Question for ASL SignWriters..

[Charles Butler]

More on this question of parallel handshapes in fist and circle. 

Minimal pairs in Libras. Here are cidade with a fist (by Brazilian Deaf transcribers) and cidade with a circle (by SIL observers). 





 
Charles Butler
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240-764-5748
Clear writing moves business forward.


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 From: Charles Butler <chazzer3332000 at YAHOO.COM>
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Sent: Saturday, June 8, 2013 11:36 PM
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Has there been any discussion in the ASL literature on visual "homographs" where the 1 handshape and the D handshape are the same "meaning" in usage, like the 2 on a circle or a fist? 


Charles Butler
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240-764-5748
Clear writing moves business forward.


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 From: Cherie Wren <cwterp at YAHOO.COM>
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Sent: Saturday, June 8, 2013 10:56 PM
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I can see the pictures fine, and yes, you could substitute the square base, it would be closer to how I sign it, personally; hand more like a fist than like an open circle.

cherie





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>I located these two signs from the ASL Literatuer Puddle
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>I'm sorry i have no idea what these signs mean, since I don't sign ASL - however from context I kinda assume the first means READ the second something like KNOWN-AS-IN-ENGLISH /QUOTE- however my question doesn't concern their meaning as such. My question is this:
>Can these two signs still be read if you change the handshape to thjs handshape instead:   (naturally with the rotation needed for the first sign)
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>Really appreciate your feedback!
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>THANK you!! :)
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