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Stokoe notation

Stokoe notation (/ˈstoʊki/ STOH-kee) 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. It was first published as the…

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TabDezSigConsonantVowel
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PhonemicSign languagesWilliam StokoeAmerican Sign LanguageFingerspelling
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Child systems
ASL-phabet
Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
ASL
Period
1960 to present
Script type
alphabet

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Stokoe notation

Nodes30
Edges29
Triples40
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.066667
Components1

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Stokoe notation

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related to Published use of Stokoe notation · 15
Stokoe notation → ASL, ASL Dictionary, Australian Aboriginal, British Sign Language/English, Casterline, Croneberg, David Brien, Dictionary, Faber, Other, Sexual Nature, Signs, Stokoe, The, These
related to External links · 8
Stokoe notation → Free Stokoe, Human-Machine Communication, MUSSLAP Project Multimodal Human, Sign Language Processing, SignWriting, Speech, Towards, Unicode
related to Example · 7
Stokoe notation → ASL, English, It, Snake, Stokoe, The, This
related to Writing direction · 4
Stokoe notation → Latin, SignWriting, Stokoe, This
Child systems · 1
Stokoe notation → ASL-phabet
Direction · 1
Stokoe notation → Left-to-right
Languages · 1
Stokoe notation → ASL
Period · 1
Stokoe notation → 1960 to present
Script type · 1
Stokoe notation → alphabet

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stokoe sign notation dez used asl tab hand symbols first sig orientation movement language dictionary alphabet handshape also shows hands

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Stokoe notationChild systemsASL-phabet1.00infobox
Stokoe notationDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Stokoe notationLanguagesASL1.00infobox
Stokoe notationPeriod1960 to present1.00infobox
Stokoe notationScript typealphabet1.00infobox
those of Ted Supalla have contradicted Stokoe's set of motion phonemesinstance ofand more recent analyses0.80text
Stokoe notationrelated to ExampleThis0.60section
Stokoe notationrelated to ExampleASL0.60section
Stokoe notationrelated to ExampleSnake0.60section
Stokoe notationrelated to ExampleStokoe0.60section
Stokoe notationrelated to ExampleThe0.60section
Stokoe notationrelated to ExampleIt0.60section

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