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Synopsis
The SignWriting Basics Instruction Manual is a 42-page spiral-bound book designed for the classroom. Learn the basic symbols of SignWriting quickly and visually, an excellent introduction to the International SignWriting Alphabet. Examples in the book are written in American Sign Language (ASL), with illustrations and short sentences in English.
Learn how to read and write the basic handshapes, contact symbols, finger movements, arm movements and facial expressions of any sign language.
About the SignWriting Script:
Over 40 sign languages around the world are becoming written languages, because of the SignWriting Script, which will be in Unicode v.8 in 2015. SignWriting literature, dictionaries and email are available on your computer desktop, on the web, and on tablets and phones using SignPuddle.org and SignWriterStudio.com.
Why write sign language?
Reading and writing sign languages preserves the beauty and culture of Deaf people and their native languages, sign languages, and aids in teaching sign languages to both Deaf and hearing people. Every language, whether spoken or signed, benefits from reading and writing, aiding in written translations between languages.
Other publications that use or refer to SignWriting:
Lessons in SignWriting Textbook by Valerie Sutton on Amazon.com
A Handful of Spells: a novel by Kimberley A. Shaw, available on Amazon.com
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About the Author
SignWriting was first invented by Valerie Sutton in Denmark in 1974. It is one of five sections of Sutton Movement Writing, a system for reading and writing body movement. Sutton, born 1951, grew up in professional ballet training in Southern California, and first invented DanceWriting, preserving the historic Bournonville Schools, a ballet system used by the Royal Danish Ballet. In 1974, while she was teaching the Royal Danish Ballet to read and write dance, a researcher at the University of Copenhagen asked her to develop a way to read and write the movements of sign languages. This was the beginning of the SignWriting Script. Valerie Sutton has dedicated her life to developing a useful writing system for all sign languages that can be used on a daily basis by signers of all ages, using any sign language. Sign languages are not international. There are different sign languages in each country, each with its own unique grammar and structure, but the International SignWriting Alphabet (ISWA) writes them all, because it writes body movement. The signs may mean different concepts in different sign languages, but the movements (the way the signs look and feel) can be written with the same SignWriting symbols. The SignWriting Script, used by thousands of people worldwide, in over 40 countries, is officially recognized as a World Script by the International Bureau of Standardization (ISO), and in 2015 was incorporated into Unicode, the world standard for encoding writing systems for use in computers and mobile devices.
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- PublisherSignWriting Press
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0914336495
- ISBN 13 9780914336495
- BindingSpiral-bound
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages42
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