New Brazilian Sign Language Dictionary based on new Cognitive Neurosciences Paradigm now available

Fri Mar 5 23:33:51 UTC 2010

Dear Valerie,
Yes, indeed. We would be delighted and honored should you be able to
separate some time in your terribly busy agenda to create a web page on the
SignWriting Site about NOVO DEIT-LIBRAS.
That would be of immense utility for us all.
Thank you so very much.
Fernando

2010/3/5 Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>

> SignWriting List
> March 5, 2010
>
> Hello Fernando!
>
> Many CONGRATULATIONS!   This is really an accomplishment...The books look
> beautiful!
>
> The new Brazilian publication NOVO DEIT-LIBRAS, in a set of two volumes,
> contains 9,828 sign entries, including SignWriting for each sign, as well as
> illustrations, spoken language glosses and linguistic information....I hope
> everyone reads the detailed description below...I will be happy to create a
> web page on the SignWriting Site about this new publication...THANK YOU for
> informing us...and congratulations once again - Val ;-)
>
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> On Mar 5, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Fernando Capovilla wrote:
>
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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).
> >
> >
> > 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:
> > 1) a chapter that teaches how to read and write Brazilian Sign Language
> signs using SignWriting,
> >
> > 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,
> >
> > 3) a chapter on the neuropsycholinguistics processes involved in the
> scientific behavior of analyzing sign morphological structure
> > 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
> > 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.
> >
> > http://www.edusp.com.br/detlivro.asp?id=31411786
> >
> > 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.
> > 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.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Fernando Capovilla
> >
> > http://www.edusp.com.br/detlivro.asp?id=31411786
> >
> >
> >
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