Examples of SiLOrB in Use

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This page shows how SiLOrB transcription and orthographic representations can be used on actual signs. A detailed and a general description is given for some, as users may choose to include a level of detail consistent with a certain language’s phonology or another intended purpose. Signs are from Sivia Sign Language (LSSiv) and American Sign Language (ASL).

Index

Hands
simple shapes: as for me, bicycle, cacao, coca, cry, fry, guerrilla, hot, shorts, type, side by side, window
complex shapes: cat, plane flying
shape changes: how many, night
orientation changes: fry, not have

Location
zero space: bicycle, hot, how many, night, not have, side by side, type, window
torso: as for me
head: cat, coca, cry, guerrilla, plane flying
non-dominant hand: cacao, fry
thighs: shorts

Movement
directional: cat, cry, guerrilla, hot, night, plane flying, shorts
sequential: window
path: bicycle, side by side
alternating: bicycle
repeated: cacao
tap: as for me
fingers wiggle: how many, type

Non-manuals
brows: as for me, guerrilla
nose wrinkle: guerrilla
cheek puff: coca
mouth: cry, fry, hot, how many, plane flying
head: how many, not have

Alphabetical
as for me (tap, brow raise non-manual)
bicycle (alternating circular movement)
cacao (non-dominant hand location, repeated movement)
cat (cheek location, F shape, repeated movement)
coca (cheek location, cheek puff non-manual)
cry (under eye location, frown non-manual)
fry (non-dominant hand location, orientation change, lip purse non-manual)
guerrilla (nose wrinkle, brow furrow non-manuals)
hot (bodyward movement, tongue out non-manual)
how many (handshape change, finger wiggle, head tilt non-manual)
night (shape change)
not have (orientation change, head shake non-manual)
plane flying (high location, lip purse)
shorts (thigh location)
side by side (rightward bouncing movement)
type (fingers wiggle)
window (sequential movement, orientation change)