Re: Sign Languages (was My new treasure)

>From: Bob Greenwade <bob.greenwade@...>
>Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 08:50:20 -0800
>
>    Speaking of sign languages...
>    1) Has anyone here ever developed a sign language as a companion to a
>spoken/written conlang?  (I'm thinking of doing that for one or two of Rav
>Zarruvo's daughter languages after they're completed.)
I've thought about it for ages, but never done it.

>    2) Does anyone know of a standardized way of representing sign language
>other than little pictures of hand positions?  (I saw an ASL dictionary
>once that had something like that, but I don't remember what it was called
>or anything like that.)
>
Yes, there's the Stoke notation which is sorta like an IPA for sign
languages.  I *think* its the one in use by most linguists who study SL's.
There's HamNoSys developed by the University of Hamburg.  There's
Signwriting used by a group in Nicaragua, and appearently in successful use
by a portion of the Deaf community.  There are probably others, but those
three are the biggies -- the ones you could easily find info on.  Stoke has
a published book on his system.  U of Hamburg has materials on the net,
iirc.  Signwriting has lessons on the web, again iirc.

Adam


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