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Hi Valerie: How about Anthropology Book Project? Is that too long? On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Valerie Sutton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > SignWriting List > January 18, 2013 > > Hello Erika and everyone! > Thank you for this message, Erika. I have a question. What name should I > give the public SignPuddle file, that will be used for writers of your data? > > The name will appear with a little flag icon at the top right of the > screen when the SignPuddle file opens…It needs to be a short name…right now > most of the files are called "ASL Dictionary" or "ASL Literature" or other > equivalent names in other spoken languages… > > So how about?… > > Multilingual SW Literature > > I can create the SignPuddle file now for you if you give me a name ;-) > > And by the way, I think it is would be great to have multilingual versions > of the same text, written in different sign languages, all in the same file > - it will be valuable for research in many ways - > > So please tell me the name to give to the SignPuddle file - we can also > call it the "Hoffmann Project" or whatever you wish - > > Val ;-) > > --------- > > > > On Jan 18, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi all! > I've been thinking over what material we should use a shared starting > point for producing SW documents for the book. I don't want to us to > translate from a text in a written (signed or spoken) language. So, I'm > thinking the best approach might be to an elicitation material commonly > used in cross-linguistic spoken and signed language research, such as Frog, > Where Are You? (a picture story with no written text) or The Pear Story > video. > For those not familiar - > The former can be seen in the appendix of this article: > http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/manuals/frog.pdf > The latter can be viewed here: http://pearstories.org/ > I suggest one of these because they've been chosen precisely because they > are thought to be relatively cross-culturally accessible - and we are a > diverse group :) > They are also thought to elicit interesting grammatical variation in > languages. > Finally, because there is so much research on sign languages that has used > these materials for elicitation, the texts you produce can more easily > become a part of a broad comparative cannon. > Frog, Where Are You? will be more work for you all though, as translating > it will certainly take much longer - and for that reason The Pear Stories > might be a better choice. > However, it would be really cool if another result of this project was to > contribute to the written sign language literature available for d/Deaf > children and other readers! > Mercer Meyer has been very generous in lending this story to research, and > I can look into what it would take to make it permissible to have > multilingual versions of the text with the illustrations available on the > SSW website. Having the translations be useful not only for research > purposes but also for kids to read would certainly be in the SW spirit! > What do you all think? > Best, > Erika > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Valerie Sutton <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> SignWriting List >> January 17, 2013 >> >> On Jan 17, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Yes, I think for the purposes of this project it's fine for participants >> to create the document in whatever way they prefer. Many who use >> SignPuddles may want to use that option, but delegs, or even handwriting >> are fine with me. These different approaches themselves provide interesting >> data for my project! >> >> >> --------- >> >> Yes…I agree. Another software program is SignWriter Studio, developed in >> Honduras, and in Honduras they also have shown us some amazing handwritten >> documents using full stick figures - so the variety of software and writing >> styles is quite amazing… >> >> Take a look at the Honduran document attached…this looks like documents >> from Denmark too: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Val ;-) >> >> Valerie Sutton >> SignWriting List moderator >> [log in to unmask] >> >> Post Messages to the SignWriting List: >> [log in to unmask] >> >> SignWriting List Archives & Home Page >> http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist >> >> Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages >> http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1 >> >> >> >> Valerie Sutton >> [log in to unmask] <http:[log in to unmask]> >> >> SignWriting >> Read & Write Sign Languages >> http://www.SignWriting.org <http://www.signwriting.org/> >> >> SignPuddle Online >> Write SignWriting in the Clouds! >> Documents, Dictionaries, SignMail >> http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle >> >> ASL Wikipedia Project >> Articles in American Sign Language >> http://ase.wikipedia.wmflabs.org <http://www.signbank.org/wiki> >> >> SignWriting List >> Technical Support: Ask questions... >> http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist<http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist> >> >> SignWriting Literature Project >> Writing Literature in Sign Languages >> http://www.SignWriting.org/literature<http://www.signwriting.org/literature> >> >> SignWriting Encyclopedia Projects >> Encyclopedias in Sign Languages >> http://www.SignWriting.org/encyclopedia<http://www.signwriting.org/encyclopedia> >> >> SignWriting Sponsors Forum >> Help Educational Non-Profit >> http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/sponsors<http://www.signwriting.org/forums/sponsors> >> >> SignWriting Shop >> Books, DVDs, Lessons, Services >> http://www.SignWriting.org/shop <http://www.signwriting.org/shop> >> >> Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting >> Center For Sutton Movement Writing >> a US educational nonprofit organization >> PO Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038, USA >> Tel: 858-456-0098 Skype: valeriesutton >> >> SignWriting on Twitter >> http://twitter.com/signwriting >> http://twitter.com/ASLWikipedia >> >> SignWriting on YouTube >> *http://youtube.com/signwriting* >> >> SignWriting on Facebook >> *http://facebook.com/SignWriting* >> >> > > > -- > Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway > Assistant Professor of Anthropology > Oberlin College > > > -- Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway Assistant Professor of Anthropology Oberlin College