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SignWriting List February 4, 2011 Note: Signs in these examples are written in Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) and are from the book Novo Diet-Libras, Língua de Sinais Brasileira, Volume 1, Universidade de São Paulo; http://www.signwriting.org/brazil/NovoDeitLibras.html --------- ...continued from previous email January 30, 2011.... SEE INSTRUCTION BELOW... …this sign in LIBRAS from Brazil… …based on this illustration on page 381 of Novo Diet-Libras… …following SignSpelling Guideline 5 (below), does not need a Surface Contact Symbol, since there is no contact. It is clear, without the Surface Symbol, that the right hand is above the left hand: There are different ways to interpret the movement in this sign. It could be considered a curve to the mouth, but the writer chose two short straight movements and I bet that is the way it is signed in day to day communication, so let's leave that...Without the Surface Symbol, the sign is simpler to read. SignSpelling Guideline 5: Surface Symbols are not needed in daily writing.... Val ;-) Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] SignWriting List Archives & Home Page http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages http://listserv.valenciacc.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1