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A stepping stone to compositionality in chimpanzee communication [PDF]
PeerJ, 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
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Enhancing Sign Language Learning with Augmented Reality
Journal of Computing Research and Innovation, 2022 Sign language is the communication language used by people with disabilities, especially deaf and hearing-impaired people. The communication between normal and disabled people using sign language will help them carry out their daily activities ...
Hawa Mohd Ekhsan +2 more
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Techniques Deployed by Spoken and Sign Language Public Service Interpreters: A Comparative Study
Półrocznik 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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Sign Language Motion Generation from Sign Characteristics
Sensors, 2023 This paper proposes, analyzes, and evaluates a deep learning architecture based on transformers for generating sign language motion from sign phonemes (represented using HamNoSys: a notation system developed at the University of Hamburg).
Manuel Gil-Martín +4 more
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Perceived Conventionality in Co-speech Gestures Involves the Fronto-Temporal Language Network
Frontiers 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
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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 +5 more
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Constructed Action, the Clause and the Nature of Syntax in Finnish Sign Language
Open Linguistics, 2017 This paper investigates the interplay of constructed action and the clause in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). Constructed action is a form of gestural enactment in which the signers use their hands, face and other parts of the body to represent the ...
Jantunen Tommi
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Smart Application for Thai and English Sign Language Translation
วารสารวิทยาการสารสนเทศและเทคโนโลยีประยุกต์, 2023 Currently, the sign language is used as a means of communication for individuals with hearing impairments. Since most people do not have knowledge to use sign language, as a result, miscommunication may occur.
Sahachok Khumwongsa, Wiyada Yawai
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Language and Reading Progress of Young Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children. [PDF]
, 2020 We examined the language and reading progress of 336 young DHH children in kindergarten, first and second grades. Trained assessors tested children's language, reading, and spoken and fingerspelled phonological awareness in the fall and spring of the ...
Antia, Shirin D +6 more
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LinguisticsCorpus methods are now established within the field of signed language linguistics. Empirical investigations of signed language corpora have challenged many early assumptions about the nature of deaf community signed languages, while making us more aware
Puupponen Anna +7 more
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