Example
This is the ASL word snake in Stokoe notation:
The first letter, ᴗ (like a U), shows that the word is signed at the lower face (mouth or chin). The second, V⃛ɒ, shows that the hand has the shape of a fingerspelled "V". The V has two diacritics: the three dots … above it show that the fingers are bent (curled), while the subscript ɒ shows that the hand is held with the back of the hand facing up. The last letters, @
⊥, are a compound sig: the spiral shows a circular motion, and the tack ˔ underneath shows that the motion proceeds outward. This is a mimetic sign for 'snake', mimicking the motion of a fanged snake (Stokoe et al. 1965:168). It is alphabetized under to the tab U, then by the dez V, then by the sig @; the searcher does not need to know what it means or that it is glossed with the English word snake in order to look it up.
Following is a passage from Goldilocks:
| BɑBɑz~ | √V⃛√V⃛ ɑ̇• | Ʒ⊥ | √C‡√Cv ו |
ȜY@ v |
√Gʌ |
| story(?) | quote | three | bear(s) | Goldilocks | way.in |
- The story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears". Deep in
| Bɑ√Bʌω |
G⊥ | BʌˡBʌ÷ v |
Ȧ | BɒBɒ⊥ |
| woods | up | house | sitting.there | enter |
- the woods, there is a house sitting on a hill. (If you) go in,
| G> | ᴖ5× | √C‡√Cv ו |
X⊥X⊥÷ ɑ |
B⊤Vɒv• | BɑL#• | X⊥X⊥÷ ɑ |
| that.there | father | bear | open.paper | read | newspaper | open.paper |
- (you will see) there Papa Bear reading the paper.
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