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Classifiers

All classifiers are signs.

Not all signs are classifiers.

Actually most signs are not classifiers.

Many signs started as classifiers and evolved into regular signs.

Consider: CL:1

CL:1 is used to show…

Long, skinny objects such as:

A person

sticks, pencils

The perimeter of 2- dimensional objects:

A board, sign, poster, or plot of land

Shapes: circle, diamond, etc.

Trajectory paths and connections …

one way streets, two way streets

Inter-sections

A ball’s path through air

a snake moving across a surface

Movement of tears

Crawling of a caterpillar

Tunneling of a worm

The sign MEET isn’t a classifier

The sign: “run into, fall over”

does use the CL:1 classifier

The sign CATERPILLAR is not a classifier

Showing how a caterpillar is moving

… uses a classifier

The sign BOARD is not a classifier

Showing that a board is large …

… uses a classifier

The sign WORM is not a classifier

Showing specific worm movement

… uses a classifier

The sign for SPIT is not a classifier

Showing the trajectory of spit

… uses a classifier

The sign for INTER- SECTION

… is not a classifier

Showing specific inter-sections

… uses a classifier

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