[Sw-l] Six SignWriting Topics, Topic 5, Writing Torso & Body Movement

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
November 15, 2022

And let us not forget the Spine and Spinal Undulations (big smile). I know. How many times do we have to write a Spinal Undulation in sign language literature? Pretty rarely I agree. But it can be needed if you are writing a mime-like gesture in poetry etc. or perhaps sign language mixed with dance. See attached diagrams. The vertical line is the spine. The little horizontal line shows the area of the spine that is moving. And then the Movement Arrow shows the movement that takes place in that exact area - See attached:


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