For Marquita - ASL Thesis project using SignWriting

[Charles Butler]

I think Adam answered it. What you are typing is "gloss" and picking and choosing among possible words in an English to ASL dictionary. We are trying to give you a short lesson in ASL grammar which inflects words (and signs) differently using facial expressions and repetitions where English uses tones of voice and punctuation.

You live "in" America may imply: 

You live "here" in America 
(for someone speaking from America) or 

You live in America may mean "you live "there" (location) or "where" (question) America" if the speaker is in Brazil (like me). 

Charles Butler

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--- On Tue, 4/16/13, Marquita Formosa <marquita_formosa at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

From: Marquita Formosa <marquita_formosa at YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: For Marquita - ASL Thesis project using SignWriting
To: SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 1:51 PM

Hi Charles,

Thanks for answering my query but I did not exactly understand your reply should 
the 'in' be included or should it not please?

Thanks
Marquita

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