[Sw-l] Question about the direction of movement indicated by the touching contact symbol

[Adam Frost]

When writing with only the double touch symbol, any of those movements could be interpreted and acceptable. My question is do those other movements have a difference in meaning? If not, it just becomes a difference in accent, but people will still understand each other. If there is a difference, then you should write it for the difference in meaning.

ASL has a sign that is similar to your sign for time, but only the double touch contact symbols would be used because it really doesn’t matter which of the three different movements are done as it doesn’t change the meaning.


Adam

> On Oct 14, 2023, at 12:33 PM, Profo Rubens Almeida <rubens.escritadesinais at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello to all SignWriting List members!
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> I'm here again with more questions for you...
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> The contact symbols: (touch, grasp, between, strike, brush and rub) are part of the movement category, which is why in certain cases we can write movement signals using only the touch contact symbol, without the need to use the arrows. However, if there is a need to highlight the movement performed by the right or left hand, it is necessary to write the arrow corresponding to the correct hand.
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> In the video that I make available via the link below, I used the example of writing the “time” sign in LIBRAS (Brazilian Sign Language) which has movement and we generally write only with the contact symbol touching, without using arrows. But, when we write this way, how should this writing be read? What is the direction of movement indicated by the contact symbol touching the writing of this sign?.
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> Video link:
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> https://youtu.be/VL0T2G5wTQI <https://youtu.be/VL0T2G5wTQI>
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