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2010/01/25

Note of 2nd lesson

Is words equals writing? Yes, it is.
Is sign equals words and writing? No, it is not.

Structure and grammar of sign language is slightly different with English. I used English as comparison aspect because the sign I am learning is ASL (American Sign Language).

Deaf use hand to talk, use eyes to listen. Thus facial expression is the core element during signing. Especially sentence with question mark (suspicious, doubt) and exclamation mark (anxious, anger, shocked)

Sign language has it's own notation in signs time, eg future, past, now, already, not yet, ago, next. Fortunately, ago signs exactly as yesterday. Next signs exactly as tomorrow. Assuming hand paw is clock surface, by incorporate of handshapes of number and sign of time unit (year, month, week, day, hour, minute and second) it forms the time signs.

New sign in lesson:
- pass
- pay
- summit
- busy
- important
- patient
- password
- every
- investigate
- can

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