American Sign Language Handshapes Reflect Pressures for Communicative Efficiency

K Yin, T Regier, D Klein - arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.04024, 2024 - arxiv.org
Communicative efficiency is a key topic in linguistics and cognitive psychology, with many
studies demonstrating how the pressure to communicate with minimal effort guides the form …

Challenges for Linguistically-Driven Computer-Based Sign Recognition from Continuous Signing for American Sign Language

C Neidle - arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.00762, 2023 - arxiv.org
There have been recent advances in computer-based recognition of isolated, citation-form
signs from video. There are many challenges for such a task, not least the naturally …

Capturing Distalization

R Stamp, L Khatib, H Hel-Or - Proceedings of the LREC2022 10th …, 2022 - aclanthology.org
Coding and analyzing large amounts of video data is a challenge for sign language
researchers, who traditionally code 2D video data manually. In recent years, the …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding Ghanaian Sign Language (s): History, Linguistics, and Ideology

T Mac Hadjah - 2024 - lotpublications.nl
This journey, like any substantial undertaking, has not been navigated alone. The
completion of this PhD book represents the culmination of years of dedication, passion, and …

[PDF][PDF] South African Sign Language School of Literature, Language and Media

D Chambers - 2023 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
This research study explores whether or not proximalisation is present in the acquisition of
South African Sign Language (SASL) by hearing adult learners. This research will …

Proximalisation in the acquisition of sign language by hearing adult learners

DJ Chambers - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
This research study explores whether or not proximalisation is present in the acquisition of
South African Sign Language (SASL) by hearing adult learners. This research will …