[sw-l] FLASH-THE-LIGHT

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
August 2, 2007

On Aug 2, 2007, at 8:14 PM, Stuart Thiessen wrote:
> Well, the intent of the fast and up/down movement is to show that  
> the change in handshape is actually very quick, just like flipping  
> a light switch. Using the up/down movement with the fast symbol  
> seemed the best way to do it. I used the up arrow to show that the  
> handshape went back to its original configuration.  Really there is  
> only movement on the wrist (slightly) and the hands simply change  
> from closed to open to closed.

I see. That is so interesting.

When it comes to the double movement down-down...that way of writing  
became a standard way of showing that the hand returns to the  
beginning position so the entire sign is repeated twice in the same  
direction....

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But the sign you mention has three handshapes...a beginning, a middle  
and an ending handshape...We could make that a standard assumption  
that with the small arrows down and up that it returns to the first  
position...

Does that feel natural to other people on the List?

Would you read it that way?


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Years ago we actually wrote three handshapes...

Val ;-)