriting as phonetic transciptions for two thesis - always
in the expressive/productive way. It would be great if more linguists
could use ISWA (signwriting) as a standard 'IPA' for sign linguistic data
- cross-linguistic comparison would be SO MUCH easier if this was the
case! I can read your data without problem also.

So now, I know there are two (you and myself) who have used signwriting
for linguistic transcriptions - it's a good starting point and I would
love to know if there are more linguistics out there who do so.

PS: you should try to use Puddle - it's advantages outweigh any small
drawbacks it has. It really is good even for data transcriptions - and may
save you ALOT of time in the long run. I was reluctant when I started
using it, but now I honestly CAN'T imagine any work in sign
language/lingusitics without it!

Maria


> I have no problem reading your writing.
> Charles Butler
>
> --- On Thu, 10/22/09, Erika Hoffmann <erhoffma at oberlin.edu> wrote:
>
> From: Erika Hoffmann <erhoffma at oberlin.edu>
> Subject: [sw-l] Nepali Sign Language article using SignWriting/SSW visit
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
> Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 3:18 PM
>
> Hello again - sorry for the brief silence. I'm at a new job so I have
> a new email and needed to update my membership in the list.
>
> In reply to my last message Val asked: And what about your actual
> Nepali Sign Language writing? Do you have any samples? I notice we do
> not have a Nepali SignPuddle and I am really surprised...how did you
> write your documents?"
>
> I'm not sure if  my project works well with Puddles because I'm not
> trying to document NSL per se, or create dictionary listings. Rather,
> I've been using SSW to create transcripts of conversational
> interactions - so in order to reflect the formal properties of what's
> going on I can't use citation forms. I used the signwriting tool on
> the website to create my transcripts.
>
> At Stefan's suggestion I'm passing along some material I sent him last
> week. I've attached a pdf of an article I've written for the Journal
> of Linguistic Anthropology. I'm also sending a link to the journal's
> web page, where I've also got video (re-enacted for the privacy of my
> participants) and SSW transcripts to supplement the English glosses in
> the print journal.
> I'm sure you will find many errors in my Signwriting, but I had to
> work quickly with the editor to arrange for this special supplement.
> Also, you'll note that I am writing from the receptive rather than
> productive viewpoint. I agree that writing from the productive
> viewpoint is preferable, but the receptive viewpoint is more in
> keeping with the way that data would be presented in this journal. It
> has been quite difficult to work with traditional journal formats to
> get the SSW transcripts included, but I think it's extremely
> important. One thing I was quite pleased about is that, in the actual
> journal text, the SSW for the lexical items appears on the same line
> as the English glosses, rather than on the same plane as the
> illustrations from the NSL dictionary, which helps with readers'
> ability to see that the SSW is writing and not an illustration.
> http://linguisticanthropology.org/web-enhanced-articles/web-enhanced-article-metasemiotic-regimentation-in-the-standardization-of-nepali-sign-language/
>
> As you will see from the errors I have surely made in my transcripts,
> I would benefit from visiting some more experienced SignWriters, not
> only in order to bolster my ability to write about SSW but also to use
> it well. I received a very short training from James Shepard in 2003,
> but since then I have been working with it on my own (with occasional
> questions for the list). Therefore the seminar Val mentioned before is
> something I would be very interested in attending!
> And thank you Val for the suggestions about places and people I might
> visit.
>
> Best,
> Erika
>
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