SignWriting List
February 9, 2000


QUESTION 0028:

When do I write a circle and when do I write a curved arrow?


ANSWER 0028:

Generally four curves make one circle. So usually a curved arrow is one quarter of a circle.


EXAMPLES 0028



Illustration by Steve Parkhurst, from the text "SignoEscritura", Madrid, Spain,1999.

 

SignWriting List
February 9, 2000


QUESTION 0029:

When do I write a circle and when do I write a curved arrow?


ANSWER 0029:

A complete circle is written with a Circle Symbol. Sometimes Circle Symbols have dotted lines, and sometimes they don't, but no matter what, they record complete circles.


EXAMPLES 0029

Illustration by Steve Parkhurst, from the text "SignoEscritura", Madrid, Spain,1999.


SignWriting List
February 9, 2000


QUESTION 0030:

When do I write a circle and when do I write a curved arrow?


ANSWER 0030:

Example 0030 shows that rotations are curves too, but they do not travel.


EXAMPLES 0030

Rotation symbols stay in one place and rotate in the direction of the curve. There are four possible rotations to a circle. When you see a line going through the curved arrow you know it is a rotation. The line represents the axis around which the rotation revolves.

 


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