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Thank you Madson for directing me to your work. I am interested in purchasing the book my only problem is that I do not read Portuguese so I am not sure I will be able to follow. Wow this is very interesting - I would really appreciate if you could direct me to any previous publications about the 64 / 75 handshapes - as this is very close to the number of handshapes I came up with for LSM. 111 handshapes is a large list - are all handshapes significant? so with the less frequent handshapes, if they are replaced by a more frequent and yet similar handshape do they not remain readable? What I'm asking here in linguistic terms is - are all the handshapes phonemes of LIBRAS or would you say there are some handshapes that are phonetic details? Thank you very much for your feedback - Val has actually mentioned your work several times with me- I am quite amazed at how widespread SignWriting is in Brazil- this is wonderful!!! Well done to you and your wife, and keep up the good work, maria > Hello Maria Galea, Charles, Adam, Valerie and everyone, > > > This discussion is very interesting! > > > The recent publication of the book "Escrita de Sinais sem Mist�rios" > (SignWriting clarity) authored by myself and my wife Raquel Barreto > (deaf), brings a collection of 111 handshapes used in Libras (Brazilian > Sign Language). This is the biggest list of handshapes Libras. The > previous publications by other researchers indicated 64 handshapes and the > following 75 handshapes. The most accepted and used as a reference is > still the list of 64 handshapes. > > Our research was based on the research of various lists of handshapes and > also observing the signs of the deaf. Thus we find five handshapes that > are not yet in ISWA. But we write in SignWriting using the new rules for > writing handshapes. Some months ago we discussed some of them here in > SW-List. > > With respect to other symbols, we did a survey of the quantities, but we > seek to cover the symbol relating to the movements and facial expressions > / body most used in signaling and writing. > > This book is the first volume, ie, does not exhaust the possibility of new > discoveries and teachings on SignWriting. > > Visit our website www.librasescrita.com.br �and learn more about this > work. See also some parts of the book. > > > Hugs, > Madson Barreto