Writing Signed Languages
In Support of Adopting an ASL Writing System

by
Amy Rosenberg
Master's Thesis, University of Kansas
Department of Linguistics, 1999

...back to Table of Contents....
Introduction Chapter 5, Part 1 Appendix B
Chapter 1 Chapter 5, Part 2 Appendix C
Chapter 2 Chapter 6 Appendix D & E
Chapter 3 Summary & Bibliography Appendix F
Chapter 4 Appendix A Appendix G



Appendix A.

SignWriting
Excerpts from "Lessons in SignWriting" by Valerie Sutton
(1995: Section 3: 25, 26 and 13:2).

 

 

 

Grammar Lesson 1
by Dr. Karen van Hoek


Spatial Comparisons

It is common in American Sign Language (ASL) to use space to make comparisons. Two things under discussion are often "set up" spatially. The signer places one item to the left and the other item to the right. The signer compares the left item with the right item.

   

...back to Table of Contents....
Introduction Chapter 5, Part 1 Appendix B
Chapter 1 Chapter 5, Part 2 Appendix C
Chapter 2 Chapter 6 Appendix D & E
Chapter 3 Summary & Bibliography Appendix F
Chapter 4 Appendix A Appendix G

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Amy Rosenberg
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