by Juan Garay

Foreword

    Signology is the art of writing with pictures. If pictures were suitable only to represent concrete things their scope would be very limited. But this is not the case. Pictures can be used to represent verbs and abstract concepts and therefore a whole language can be built on pictures. A good question is to ask what Signology is good for. Is it just a game or is it something else? We can only find a practical use Signology in two fields:

    First: Translating messages. Suppose someone here or in a remote Country (Finland, Greece, Mongolia...) wants to write something to be understood in a given area or anywhere in the World. He might choose English although he might not be as fluent in English as he should be. To learn to write English properly or any other conventional language takes a lot of time and effort.

    The alternative is Signology. It is so easy to learn as these images suggest. It takes only a few weeks and there is a lot of fun in it as it is based on easy drawings and logic.
Signology could be thus a PIVOT language. You put your thoughts into Signology and can send them anywhere; translators have only to know their own language plus the easy going Signology.

    Second: American and other troops going into foreign Countries meet great difficulties to make themselves understood by the natives. When the war in Kosovo, the Army could not communicate easily with the local population in urgent matters.

Let's take the sentence: I go home

The Plural is made with a short line at the end of the pictogram:

Now let's see some sentences:

We put a dot on top of the pictogram Go. As it is right on top of the picto, it means present time. We shall see how to form the tenses later on.

Let's look at the following pictograms (or "pictos" for short):

VERY IMPORTANT: Easy as it is, Signology should be learnt step by step, always assimilating the signs and explanation before going into the next lesson.

Contents
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1. The verb TO DO. The word MAN, etc
2. The tenses of the verbs
3. AND. To come. Here, there
4. Vocabulary nš 1
5. Contrast, how it works
6. The signs and . Impossible and possible. Weak and Strong
7. Adjectives
8. The verb To Be
9. The Article THE. Numerals
10. Nothing and Something. This, That, Those, etc
11. Plural and Singular
12. Vocabulary nš 2
13. Time words
14. Compound pictos. Explanation of pictos
15. Vocabulary nš 3
16. Reading
17. Sequential pictograms
18. Vocabulary nš 4
19. Reading
20. Vocabulary nš 5
21. More about verbs
22. Imperative. Conditional mood
23. Instant Action. Continuous Action
24. Auxiliary verbs and Subjunctive. The verb To Be as an auxiliary verb
25. Adjectivised nouns. Possessives
26. Wish, Want, Need and Lack
27. Vocabulary nš 6
28. The pronoun IT
29. Man who does ( ). Thing which does ( )
30. Once, Twice, Three times, etc. Very, Intense, Intensify
31. Final commentary

Questions and comments:

Last update: 12/13/01, 03:02:13 p.m.