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The introduction explains why a native Deaf signing system matters, contrasts Si5s with direct illustration and complex notational recording systems, and clarifies how written ASL maps to signed ASL concepts. A study chart summarizes core components including handshapes/digits, palm orientation/diacritics, movement/movement marks, spatial orientation/locatives, and nonmanual signals/extramanual marks, then previews a chapter-based learning format for classroom and home practice.","How to Write American Sign Language  \nby Adrean Clark  \nFor all generations of signers. May the past be preserved and the future built.  \nHow to Write American Sign Language  \nCopyright © 2012 by Adrean Clark.  \nPublished by ASLwrite in Burnsville, Minnesota.  \n[www.aslwrite.com](www.aslwrite.com)  \nSi5s concept by Robert Arnold.  \nPhotographs by Julia Dameron and Erik Call.  \nModels (in order of appearance): Julia Dameron, Montrell White, and Amber Zion.  \nISBN-13: 978-0-9858768-1-4  \nAll rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.  \nTable of Contents  \nAcknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4  \nIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5  \nChapter One: The Digibet .............................. 6  \nChapter Two: Diacritics ............................... 19  \nChapter Three: Movement Marks ......................... 29  \nChapter Four: Locatives ............................... 43  \nChapter Five: Extramanual Marks ......................... 53  \nChapter Six: Indicators ............................... 63  \nChapter Seven: Composition ............................ 73  \nResources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87  \nAnswer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94  \nt  \nAuthor’s Note:  \nThis is a special ebook for free community and educational use. Please check the ASLwrite website for updated content--and if you come up with something new that benefits written ASL, please do let me know at[adrean@aslwrite.com](adrean@aslwrite.com)!  \na  \nAcknowledgments  \nThis book would not be possible without the vision of Robert Arnold ([si5s.org](si5s.org)) . His hours spent tutoring me and our time working together on developing this amazing language are much appreciated. He also had valuable input on the contents ofthis book.  \nI could not have become fluent without the help of Julia Dameron ([juliadameron.com](juliadameron.com)), who was instrumental in creating the early American Sign Language Writing Dictionary. Our days writing pushed the boundaries of the written language.  \nThere are also a few other people who contributed: Erik Call, Montrell White, Amber Zion ([amberzion.com](amberzion.com)), Alison Aubrecht ([facundoelement.com](facundoelement.com)), and Raymond Luczak (raymondluczak.  \ncom). Erik took the digibet photographs, while Julia shot Montrell and Amber as the models for the Diacritics and Composition chapters. Alison and Raymond helped test this book, making sure the content was clear and accessible.  \nWhat you read in the forthcoming pages would not be as polished without the fantastic editing skills of John Lee Clark ([johnleeclark.com](johnleeclark.com)), who also happens to be my husband. Our sons remind me every day of the importance of the language of love, and for that I’ll always be thankful.  \nAdrean Clark  \n4 How to Write American Sign Language  \ni Introduction  \n“If I cannot write in my own language, then who am I?”  \nRobert Arnold pondered this question one day as he wrote in English. A native Deaf signer, he felt incomplete in that he was borrowing another language to express his thoughts. This troubled him for years. Finally, in a coffee shop in New York City, a solution burst upon him as he doodleda few handshapes on paper. 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