<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I agree with you that they are unique handshapes that are not currently in the ISWA.<div><br></div><div>Bravo for finding them. My early work with the LIBRAS corpus had not found those.<br><br>Charles Butler<br>
chazzer3332000@yahoo.com<br>
240-764-5748<br>
Clear writing moves business forward.<br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 11/12/11, Madson Barreto <i><barretobh@GMAIL.COM></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Madson Barreto <barretobh@GMAIL.COM><br>Subject: News handshapes in Brazilian Sign Language (LSB/Libras)<br>To: SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU<br>Date: Saturday, November 12, 2011, 12:50 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1118738285"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div><div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;background-color:white;">Dear Valerie Sutton and all
members of list,</span></b><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12pt;"></span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12pt;background-color:white;"> </span><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12pt;"></span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12pt;background-color:white;"> </span><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12pt;"></span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;background-color:white;">My name is Madson Barreto,
I am translator-interpreter of Brazilian Sign Language (LSB/Libras) teen years
ago.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;"> <span style="background:white;">My wife is
deaf, teacher of LSB.</span> I’m student of the course <i>“Letras Libras”,
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina</i>. This course explore the Brazilian
Sign Language, linguistic and focus on translation and interpretation of LSB
for Brazilian Portuguese language. <span style="background:white;">We know the
SignWriting two years ago and since then we have researched this wonderful
system of writing.</span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;background-color:white;">The last year, I created a
Group for the Study of SignWriting here in state of <i>Minas Gerais</i> at my
university. This group investigates the SignWriting. Our desire is that
SignWriting is known for the deaf community because the system records with
precise the Sign Languages.Congratulations to you and all researchs for the
excellent work and research conducted on behalf of deaf communities around the
world.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;"></span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;">Please look these pictures of handshapes.
Note that for each one these we have a suggestion of writing in others
handshapes.</span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;">- The picture “1” is the union of 01-01-007
(ISWA code) and 01-06-019;</span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;">- The picture “2” rememb me 01-08-018;</span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;">- The picture “4” is the union of handshapes
01-01-003 and 01-05-008. It seems with 01-01-003.</span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;">- The picture “5” is the union of 01-06-013 [
I ] and 01-10-004 [A]. The handshape “5” is very alike to the 01-06-021 [Y].
Here in Brazil usually use it but it is very seems with 01-06-021 [Y]. I see
that many people use it in dactylology (spelling) 01-10-004 for [A] and
01-09-019 for [G]. The handshape 01-06-021 is a different picture of “5”.</span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;">We intent include the handshape 1,2,3,4 and 5
them in ISWA and disclose this here in Brazil for use of the 01-09-019 and
01-10-004, stop using 01-09-018 and 01-10-003 because they cause confusion in
the writing of handshape “5”.</span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;">Eagerly await your reply,</span><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12pt;"></span></div>
<div class="yiv1118738285MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-color:white;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;">Madson and Raquel Barreto</span></b><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12pt;"></span></div>
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