[Sw-l] Writing of down-right-down movement

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
August 8, 2019

Hi Adam and everyone -

Thanks for sharing these questions with us -

I hope you all will put in your opinions - this is an interesting topic -

I have a question - Is there wrist motion like the sign for YES in the sign for 22? Is it like a "traveling YES"?

The original writing with the three arrows was a compromise - it avoided writing the actual Wrist Movement Symbol, but still gave the feeling of "down-down" while it was traveling side

If wrist motion is not necessary - or if it is there but no need to write it to understand it - then the curve is fine for me - but for me it gives the "feeling" of a curve, not "down-down" from the wrist

what do you feel when you look at those arrows? and is it necessary to write the different feelings?

Val ;-)

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> On Aug 8, 2019, at 8:32 AM, Adam Frost <icemandeaf at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> I was teaching how to write some signs when I came to a very common movement in ASL: down-right-down. An example of a sign with this movement is the ASL number 22. Here is how this movement has been traditionally written.
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> When I was teaching this writing, my student asked why there has to be three arrows when it is a single (and very common) movement. This lead to a discussion of possible ways to write it. This is what was proposed.
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> I thought it was interesting that the placement of the curved movement almost implies an initial small downward movement. What are your thoughts on this writing?
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