This paper discusses the problems involved in writing sign languages and explains the solutions offered by the Alphabetic Writing System (Sistema de Escritura Alfabética, S.E.A.) developed at the University of Alicante in Spain. We will ponder the syllabic nature of glottographic or phonetically-based writing systems, and will compare practical phonological knowledge of writing with notions of syllables and sequence. Taking advantage of the ideas of sequentiality contributed by the phonology of sign languages, we will propose a sequential writing model that can represent signers’ practical phonological knowledge.
@inproceedings{herrero:04008:sign-lang:lrec,
author = {Herrero, Angel},
title = {A Practical Writing System for Sign Languages},
pages = {37--42},
editor = {Streiter, Oliver and Vettori, Chiara},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {LREC2004} Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: From {SignWriting} to Image Processing. Information techniques and their implications for teaching, documentation and communication},
maintitle = {4th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation ({LREC} 2004)},
publisher = {{European Language Resources Association (ELRA)}},
address = {Lisbon, Portugal},
day = {30},
month = may,
year = {2004},
language = {english},
url = {https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/lrec/pub/04008.pdf}
}