“Signed Sentences” in HamNoSys

HamNoSys mainly describes gestures.

Sentence extention is only available concerning

• sequential performance
• punctuation marks

Inventory:
: immediate sequential performance
: sequentially performed gestures
: border of sentence with neutral sentence miming
: border of sentence with distinctional sentence miming
: wild card sign for word miming

New concepts in HNS 4.0

Co-referencing:

Use of indices to establish locations in space to which the hand may return during the discourse.
Tagging of a location used for the first time:

Use of the same location later on:

Example:

„While reading the newspaper I had a cup of coffee”

Ipsilateral (signer space) vs. right (real space):

This symbol indicates that the orientation and direction of movement are absolute / refer to real space and not to the signer space, i.e.: The switch of orientation and direction of movement which usually takes place if a left-handed signer performs the sign notated for a right-handed signer should NOT be performed.