one more receptive/expressive question

Fri Aug 23 01:11:54 UTC 2013

SignWriting List
August 22, 2013

But in spoken language, you do not have to switch right side with left side - 

In spoken language, just because you don't agree with what is being said, it does not mean that you are hearing a scratchy voice versus a high voice versus a low voice when reading the concepts that you disagree with - 

But this is exactly why another research lab wanted to research the amazing SignWriting phenomena of the "ability" to write receptive and expressive -

There is no way in the English alphabet to physically right the high tones or the low tones or the scratching tones or the screaming tones - except for of course some tonal languages perhaps - smile - but that is not English -

So once again, I think the production of sound of an excited sentence does not mean we are writing the exact tone of the original writer - the thinker who is reading it puts those excited tones into it I think - and that for me seems to be expressive -

Well - I think we need a new research grant to research this with MRI equipment!

I only know that Deaf writers who were signing as their first language, who were skilled in SignWriting for 4 years, requested Expressive because they wanted it - smile - and I followed their lead ;-)

Val ;-)

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On Aug 22, 2013, at 5:09 PM, Erika <erhoffma at OBERLIN.EDU> wrote:

> I take your point Val, though I think that if we include social, emotional, contextual etc signification - as opposed to just reference - the sound of the voice or qualities of signing can add lots of meaning. 
> I also think that it may be possible to read written spoken language receptively - for example, if a person feels alienated from the type of text (suppose someone reading in a language they understand but don't identify with, or someone reading an authoritative legal text) might project in their head a voice that isn't their own. I sometimes ask students this question, whether they hear their own voice internally when they read, and the answers can vary according to the student's identity in relation to what they are reading.
> Does that make sense?
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Aug 22, 2013, at 7:58 PM, "Valerie Sutton" <signwriting at MAC.COM> wrote:
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>> SignWriting List
>> August 22, 2013
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>> Yes, I agree, thank you, Ingvild, for sharing this - This is a good story to remember...Reading appears to be expressive, whether your read out loud, or hear your own voice in silence while you read, or read without hearing anything…it is still expressive, because you are internalizing the thoughts for meaning, as if they are your own - You are not hearing someone else's voice - because there is no way you could know what the original author sounded like, nor is the sound of someone else's voice the point of the message - How someone else signs something (produces the movements) is not the point either, if you are reading for "meaning" - 
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>> Val ;-)
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>> On Aug 22, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway <erhoffma at oberlin.edu> wrote:
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>>> Ah, that is an interesting way of thinking about expressive/receptive reading for spoken language! 
>>> Thanks Ingvild!
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>>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Ingvild Roald <iroald at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> On an off-note: St Augustin, bishop in Hippo, North Africa ca 400, commented astonished that he had heard that some people actually read without using their voice (if I remember my facts correctly. It definitely was someone famous and around that time). So it seems he and most other people who were able read did so expressively ...
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>>> Ingvild 
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>>> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:49:25 -0400
>>> From: erhoffma at OBERLIN.EDU
>>> Subject: Re: one more receptive/expressive question
>>> To: SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU
>>> 
>>> Thank you Valerie and Cherie for your interesting replies!
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>>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Cherie Wren <cwterp at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> If I can't immediately read a sign, I will try to sign it 'out loud'.  If I am reading receptive, I get all confused, because it doesn't feel right.
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>>> cherie
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>>> From: Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway <erhoffma at OBERLIN.EDU>
>>> To: SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU 
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 9:54 AM
>>> 
>>> Subject: one more receptive/expressive question
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>>> Hi again! Thanks to all who responded to my earlier question - such helpful responses! I'll be sure to keep you all updated about the paper. 
>>> I noticed something in your replies that made me think of an additional question: most of you talked about the process of writing and how expressive/receptive affects that process. Do any of you have any thoughts on how the choice affects reading? For example, when you read something written expressively, do you think that it makes you experience the writing differently? Are you more likely to sign it "out loud" (physically perform the signs in whole or in part while signing)? To notice spelling or writing choices that would differ from your own? Does putting yourself in the writer's shoes make you relate to them more?
>>> Thanks!
>>> Erika
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>>> Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway
>>> Assistant Professor of Anthropology
>>> Oberlin College
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>>> Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway
>>> Assistant Professor of Anthropology
>>> Oberlin College
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>>> Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway
>>> Assistant Professor of Anthropology
>>> Oberlin College
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