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From: "Dix, Carolin" <[log in to unmask]>

Subject: AW: ISWA in multimodal transcripts

Date: May 27, 2021 at 3:54:11 AM PDT

To: Valerie Sutton <[log in to unmask]>

Dear Valerie,

thank you very much for your answer. 

And yes, I joined the SignWriting List and it is very fascinating to go deeper into the SignWriting system and the discussions. I already learned so much about SignWriting.

To give you an impression on how I designed my transcripts I attached a short extract of an article I wrote about my system and which will be published soon. Although it is in German (currently I work on the english version), I hope that you can get the idea.

And of cause you can mention my project to the list as well as to individual researchers.

Kind Regards,

Carolin

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On Apr 12, 2021, at 12:12 AM, Dix, Carolin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Dear Mrs. Sutton,

my name is Carolin Dix. I work at the department of German Linguistics at the University of Bayreuth (Germany). In the process of writing my PhD-thesis I started to use the ISWA inventory in combination with a system for transcribing verbal language to transcribe my data of naturally occurring social interaction. 

While developing this system of multimodal transcription some questions appeared and I hope that you can give me a cue how to handle them.

- 1st: My impression is, that because of its steady development for transcribing sign languages the ISWA system works very well for auto-tactile movements but not for socio-tactile ones. Do you see possibilities for representing e.g. touching another person, handshakes, kisses and other cooperative gestures? 

- 2nd: A similar problem is with transcribing when people touch objects. With Sutton Movement Writing you show the example of the craftsmen gestures, but is there a way to represent in general that there is an object involved? In my data people grab a helmet, have a cup, a pen or paper in their hands, touch a steering wheel etc. Right now I transcribe the form of the hand (according to the ISWA) but I have no good idea how to represent that an object is involved, where the object is touched and how the object changes its position. 

I am very enthused of how the ISWA has improved my multimodal transcrips and would be very happy if you could help me to fine-tune my system.

I look very forward to hearing from you

Best regards

Carolin Dix

Carolin Dix, M.A.
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Universität Bayreuth
Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
Lehrstuhl für Germanistische Linguistik
Universitätsstraße 30, GWI, Raum 0.29
95440 Bayreuth
Tel.: 0921/55 36 28