Brazilian sign language dictionaries and their contributions

Nowadays, there are plenty of language sign dictionaries, which are printed or in digital format, made by deaf people, by educational institutions which qualify professionals in sign language or by private initiative. It is a necessary reality due to the complexity of signs and, besides that, these...

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Autor: Cardoso, Vilma Rodrigues
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repositorio:Revista Sinalizar
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/46235
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufg.br/revsinal/article/view/46235
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Deaf
Libras
Dictionary
Specialized dictionaries.
Sordo
Diccionario
Diccionarios especializados.
Surdo
Dicionário
Dicionários especializados.
Descripción
Sumario:Nowadays, there are plenty of language sign dictionaries, which are printed or in digital format, made by deaf people, by educational institutions which qualify professionals in sign language or by private initiative. It is a necessary reality due to the complexity of signs and, besides that, these dictionaries enable the maintenance of the necessary standardization during a conversation or during the work of Sing Language Interpreters and Translators. These dictionaries, in printed or digital versions, describe phonological, grammatical and semantic information about the signs and the words, which eases and allows a better comprehension of the sign. In printed dictionaries it is possible to see variations of forms, such as: pictures, sign description, sign writing, drawings and translation to the oral language. On the other hand, digital dictionaries enable the search by alphabetical order in Portuguese or by hand configuration, in which signs are represented by shootings which contain their description and definition. This article traces the history of registered dictionaries in sign language and reports the influence of France in the first Libras dictionary. Here, we intend to cover from the appearance of the first sign language dictionary in the world to the dictionaries which are more used nowadays in Brazil. The conclusion brings reflections about the relevance of these dictionaries and instigates the need of creating dictionaries in specialty areas, due the lack of signs for many terms used on the daily academic life.