[Sw-l] The Science of Sutton SignWriting - Language without sound

[Josenilson da Silva Mendes]

Steve, seu trabalho com o Sutton-SignWriting é fantástico! Muito obrigado
por sua contribuição nisso! Também agradeço por sempre me ajudar quando
informo algum problema na plataforma signpuddle.


Josenilson Mendes


Em qui., 2 de abr. de 2026 às 22:11, Steve Slevinski <slevin at signpuddle.net>
escreveu:

> Hi SignWriting list,
>
> I'm starting the Sutton SignWriting Infrastructure Initiative and I
> could use your help and feedback.
>
> https://steveslevinski.me/#series/sutton-signwriting-infrastructure-initiative/initiative-overview/handout
>
> My new personal website is live and covers a lot of material, some of
> which you may find interesting, and other information you can pass along
> to others.
> https://steveslevinski.me
>
> If you have any general feedback, questions, or suggestions, please let
> me know.
>
> I am preparing a new series of presentation for the academic world
> called "The Science of Sutton SignWriting".  The first presentation is
> in it's third revision and feels solid.  I have incorporated two early
> reviewers feedback, reorganized and reframed the idea into a version
> that I think is ready for public review.
>
> https://steveslevinski.me/#series/the-science-of-sutton-signwriting/language-without-sound/handout
>
>      "Language is not tied to sound. Spoken, signed, tactile, and
> written pathways together reveal the modality-independent nature of
> human language. Sutton SignWriting provides a durable written pathway
> for signed language and opens the door to literacy, research, and shared
> infrastructure."
>
> The second presentation is called "The Shape of Writing" and it isn't
> ready yet.
>
>      "Writing is not inherently linear. Some systems compress structure
> into integrated units, some unfold meaning through sequence, and some
> compose meaning spatially across a plane. SignWriting belongs to that
> broader science of writing geometry, and Formal SignWriting shows how
> planar writing can also be encoded computationally."
>
> I believe there is research to be done and we can make it happen
> together.  The benefits will fall to all users of Sutton SignWriting.
>
> I'm preparing the Sutton SignWriting Platform v3 and it will be
> available later this year on https://sutton-signwriting.io
>
> Initially, it will be used to register users and collect demographic
> data.  We will be mapping Universities, schools, groups, individuals
> that use SignWriting and finding faculty, professors, teachers,
> students, classes, books and more.  I am currently porting the
> SignPuddle data and users to the new Sutton SignWriting Platform v3.
>
> I hope everything is going well and I look forward to many more years of
> reading and writing with Sutton SignWriting together with you.
>
> Regards,
> -Steve
>
>
>
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