Stokoe notation

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Stokoe notation is a system for transcribing the structure and components of sign languages using written symbols.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sign language notation system
writing system for sign languages
alsoKnownAs Stokoe system NERFINISHED
Stokoe transcription system NERFINISHED
appliesTo American Sign Language NERFINISHED
associatedWithInstitution Gallaudet University NERFINISHED
basedOnConcept phonemic analysis of sign
component chereme
contributedTo recognition of ASL as a natural language
creator William Stokoe NERFINISHED
describedIn Sign Language Structure NERFINISHED
describes handshape
location
movement
non-manual features
orientation
developedFor American Sign Language NERFINISHED
dezMeaning handshape of the sign
field deaf studies
sign linguistics
goal demonstrate linguistic structure of sign languages
hasConcept dez
sig
tab
hasLimitation limited representation of non-manual markers
not widely used for everyday writing by Deaf communities
primarily suited for ASL rather than all sign languages
hasTranscriptionLevel phonological
historicalSignificance first systematic phonological notation for a sign language
inception 1960s
influenced HamNoSys NERFINISHED
SignWriting NERFINISHED
later sign notation systems
languageOfWorkOrName English
notationType linear notation
notationUnit symbol for handshape
symbol for location
symbol for movement
publicationAuthor William Stokoe NERFINISHED
purpose linguistic analysis of sign languages
transcription of sign languages
scriptDirection left-to-right
sigMeaning movement of the sign
tabMeaning location of the sign
usedIn academic research
descriptive grammars of sign languages
sign language dictionaries
uses Latin-based symbols
diacritics
writingSystemType featural notation

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BSL usesNotationSystem Stokoe notation