Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:39:57 -0800
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Subject: Re: Symbols quotation marks and long pause
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SignWriting List
Hello Madson and everyone -
Thank you for posting this question to the SignWriting
List, Madson...
The quotation marks are used sometimes. It depends on the
writer, and the style of your document. For example, the quotation marks are
easier to read when writing signs horizontally. They are symbols that were
designed for horizontal SignWriting and were used years ago in the SignWriter
DOS program.
Quoting what another person signs, inside a document, can
be written without the Quotation Marks…some writers write the actual sign for
"quote" at the beginning of the quoted phrase, and then place a Pause
symbol (Comma) at the end of the quoted phrase - If you are writing the way one
signs a quoted phrase, that would be the most accurate way to write a quote. In
that case, the Quotation Marks are not necessary.
So to answer your question…yes…the Quotation Marks can be
used, but are rarely used. That is why I took them out of the International
SignWriting Alphabet 2010, but, you can construct them if you want to use them,
by finding some diagonal lines in the ISWA and building them yourself…They are
still good symbols that can be used.
The Long Pause can also be constructed and can be as long
as you want to make it. Make the space between the two lines larger or smaller
depending on the length of the pause. The Long Pause is usually used when
writing sign language theatre or sign language songs, when pausing can be
different lengths related to the timing in music.
Meanwhile, the standard Comma or Pause symbol in
SignWriting, with a small amount of space between the two lines, which is
pre-constructed for you, is the symbol most people use for writing sentences…
Attached is a screen capture of building a Long Pause in
SignPuddle Online, using SignMaker …see attached…
On Feb 15, 2012, at 1:35 AM, Madson Barreto wrote:
In
older textbooks written signs found two symbols that are not in SignPuddle:
They
have not yet used in SignWriting?


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