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Stokoe notation (/ ˈ s t oʊ k i /) is the first phonemic script used for sign languages. It was created by William Stokoe for American Sign Language (ASL), with Latin letters and numerals used for the shapes they have in fingerspelling, and iconic glyphs to transcribe the position, movement, and orientation of the hands.
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A passage from Goldilocks in ASL transcribed in Stokoe notation. Stokoe invented a written notation for sign language (now called Stokoe notation ) as ASL had no written form at the time. Unlike SignWriting , which was developed later, it is not pictographic, but drew heavily on the Latin alphabet.
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Stokoe notation ( / ˈstoʊki /) is the first phonemic script used for sign languages. It was created by William Stokoe for American Sign Language (ASL), with Latin letters and numerals used for the shapes they have in fingerspelling, and iconic glyphs to transcribe the position, movement, and orientation of the hands.
William Stokoe, arguably the father of sign language linguistics, along with co-authors of Dictionary of American Sign Language on Linguistic Principles (1965) Carl Croneberg and Dorothy Casterline, created a notation system.The sign is divided into three parts: location, handshape, and movement.
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Feb 23, 2023 · Stokoe's notation system, now known as Stokoe notation, was created to provide a written form of ASL as it lacked a written form at the time. Unlike SignWriting, which was developed later, Stokoe notation drew heavily on the Latin alphabet and was not pictographic.
: 154 In the 1960s, linguist William Stokoe created Stokoe notation specifically for ASL. It is alphabetic, with a letter or diacritic for every phonemic (distinctive) hand shape, orientation, motion, and position, though it lacks any representation of facial expression, and is better suited for individual words than for extended passages of ...
Stokoe’s system of symbols, popularly called Stokoe notation, divides signs based on the four parameters discussed in Section 3.8, though he originally considered orientation to be a subcomponent of the handshape parameter.
