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Hand in hand: automatic sign Language to English translation [PDF]

open access: yes, 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 ...
Morrissey, Sara   +4 more
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How to Ensure Bilingualism/Biliteracy in an Indigenous Context: The Case of Icelandic Sign Language

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
The paper discusses the implementation of a bilingual education language policy in the context of endangered indigenous sign language—Icelandic Sign Language (íslenskt táknmál, ÍTM).
Elena Koulidobrova   +1 more
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Genetic relatedness of Tunisian Sign Language and French Sign Language

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2023
This article constitutes the first cognate study aiming at the verification of the genetic link between LSF (French Sign Language) and LST (Tunisian Sign Language) through a lexicostatistical analysis of both sign languages (SLs).
Aymen Nefaa
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Estonian sign language research 1985–2024: a systematic literature review of methods, data, and research practices

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication
IntroductionThis study presents the first systematic literature review of research on Estonian Sign Language (EVK) published between 1985 and 2024.MethodsUsing Okoli's eight-step systematic literature review (SLR) model, we identified and screened 52 ...
Jari Pärgma   +3 more
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Techniques Deployed by Spoken and Sign Language Public Service Interpreters: A Comparative Study

open access: yesPółrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium, 2019
Deaf people are among those who, due to their insufficient knowledge of Polish, are compelled to use interpreting services in all settings. In order to exercise their right to full access to information within both public and private services, they need ...
Agnieszka Dominika Biernacka   +1 more
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Simultaneous structures in sign languages: Acquisition and emergence

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
The visual-gestural modality affords its users simultaneous movement of several independent articulators and thus lends itself to simultaneous encoding of information.
Cornelia Loos   +2 more
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American Sign Language Club [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The purpose of American Sign Language (ASL) Club is to get club members comfortable with signing an introduction of why they are and where they come from in order to feel prepared to engage in conversation with deaf or hard of hearing ...
American Sign Language Club, University of Maine
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How sign language expertise can influence the effects of face masks on non-linguistic characteristics

open access: yesCognitive Research, 2022
Face masks occlude parts of the face which hinders social communication and emotion recognition. Since sign language users are known to process facial information not only perceptually but also linguistically, examining face processing in deaf signers ...
Wee Kiat Lau   +3 more
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Perceived Conventionality in Co-speech Gestures Involves the Fronto-Temporal Language Network

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017
Face-to-face communication is multimodal; it encompasses spoken words, facial expressions, gaze, and co-speech gestures. In contrast to linguistic symbols (e.g., spoken words or signs in sign language) relying on mostly explicit conventions, gestures ...
Dhana Wolf   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

A stepping stone to compositionality in chimpanzee communication [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2019
Compositionality refers to a structural property of human language, according to which the meaning of a complex expression is a function of the meaning of its parts and the way they are combined. Compositionality is a defining characteristic of all human
Linda S. Oña   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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