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Introduction to double issue 41.1–2 on Features
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2015 This special double issue (41.1 and 41.2) contains 11 articles on the formal properties of linguistic feature systems, all of which were presented at a conference in Tromsø in the fall of 2013. The issue was jointly edited by Martin Krämer, Sandra Ronai,
Peter Svenonius, Martin Krämer
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Fonología y escritura de la lengua de signos española
Estudios de Lingüística, 1999 Our aim in this article is to deepen in our understanding of the phonology of Spanish Sign Language. To this end, we have taken a notion of syllable which is consonant with that of oral languages, in which hand configurations are regarded as ...
Ángel Herrero Blanco +1 more
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The Signs of Silence – An Overview of Systems of Sign Languages and Co-Speech Gestures
ELOPE, 2019 The paper presents an overview of sign languages and co-speech gestures as two means of communication realised through the visuo-spatial modality. We look at previous research to examine the correlation between spoken and sign language phonology, but ...
Emilija Mustapić, Frane Malenica
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An EMG dataset for Arabic sign language alphabet letters and numbers
Data in Brief, 2023 Nowadays, surface electromyography (sEMG) is evolving as a technology for hand gesture recognition. Detailed studies have revealed the capacity of EMG signals to access detailed information, particularly in the classification of hand gestures.
Amina Ben Haj Amor +2 more
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Phonological category resolution: a study of handshapes in younger and older sign languages
Cadernos de Saúde, 2009 The existence of a phonological system – a system of meaningless building blocks that make up meaningful words – is often considered a prerequisite for language, and the discovery that sign languages used by deaf people have a meaningless level of ...
Assaf Israel, Wendy Sandler
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Glossa, 2020 Since signs and words are perceived and produced in distinct sensory-motor systems, they do not share a phonological basis. Nevertheless, many deaf bilinguals master a spoken language with input merely based on visual cues like mouth representations of ...
Annika Herrmann +4 more
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Visual word recognition in deaf readers: lexicality is modulated by communication mode. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Evidence indicates that adequate phonological abilities are necessary to develop proficient reading skills and that later in life phonology also has a role in the covert visual word recognition of expert readers.
Laura Barca +4 more
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EXPLORING PHONOLOGY AND SIGN LANGUAGE AS CATALYSTS IN MODERN COMMUNICATION
, 2020 Phonology, focusing on the sounds of spoken language, forms the bedrock of oral communication and intertwines with technology, while sign language, a visual-gestural medium, champions inclusivity for the Deaf community.
Jakhar, Dr. Monika
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From iconic handshapes to grammatical contrasts: Longitudinal evidence from a child homesigner
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Many sign languages display crosslinguistic consistencies in the use of two iconic aspects of handshape, handshape type and finger group complexity.
Marie eCoppola, Diane eBrentari
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Assessing lexicalism through bimodal eyes
Glossa, 2016 The relation holding between words and syntax is at the core of a lively debate. Two competing proposals have been advanced: the lexicalist view, claiming that the lexicon and the syntax are distinct modules of the grammar, and what we shall refer to as ...
Caterina Donati, Chiara Branchini
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