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, 2000 Previously in Futures, I discussed a word that we use to form an abstract futures concept: “millennium” [1]. In its most common current usage, “millennium” is an example of a word that provides, and one might even say controls, a future orientation for ...
Junker, Kirk W.
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Historical Linguistics of Sign Languages: Progress and Problems
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 In contrast to scholars and signers in the nineteenth century, William Stokoe conceived of American Sign Language (ASL) as a unique linguistic tradition with roots in nineteenth-century langue des signes française, a conception that is apparent in his ...
Justin M. Power
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Phonological Awareness for American Sign Language [PDF]
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2014 This paper examines the concept of phonological awareness (PA) as it relates to the processing of American Sign Language (ASL). We present data from a recently developed test of PA for ASL and examine whether sign language experience impacts the use of metalinguistic routines necessary for completion of our task. Our data show that deaf signers exposed
David P, Corina +2 more
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A Lexical Frequency Analysis of Irish Sign Language
Teanga: The Journal of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, 2020 Word frequency has a significant impact on language acquisition and fluency. It is often a point of reference for the teaching and assessing of a language and indeed, as a control for psycholinguistic studies. This paper presents the results of the first
Robert G Smith, Markus Hofmann
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Cadernos de LinguísticaIn the early decades of the 19th century, the deaf population in the eastern US and Canada was distributed across a vast area. After the 1817 founding of the American School for the Deaf (ASD) in Hartford, CT and the subsequent establishment of schools ...
Justin M. Power, Richard P. Meier
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Hand Gesture Recognition in Indian Sign Language Using Deep Learning
Engineering Proceedings, 2023 Sign languages are important for the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities, as they provide a means of communication and expression. However, many people outside of the deaf community are not familiar with sign languages, which can lead to communication ...
Harsh Kumar Vashisth +4 more
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Hand in hand: automatic sign Language to English translation [PDF]
, 2007 In this paper, we describe the first data-driven automatic sign-language-to- speech translation system. While both sign language (SL) recognition and translation techniques exist, both use an intermediate notation system not directly intelligible for ...
Dreuw, Philippe +4 more
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A convolutional neural network to classify American Sign Language fingerspelling from depth and colour images [PDF]
, 2017 Sign language is used by approximately 70 million1 people throughout the world, and an automatic tool for interpreting it could make a major impact on communication between those who use it and those who may not understand it.
Ameen, SA, Vadera, S
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed +5 more
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American Sign Language Comprehension Test: A Tool for Sign Language Researchers [PDF]
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2015 The American Sign Language Comprehension Test (ASL-CT) is a 30-item multiple-choice test that measures ASL receptive skills and is administered through a website. This article describes the development and psychometric properties of the test based on a sample of 80 college students including deaf native signers, hearing native signers, deaf non-native ...
Peter C, Hauser +5 more
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