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Exploring Networks of Lexical Variation in Russian Sign Language

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
When describing variation at the lexical level in sign languages, researchers often distinguish between phonological and lexical variants, using the following principle: if two signs differ in only one of the major phonological components (handshape ...
Vadim Kimmelman, Anna Komarova, Anna Komarova, Lyudmila Luchkova, Valeria Vinogradova, Oksana Alekseeva   +5 more
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Bootstrapping Sign Language Annotations with Sign Language Models

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Colin Lea, Vasileios Baltatzis, Connor Gillis, Raja S. Kushalnagar, Lorna C. Quandt, Leah Findlater   +5 more
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Challenges with sign language datasets for sign language recognition and translation

, 2022
Sign Languages (SLs) are the primary means of communication for at least half a million people in Europe alone. However, the development of SL recognition and translation tools is slowed down by a series of obstacles concerning resource scarcity and standardization issues in the available data.
De Sisto, Mirella, Vandeghinste, Vincent, Egea Gómez, Santiago, De Coster, Mathieu, Shterionov, Dimitar, Saggion, Horacio   +5 more
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A ministry of (not-so-silly) walks: Investigating classifier handshapes for animate referents in DGS

Open Linguistics
Across sign languages, classifier predicates depict the movement, location, or manipulation of (in-)animate entities. Each classifier predicate contains a classifier handshape that represents a referent based on one or more of its salient semantic and/or
Lettow Isabeau, Loos Cornelia
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Facilitating the communication with deaf people: Building a largest Saudi sign language dataset

Journal of King Saud University: Computer and Information Sciences, 2023
Recently, several countries have been trying hard to facilitate the integration of disabled people into their societies by ensuring equal opportunities through ease of access to social services, daily human necessities, and the labor market.
Mansour Alsulaiman, Mohammed Faisal, Mohamed Mekhtiche, Mohamed Bencherif, Tariq Alrayes, Ghulam Muhammad, Hassan Mathkour, Wadood Abdul, Yousef Alohali, Mansour Alqahtani, Habib Al-Habib, Hassan Alhalafi, Mohammed Algabri, Muneer Al-hammadi, Hamdi Altaheri, Taha Alfakih   +15 more
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The signing brain: the neurobiology of sign language

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2008
Most of our knowledge about the neurobiological bases of language comes from studies of spoken languages. By studying signed languages, we can determine whether what we have learnt so far is characteristic of language per se or whether it is specific to languages that are spoken and heard.
MacSweeney, Mairéad, Capek, Cheryl M.; id_orcid 0000-0002-5228-2340, Campbell, Ruth, Woll, Bencie   +3 more
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Researching relations between hearing Sign Language interpreters and their deaf clients: Methodological considerations on empirical data collection with prelingually Deaf participants

Linguistik Online, 2022
The present paper discusses necessary adaptations in research methodology to include Deaf Sign Language users in a survey on Sign Language interpreting.
Laura Marie Maaß
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“Taidokas vuorovaikuttaja treenaa osaamistaan” – vuorovaikutusosaamisen kehittämisen diskurssit koulutuspalvelujen kuvauksissa [PDF]

VAKKI Publications, 2018
Public discourse in the media about the future demands and requirements of working life on individuals often highlights the ever-increasing importance of interactional skills.
Elina Tapio, Marjo-Leea Alapuranen, Marika Rauhansalo, Maarit Siromaa   +3 more
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The Vulnerability of Emerging Sign Languages: (E)merging Sign Languages?

Languages, 2022
Emerging sign languages offer linguists an opportunity to observe language emergence in real time, far beyond the capabilities of spoken language studies.
Marah Jaraisy, Rose Stamp
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Sign Speak: Sign Language-To-Speech and Speech-To-Sign Language

International Research Journal on Advanced Engineering Hub (IRJAEH)
Exchange of words among the community is one of the essential mediums of survival. Developing a vision-based application that translates sign language into intelligible speech and vice versa is the main goal of our suggested technique [1]. The objective is to establish a link between the hearing and hearing-impaired communities and begin two-way ...
null Rashmi Maheshwari, null Khushi Anand Singh, null Shashank Jayshankar Tiwari, null Anuj Mukesh Mishra   +3 more
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