[Sw-l] Writing ASL Classifiers in SignWriting

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
February 25, 2016

Hello André -

Thank you for preparing a document - yes of course show us - that is very kind of you!

I do not know ASL classifiers well, but we can get feedback from others -

Val ;-)

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> On Feb 24, 2016, at 6:48 PM, André L <andre-andre at HOTMAIL.CA> wrote:
> 
> Hello Valdenir,
> I wanted to prepare a document on classifiers and specifiers of size and shapes with SignWriting.
> I can share the preliminary material I assembled.
> Please contact me directly.
> André Lemyre
> 
> 
> 
> De : SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages <SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU <mailto:SW-L at listserv.valenciacollege.edu>> de la part de Valerie Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM <mailto:signwriting at mac.com>>
> Envoyé : 24 février 2016 17:26
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> Objet : Writing ASL Classifiers in SignWriting
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> SignWriting List
> February 24, 2016
> 
>> On Feb 24, 2016, at 1:36 PM, Valdenir Pinheiro <prof.tils at gmail.com <mailto:prof.tils at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> good afternoon Valerie prof and colleagues
>> I'm curious to learn ASL classifiers in sign writing.
>> can you help me?
>> email prof.tils at gmail.com <mailto:prof.tils at gmail.com>
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> 
> Hello Valdenir Pinheiro!
> 
> Thank you for this question.
> 
> There are two issues ...learning ASL classifiers, and then learning how to write classifiers in SignWriting.
> 
> Regarding writing classifiers in SignWriting, we add a Classifier Marker, a Tension Symbol, under the classifier. This symbol combined with the handshape let's the reader know that it is a classifier. This is explained on page 184 and 185 in the Lessons in SignWriting Textbook. See 2 attached diagrams from the book:
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> <Classifiers_p1.png>
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> <Classifiers_p2.png>
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