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Introduction History of Written ASL Philosophical Approaches Contributor's Guide

SignWriting Basic Description. Basic Handshapes Planes Contact Symbols Movement Arrows Location Symbols Finger Symbols Putting it All Together	ASLWrite Basic Description. Digits and the Digibet Mapping your Movements Holds and Diacritics Location and Locatives Grammatical and Extramanual Marks Strategies for Writing Clearly Literature, Poetry, and Art
si5s Basic Description. Basic Handshapes Diacritics Movement Lines Location and Locatives Grammatical and Extramanual Marks Reserved Characters	Marginal Systems Basic Description. Stokoe Notation Hamburg Notational System ASL-phabet Latin-Based Systems Other Notation Systems
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History

Until William Stokoe's notation in the 1960s, notation for ASL signs was never systematically attempted. Since then, several systems have emerged, but most are not widely used outside of a single organization or individual. In the past few years, three systems (SignWriting, ASLWrite, and si5s) have emerged to prominence. SignWriting is the oldest and the most widely used. It is only typed has no official way of being handwritten. ASLwrite and current si5s both have roughly equal age and spread, having split from the original si5s system. Both are used to record stories, linguistic analysis, and ASL artwork. ASLWrite has become more iconic than si5s, and considers itself completely open-source, si5s has become more pattern-based and is who knows what.

Philosophical Approaches

Iconicity: How closely should written ASL attempt to visually match the signs it records? (easier to see connections) How much should written ASL attempt to decompose signs into abstract patterns? (fewer items to remember)

Completeness: How much should written ASL attempt to preserve the details of the signs it records? (less deduction to "pronounce") How much should written ASL attempt to be succinct and brief? (quicker to write)

Medium: How much should written ASL attempt to be flexible with its expression? (less restriction) How much should written ASL attempt to be compatible with modern computer technology? (farther reach)

SignWriting

Most used system with communities all over the world. ASL wikipedia. I'm gonna port all the info from their website here.

si5s and ASLWrite

Current ASLWrite and current si5s are both splits from the original si5s. ASLWrite has become more iconic than si5s, and considers itself completely open-source. si5s has become more pattern-based. Also, ASLWrite is totally featural, and si5s is somewhat featural with a dozen logograms which must be memorized. More information is available on ASLWrite right now, si5s has gone a little dark.

Marginal Systems

Systems used exclusively or almost exclusively by a single organization.

Stokoe Notation

The notation that started it all. Anyone actually still using it?

HamNoSys

Used exclusively by linguists

Wiktionary

Used exclusively on wiktionary

SLIPA

Used exclusively by conlangers

ASL-phabet

Used by the CCSD

Resources

A collection of resources to use

Style

Authoring Foreign Language Textbooks Using Wikibooks/Starting A New Wikibook

Information

Current Textbook Handspeak Other Info

Tools

Memrise Downloadable Content