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Language & Communication, 2022 AbstractThis chapter discusses several of the elliptical phenomena presented in this book as found in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL): nominal phrase-internal ellipsis (cf. nominal ellipses), the ellipsis of nominal phrases in two-clause coordinated structures (cf.
Anna Puupponen +3 more
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Ellipsis in Finnish Sign Language [PDF]
Nordic Journal of Linguistics, 2013 This paper deals with syntactic ellipsis in clauses in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). The point of departure for the paper is the observation, confirmed by several studies, that clauses in FinSL are often syntactically incomplete. Building on this, the paper first describes how all core-internal clausal material may be elided in FinSL: core arguments ...
Tommi Jantunen
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The equative sentence in Finnish Sign Language [PDF]
Sign Language & Linguistics, 2007 It is argued in this paper that equative sentences in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) conform to the general schema of (NP) NP+(PI+)NP, parenthesis marking optionality of elements. With respect to this schema, it is further argued, (a) that the function of
Tommi Jantunen
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Acceptance and commitment therapy using finnish sign language: Training counselors in signed ACT for the deaf – A pilot study [PDF]
Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 2018 Abstract This study evaluated the implementation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Finnish Sign Language in a rehabilitation center for deaf people. Sixteen (16) clients and nine (9) staff members participated in this pilot study. Staff members received a brief training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) including 16 h lectures, 15 h ...
Leena Hassinen, Raimo Lappalainen
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Perception of Emotions in the Hand Movement Quality of Finnish Sign Language [PDF]
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 2004 This study investigated whether people can decode emotion (happiness, neutrality, and anger) communicated via hand movements in Finnish sign language when these emotions are expressed in semantically neutral sentences. Twenty volunteer participants without any knowledge of sign language took part in the experiment.
Jari K. Hietanen +2 more
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Utterance fluency in Finnish Sign Language L1 and L2 signing [PDF]
Finnish Journal of Linguistics, 2021 This paper explores the fluency of first language (L1) and second language (L2) signers of Finnish Sign Language. The phenomenon was approached by measuring utterance fluency using speed and breakdown parameters.
Kanto, Laura, Sipronen, Suvi
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On the rhythm of head movements in Finnish and Swedish Sign Language sentences [PDF]
Speech Prosody 2016, 2016 This paper investigates, with the help of computer-vision technology,the similarities and differences in the rhythm of themovements of the head in sentences in Finnish (FinSL) andSwedish Sign Langu ...
Tommi Jantunen +3 more
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Finnish Sign Language - Finnish dictionary: defining the head signs [PDF]
, 1995 Storsta delen av de teckenspråkliga ordböckema har hittills snarare varit teckenlistor an egentliga ordböcker. Inom Finlands Dövas Förbund pågår för närvarande ett ordboksprojekt vars mål är att utarbeta en ordbok over det finländska teckenspräket med ...
Leena Savolainen
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Neuroelectrical and behavioral correlates of constructed action recognition in Finnish sign language
NeuroscienceDoris Hernández +6 more
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Translation as Language Making in Sign Language Revitalisation [PDF]
VAKKI Publications, 2023 This article highlights the translator's crucial role in the revitalisation of the severely endangered FinlandSwedish Sign Language (FinSSL). By giving voice to professional translators, filling in lexical gaps in FinSSL as part of the translation task,
Maria Andersson-Koski, Lieselott Nordman
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