[Sw-l] QUESTION: Is SignWriting a type of dual coding?

Tue Jan 24 18:05:35 UTC 2017

SignWriting List
January 24, 2017

Hi James!
Thank you for this great explanation. It explains it so well!

Just one last question. What is a "dual" coding system?

Val ;-)

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> On Jan 24, 2017, at 9:57 AM, kegl at MAINE.RR.COM wrote:
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> Romance languages use a phonetic coding system: each symbol (or sometimes combinations) represent a distinct sound.  Writers who know the code can PREDICT how to write the word (albeit not entirely successfully in English, given all the exceptions), and readers, even if the meaning of a particular word is not known, can predict how the word probably sounds.
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> SW accomplishes the exact same thing, except that signed languages, obviously, are visual rather than sound-based.  Hence, SW is "visually phonetic".  If you know the writing code, you can PREDICT how to write the sign, and when you see the written sign, you have a pretty good notion how to make the sign.  If you already are familiar with the sign, you will recognize it when you see it in its written form.
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> Deaf children learn to read SW just like hearing children learn to read Romance languages (being that they all rely on human brains.)  Most struggle at first with the phonetic code system (visual or aural) and soon adopt a whole-word approach -- which is what you are doing right now if you are reading this explanation (but not so much this ecksplanashun.)
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> On Jan 24, 2017, at 11:55 AM, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at MAC.COM <mailto:signwriting at MAC.COM>> wrote:
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>> SignWriting List
>> January 24, 2017
>> 
>> I received this question...
>> 
>> QUESTION:
>> 
>>> I was researching more on the dual coding theory of learning and there are articles about the deaf and dual coding or imagery.  I started wondering if SignWriting is a type of dual coding.
>>>  
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>> 
>> ANSWER:
>> 
>> Thank you for this question.
>> 
>> I am hoping that on the SignWriting List someone can explain to us what "dual coding" means. I am sorry that I do not know what it is.
>> 
>> SignWriting is not a coding system. It is a writing system. It is a way to write body movement. We can write sign languages with the SignWriting Script.
>> 
>> So SignWriting is a writing system for a series of languages - sign languages - just like A, B, C and the letters of the Roman alphabet write a series of spoken languages - the spoken languages of Europe, such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, and English - all use the Roman alphabet symbols to write their unique languages...
>> 
>> So the SignWriting symbols are used to write any sign language in the world. The person writing has to know their own sign language, and then they write what they feel and see...
>> 
>> So, no, I would not call it a coding system, but then again, I do not know what a dual coding system is ;-)
>> 
>> Val ;-)
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>> <Valerie Sutton Name Sign.png>
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>> 
>> Valerie Sutton
>> sutton at signwriting.org <mailto:sutton at signwriting.org>
>> 
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>> 
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>> 
>> SignWriting Software
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>> SignWriting Encyclopedia Projects
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>> 
>> American Sign Language Wikipedia
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>> 
>> Tunisian Sign Language Wikipedia
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Val ;-)

Valerie Sutton
sutton at signwriting.org

SignWriting
Read & Write Sign Languages
http://www.SignWriting.org

SignWriting List
Technical Support: Ask questions...
http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist

SignWriting Symposium Online
Live Streaming Presentations on YouTube
http://www.SignWriting.org/symposium

SignWriting Software
Use SignPuddle, SignWriter, Delegs
Write Sign Documents & Dictionaries
http://www.signwriting.org/downloads
http://www.signwriting.org/forums/software/

SignWriting Encyclopedia Projects
Writing Encyclopedias in Sign Languages
http://www.SignWriting.org/encyclopedia

American Sign Language Wikipedia
https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ase

Tunisian Sign Language Wikipedia
https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/tse

SignWriting Shop
Books, DVDs, Lessons, Services
http://www.SignWriting.org/shop

SignWriting on Twitter
http://twitter.com/signwriting
https://twitter.com/ASLWikipedia

SignWriting on YouTube
http://youtube.com/signwriting

SignWriting on Facebook
http://facebook.com/SignWriting

Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting
Center For Sutton Movement Writing
a US educational nonprofit organization
PO Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038, USA
Tel: 858-456-0098  Skype: valeriesutton

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SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION

Valerie Sutton
SignWriting List moderator
sutton at signwriting.org

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sw-l at listserv.valenciacollege.edu

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