Jag kan inte ASL och, eftersom jag bor i Sverige, är det inte särskilt troligt att jag kommer att lära mig det i den närmaste framtiden. Så för att kunna ta reda på hur någonting ASLwrite realiseras när man tecknar har jag här försökt samla så många ord som möjligt med videor av hur de tecknas.

Movement

Simple Motion Lines

grow

go ahead

[no video]

old

[FIXME]

ask

coffee

celebrate

[no inlineable video]

continue

don't know

[no video]

enter

[no video]

family

hello

hungry

improve

[no video]

man	[no video]

me	[no video]

remember

same

snake

surprise

[no video]

thank you

those/them

[no video]

tomorrow

[no video]

touch heart

[no video]

understand

want

why

wish	[no video]

woman

[no video]

you

Repeated Motion Lines

For repeated motion the endpoint is repeated (one endpoint for each movement).

enjoy

bread

here

Vertical Marks

A vertical mark (a small ‘T’ at the beginning of a motion line) indicate the line is drawn vertically. (The vertical mark is not used when the sign contains a body part/locative mark, since the locatives also establish direction.)

contract/conclude

[no video]

copy

expand/visualize

[no video]

Indianapolis

[no video]

library

new

[FIXME]

support

write

[no video]

Expanding/Contracting Motion Lines

When the two hands move from a common point outwards, this is indicated by endpoints at both ends of the motion line. (If there is a vertical mark it is placed at the midpoint of the motion line.)

If two hands instead meet in the middle, the endpoint is written (in a small gap in the line) in the middle. (And any vertical marks are written at the outer points of the line.)

disconnect

story

important

meet

square

[no video]

with

[FIXME]

game

[FIXME]

Alternating Marks

If there are two motion lines with motions performed after each other, the first motion line is marked with a half of an arrowhead (pointing towards the middle of the sign) at the endpoint.

inheritance

[no video]

juggle

interview

[no video]

maybe

Contact points

Dots appearing by themselves (as opposed to at the end of a motion line) indicate contact, either with another body part/hand, or with an imaginary surface.

mine	[no video]

click

[no video]

owe	[no video]

deaf

food	[no video]

home

know	[no video]

rules

satisfied/content

[no video]

work

Diacritics

(Se också ’ASLwrite: How To Capture Wrist Motion’.)

Hinge

must	[no video]

gift	[no video]

yes

Rotational

first

get up

[no video]

book

finish

still

[FIXME]

pah!
Finally! or Success at last! (On finishing something after a long struggle/effort or hard work.)

serious

when	[no video]

Rattle

where

hope

laundry

why (variant)

[FIXME]

Flutter

study

flirt

wait

snow	[no video]

Edge Diacritic

When a sign is written in neutral space (i.e. without a locative mark) the sign is performed in the horizontal plane by default. This means that unmarked motion lines depict horizontal motion, and that digits without an edge diacritic are either palm up or palm down (as if they were resting on a horizontal surface).

When the edge diacritic is used, it indicates that the edge that it is next to is turned downward (instead of the palm or back of the hand). It equivalent to the following: