[sw-l] question

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
March 4, 2008

> On Mar 4, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Adam Frost wrote:
>> It would be under the 5 hand shape catagory because all of the  
>> fingers are "active" or in use.
>> Adam


On Mar 4, 2008, at 1:20 PM, petercdehaas wrote:
> Wondering if you can tell me where to find the hand shape for the  
> beginning of the sign 'information'?  It is the closed hands.
> Thanks for your help.
> Peter DeHaas


Hi Peter and Adam!

Thank you for this question. And thanks Adam...exactly correct...

We call the handshape that starts this sign for INFORMATION, the Angle  
Handshape:

As Adam says, the Angle Handshape is the last one under the 5 hand  
(see attached diagrams):








Val ;-)


Valerie Sutton
Sutton at SignWriting.org

1. SignWriting
Read & Write Sign Languages
http://www.SignWriting.org

2. SignPuddle
Create SignWriting Documents Online
http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle

3. SignBank
SignWriting Desktop Databases
http://www.SignBank.org

4. SignWriting List
Technical Support: Ask questions to the List
http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist

5. SignWriting Literature Project
Writing Literature in Sign Languages
http://www.SignWriting.org/literature

Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting
Center For Sutton Movement Writing
an educational nonprofit organization
P.O. Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038, USA
tel 858-456-0098   fax 858-456-0020




-------------- next part --------------
Skipped content of type multipart/related