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Development of Sign Language Motion Recognition System for Hearing-Impaired People Using Electromyography Signal

Sensors, 2020
Sign languages are developed around the world for hearing-impaired people to communicate with others who understand them. Different grammar and alphabets limit the usage of sign languages between different sign language users.
Shigeyuki Tateno, Hongbin Liu, Junhong Ou   +2 more
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Visual Components to Interpretation—Formal Approaches to Visible Meaning

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 5, September/October 2026.
ABSTRACT Visual components of communication interact with the core linguistic system at all levels and make an important contribution to the meaning of the utterance expressed. This does not only apply to sign languages, which exclusively rely on the visual channel, but also co‐speech gestures and emojis, which are visual means that accompany and ...
Cornelia Ebert, Emar Maier, Markus Steinbach   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilising transformers for American Sign Language fingerspelling recognition [PDF]

This paper presents a machine learning approach to American Sign Language (ASL) fingerspelling recognition using Transformer models. Addressing the challenges of high variability in hand shapes, movement, and signing speed, the study utilises the new ASL
Souag, A., Pinnington, Jamie, Azhar, H.
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Drivers of human attitudes towards wolves Canis lupus in Kazakhstan

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 7, Page 2104-2115, July 2026.
Abstract Kazakhstan is recognized as a key stronghold for the grey wolf (Canis lupus). Nonetheless, the wolf status and the dynamics of human‐wolf coexistence in the region remain poorly understood. This study aims to fill that gap by exploring current attitudes towards wolves in Kazakhstan and identify the underlying drivers of these attitudes.
Alyona Koshkina, Svitlana Kudrenko, Andrés Ordiz, Saltanat Kamiyeva, Adam Devenish, Johannes Kamp   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

As marcações linguísticas não-manuais na aquisição da Língua de Sinais Brasileira (LSB): um estudo de caso longitudinal [PDF]

, 2012
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-graduação em Linguística, Florianópolis, 2009Esta dissertação objetiva realizar um estudo acerca das marcações não-manuais na aquisição da
Anater, Gisele Iandra Pessini
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Update on linguistically annotated ASL video data available through the American Sign Language Linguistic Research Project (ASLLRP) [PDF]

, 2023
The American Sign Language Linguistic Research Project (ASLLRP) provides Internet access to high-quality ASL video data, generally including front and side views and a close-up of the face.
Neidle, Carol, Opoku, Augustine
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The count-mass distinction in Hong Kong Sign Language: an intra- and cross-modal comparison

Linguistics
This article is in part an intra- and cross-modal comparison of the count-mass distinction (CMD) in Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL). For the intra-modal analysis, HKSL data are compared to data found in Koulidobrova’s (2021) work on the CMD in American ...
Koenders Emily
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Transfer learning with YOLOV8 for real-time recognition system of American Sign Language Alphabet

Franklin Open
Sign language serves as a sophisticated means of communication vital to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, relying on hand movements, facial expressions, and body language to convey nuanced meaning. American Sign Language (ASL) exemplifies this
Bader Alsharif, Easa Alalwany, Mohammad Ilyas   +2 more
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They Don't Talk Very Good: Attending to Raciolinguistic Socialization in Early Childhood

The Reading Teacher, Volume 80, Issue 1, July/August 2026.
ABSTRACT In this article, I share experiences from my roles as a teacher, researcher, and parent to show how raciolinguistic ideologies take hold in early childhood. Specifically, I illustrate how children come to uphold English superiority, map language to belonging, and make judgments about whose language counts.
Erin Quast
wiley   +1 more source

Negation of know, want, like, have, and good in American Sign Language [PDF]

, 2013
textPredicates KNOW, WANT, LIKE, HAVE, and GOOD have been reported to differ from other predicates in American Sign Language (ASL) in that they are typically negated by reversing the orientation of hand[s] in a twisting outward/downward movement.
Liskova, Elena Igorevna
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