<DIV>I began to have to make fine-tuned decisions between 750 signs in Libras in Brazil. I realize that there are only 50 or so signs on the Libras Sign Puddle, but I was already thinking of layers of spelling.</DIV>
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<DIV>Good examples, confusao (confusion) and complicado (complicated). The only difference in the two signs is speed. So which comes first.</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0066-SW-Journal-Butler.pdf">http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs1/sw0066-SW-Journal-Butler.pdf</A></DIV>
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<DIV>I made decisions based on my corpus. As SW grows, we will find more fine tunes.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Valerie Sutton <sutton@signwriting.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">SignWriting List<BR>August 30, 2005<BR><BR>On Aug 30, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Steve Slevinski wrote:<BR>> The spelling and the sequence will not always have the same <BR>> symbols. Simple sequences use only the symbols in the spelling. <BR>> Detailed sequences use additional symbols not found in the <BR>> spelling. I believe that Val has found with SignBank that simple <BR>> sequences break down when a dictionary reaches about 500 signs. <BR>> After that, detailed sequences are required to differentiate <BR>> between similar signs.<BR><BR><BR>Hello Steve and Charles -<BR>Yes. This is true. I think we all need to start with the Simple <BR>SignSpelling that you will be giving us, Steve, in SignPuddle 2.0.<BR><BR>Once we all get skilled in establishing the Simple SignSpellings for <BR>each entry in SignPuddle, then later, we can test to see if the <BR>Detailed
SignSpellings will add the X-Y coordinates needed to show <BR>the positioning of the symbols...The Detailed SignSpellings give the <BR>kind of information that Senor Rocha was explaining in his Sign- <BR>Matching research, but simply in a different way. We use special <BR>Location Symbols that are in the IMWA, but not for writing, for <BR>lookup-symbol-positioning only.<BR><BR>But starting with Simple SignSpellings is plenty right now...for me <BR>too ;-)<BR><BR>Val ;-)<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>