Primary Movement in Sign Languages: A Study of Six Languages

Appendix B Raw Data Included in the Figures and Tables in the Main Text for Paths Other Than Curves for 1H, 2HIB,and 2HRM

153 Appendix B Raw Data Included in the Figures and Tables in the Main Text for Paths Other Than Curves for 1H, 2HIB, and 2HRM Swing Signs Information on swing signs for ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and Auslan is given in table B.1a. There are several things to note regarding table B.1a: Note 1. BSL: One 1H Contral-Ipsil swing goes Contral, then the hand rotates, then it swings back Ipsil. Note 2. LIS: One 2HRM Away-Back swing included in this table is across the Mid plane rotated 45° to the left. One 2HRM Contral-Ipsil swing included in this table has the two hands come toward the plane then loop back away again, so the path shape is a very thinned-out loop. Note 3. LSF: Two 2HRM Away-Back swings included in this table are across the Mid plane rotated 45° to the right. One 2HRM Away-Down swing included in this table is glided and the Mid plane is rotated 45° to the left; the hands move AwayDown , make a CW circle seen on the VW plane, then swing back. Two 2HRM Contral-Ipsil swings change height, so they swing toward the plane at one height, then swing back to a lower point from the one they started at: incroyable (‘incredible’), insupportable (‘intolerable’). 154 Appendix B Note 4. Auslan: One 1H Contral-Ipsil swing included in this table has a secondary movement between phases of the swing (a mimic sign: spray). One 2HRM Away-Back swing included in this table is a glide. Auslan also has some swings not included in this table (but they are included in the tables with totals in the main text): one elbow sign that swings DownUp only once; two Mid glide reflections over time with swing movement, one Down-Up and the other AwayDown-BackUp. Information on swing signs for all languages in this study (including ISN now) is given in table B.1b. Note that for ISN several 2HRM swing signs are glided: one of the Down-Up signs; one of the Contral-Ipsil signs; one of the AwayBack signs; and one of the AwayDown-BackUp signs. Ordinary Noncurve Path Signs ThedataonthesesignsaregivenintablesB.2throughB.19.Sometimes movement is repeated. Within any column, figures in parentheses indicate the number of relevant signs with repeated movement. Although in our analyses in the text we separated our signs into curve paths and noncurve paths only, when we first cataloged the signs we kept track of certain path characteristics. In the interests of others who might want to mine these data, we note these characteristics in the tables of this appendix. The symbols we used for the noncurve path characteristics are as follows: ss = straight H = a single hop or bounce from initial point to endpoint HH = more than one hop or bounce from initial point to endpoint ~HH = inverted hops, so that you dip from one point to the next jab = quick movement toward a point and back to the initial point (Dynamics sets jabs apart from a single swing.) 155 Appendix B W = tiny undulations WW = waves WWW = one or more big exaggerated waves Z = angle (sometimes curved at the apex)—apex can point Up, Down, or Ipsil (This subsumes what is often called “path shape 7.”) ZZ = zigzag (that is, multiple angles) IF = initial flourish FF = final flourish G = glide +45R or +45L = reflexive symmetry is across the Mid plane rotated 45° to the right or the left The types of flourishes found differ by language: ASL: Wrist rotation or circle (typically CW regardless of the plane the circle is seen on) before going straight. LIS: Wrist rotation or circle (typically CCW regardless of the plane the circle is seen on) before going straight. LSF: Curl before or after going straight (like on a candy cane) or initial arc then straight (which is different from the curl, because the straight line is not an unbroken continuation of the arc) or a (partial) loop before or after going straight. Auslan: Curl before or after going straight (like on a candy cane). Several notes must be made regarding these tables. For table B.6: The repeated Contral wave is the sign flying saucer . No other language allows repeats on any path shape other than straight and the various curves, regardless of whether the signs are one-handed or two. For table B.7 there are three notes: Note 1...