This paper presents a study of the use of constructed action (CA) in the stories and
conversations of adult Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) signers of different ages. CA is …

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 …

This article discusses a certain type of nonmanual action, signers' head movements, from a
semiotic perspective. It presents a typology of head movements and their iconic, indexical …

Corpus methods are now established within the field of signed language linguistics.
Empirical investigations of signed language corpora have challenged many early …

This article discusses a study of the relationship between movements of the head and the
torso in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). It describes the differences and similarities in the …

Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan hämärärajaisuutta ja epäkonventionaalisuutta osana
joitakin kaikista viittomakielistä löydettyjä yksiköitä ja rakenteita ja niiden käyttöä …

This squib investigates the order of the main clausal constituents in verbal-centered clauses
in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). With the help of the frequencies calculated from …

This paper presents an annotated video corpus of Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) to which
has been appended Kinect and computer-vision data. The video material consists of signed …

Torso articulation in sign languages is mentioned variably in the linguistic analysis of sign
languages but is often ignored. The prevailing idea seems to be that detailed study of …

This dissertation, consisting of four articles and this Overview, reports a study on
nonmanuality, that is, the actions of the face, head and body, in Finnish Sign Language …