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0045
Example 0045 shows different handshapes
in SignWriting. Not all of these are used in ASL.
Some of them were added into SignWriter 4.3 when
I created the Spanish version of the program for
the Parkhursts
back in 1995.
EXAMPLES 0045
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Number 1 is a little like the sign
for "four in ASL", except the thumb is
projecting forward. Notice the dot...that means
you are seeing the thumb coming straight at you...the
tip is projecting towards you, or directly away
from you. But the side position has the thumb line
on the white side of the symbol since it is projecting
toward the direction that the palm is facing.
Number 2 is a flat hand with a projecting thumb
forward.
Number 3 is a tight closed fist with the thumb
projecting forward.
Number 4 is the "L" hand in ASL. The
first and last positions are easy to read, but when
the palm turns to face the side, technically the
thumb projects straight towards the reader. It could
be written with a dot too...just one problem...the
dot for the projecting thumb hits the border of
the palm facing (half-dark half-light) and it is
real hard to read and write properly. That is why
we usually write the "L" hand with a real
thumb line in all three positions, and the if it
is a real "L" handshape, then the thumb
line has to be on the dark section in that position
because otherwise it gets confused with the thumb
projecting forward.
Number 5 is the same issue as number 4...but it
is with only the thumb projecting -
Now you can see why some symbols are the way they
are! The side view of the "L" handshape
can be written either way...with a dot in the center
...or with the thumb on the dark side of the palm
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