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<div>I am writing to communicate that the monumental NOVO DEIT-LIBRAS: ENCYCLOPEDIC ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF BRAZILIAN SIGN LANGUAGE BASED ON COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES (2.460 pages, 2 volumes, hardcover, paper chamois fine dunas, font bookman old style 7-8) has been finally released by The University of Sao Paulo Press. It brings 9,828 independent sign entries, 14,000 Portuguese glosses, 60,000 English glosses.<br>
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<div>Each sign entry provides a sign form illustration, a sign form description (on both cheremic and morphemic levels), a SignWriting rendition, a sign meaning illustration, a sign meaning description, the Portuguese gloss written both in alphabet and digital spelling, the English gloss, grammar classification, an example of usage in a phrase, description of sign morphological structure, description of sign iconicity (how meaning inspires form), sign geographical validity (the Brazilian states in which each sign is valid and currently used - there is a total of 23,850 geographical references for all Brazilian regions).<br>
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<div>In addition to that NOVO DEIT-LIBRAS: ENCYCLOPEDIC ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF BRAZILIAN SIGN LANGUAGE BASED ON COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES brings several special chapters:<br></div>
<div>1) a chapter that teaches how to read and write Brazilian Sign Language signs using SignWriting,<br> </div>
<div>2) a chapter on Brazilian Sign Morphology that fully explains and illustrates 34 molecular metaphorical morphemes that combinate to generate 982 signs, and 595 molar metaphorical morphemes,<br> </div>
<div>3) a chapter on the neuropsycholinguistics processes involved in the scientific behavior of analyzing sign morphological structure<br></div>
<div>4) a chapter explaining the theoretical bases of the new paradigm of sign lexicography based on Cognitive Neurosciences that has been used to generate our NOVO DEIT-LIBRAS: ENCYCLOPEDIC ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF BRAZILIAN SIGN LANGUAGE BASED ON COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES<br>
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<div>The NOVO DEIT-LIBRAS: ENCYCLOPEDIC ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF BRAZILIAN SIGN LANGUAGE BASED ON COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES can be ordered via the site below. </div>
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<div><a href="http://www.edusp.com.br/detlivro.asp?id=31411786">http://www.edusp.com.br/detlivro.asp?id=31411786</a><br><br>Because production has been subsidized by government, we managed to make this ground-breaking dictionary incredibly affordable. The regular cover price would be about R$ 800,00. However, it is being offered for only R$ 220,00. In addition, Brazilian teachers are entitled to purchase it for just R$ 110,00.<br>
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<div>Our old ENCYCLOPEDIC ILLUSTRATED BRAZILIAN SIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARY (Capovilla & Raphael, 2001) has been distributed to 70,000 Brazilian deaf children. Now our purpose is to distribute our brand new NOVO DEIT-LIBRAS: ENCYCLOPEDIC ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF BRAZILIAN SIGN LANGUAGE BASED ON COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES (Capovilla, Raphael, Mauricio, 2009) to each and every Brazilian deaf child. There are 6 million deaf and hard of hearing people in this country, and we would love reaching each and everyone of them, giving them a hand as a sign of love for what they are and hope for a better future. I am counting on you, friends and colleagues, to spread the good word and the good sign about this good news.</div>
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<div>Thank you.</div>
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<div>Fernando Capovilla</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.edusp.com.br/detlivro.asp?id=31411786">http://www.edusp.com.br/detlivro.asp?id=31411786</a></div>
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