[Sw-l] Between floor and wall arm rotation

Adam Frost icemandeaf at GMAIL.COM
Sun Feb 6 20:43:34 UTC 2022


I agree. I would write it with the rotation symbol as well. And this was a good discussion too. :-)

Thanks for everyone’s input. :-)


Adam

> On Feb 6, 2022, at 12:32 PM, Valerie Sutton <sutton at SIGNWRITING.ORG> wrote:
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> February 6, 2022
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> Hi Adam!
> I was surprised when I saw your video. Thank you for sending it. This is a different conversation than before. Thank you for posting the video directly in email.
> 
> I thought you were talking about straight traveling movement on the diagonal plane with a rotation symbol on the stem line of the diagonal plane straight arrow. Ha!
> 
> But this is a very small movement. And there's no traveling from what I can see. So this is a Rotation Symbol.
> 
> See the diagram attached. That is how I would write it. No diagonal plane needed.
> 
> We do not have a diagonal plane for Rotation Symbols. Only Floor and Wall.
> 
> If it is important, from a linguistic point of view, to state that the forearm is on the diagonal plane in the first position, and not somewhere in between, then I would write a stick figure with arms. Or just the arm line by itself may be able to show these details for gesture writing, or for writing mime or dance. But a sign like this can be read without those details I think.
> 
> Please see the attached. I hope this helps. I will try to be back online on Tuesday.
> 
> Thank you everyone for your busy and wonderful discussions.
> 
> Have a wonderful weekend!
> 
> Val ;-)
> 
> <Arm rotation 2.png>
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