<div>Dictionaries are used, academically, to cite sources, to check references, and to follow through on particular dialects. </div> <div> </div> <div>I cite myself, and my own research, Rocha, Marianne, several others, to ensure that people can say "oh, that's the dialect of Pelotas, or Sao Paulo, we sign it differently here."</div> <div> </div> <div>Because this is a multi-source dictionary, with multiple dialects represented, it is very helpful to know which source you used. Fernando Capovilla is a good friend of mine, as is Sr. Rocha of the Signet Project in Porto Alegre/Pelota, and Marianne Stumpf of the UFSC. Any of these have contributed to this project in the past, and each of them have their own knowledge of specific dialects.</div> <div> </div> <div>Sign Puddle is unique in this regard in that this is not FROZEN language, it is a growing language.</div> <div> </div> <div>Look at a dictionary, and you will see etymology
notes, explaining where a word came from (Latin, Greek, German, other languages) so that one sees how a word has changed in a spoken language over time. We should, I think, be as careful in our citations in this kind of a dictionary.</div> <div> </div> <div>Charles</div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>Rodrigo Ferreira Bagni <rodbagni@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hello!<BR><BR>I have a doubt about how to deal with copyright information regarding a sign language dictionary.<BR>There is in Brazil a big sign language dictionary, from Dr. Capovilla.<BR><BR>What if I wanted to add signs to Sign Puddle and I used the signs of the dictionary. Do I have to cite the source? <BR>Usually we use a dictionary to give credibility to what we say, not to cite the source from where you got a definition and used in your text or anywhere else.<BR><BR>It is not clear to me.<BR><BR>thank
you<BR>-- <BR>Rodrigo Ferreira Bagni <BR><BR><BR>____________________________________________<BR><BR>SW-L SignWriting List<BR><BR>Post Message<BR>SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR><BR>List Archives and Help<BR>http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist/<BR><BR>Change Email Settings<BR>http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/sw-l</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>