Sign language linguistics has largely focused on lexical, phonological, and morpho-
syntactic structures of sign languages, leaving the facets of interaction overlooked. One …

Homesigners are deaf individuals who have grown up in the absence of a conventional
language model and have co-created a unique communication system with their hearing …

The human pointing gesture may be viewed from many angles. On a basic description, it is
an intentional movement, often of the hand, by which one person tries to direct another's …

Human communication is composite. It involves the voice, face, hands, and the rest of the
body. It integrates categorical elements and gradient ones, highly conventional and ad hoc …

ABSTRACT Providence Island Sign Language is an indigenous sign language of Colombia,
used in the Caribbean Island of Providence (Spanish: Providencia). First described in the …

In this chapter, we detail the on-going work related to the Norwegian Sign Language Corpus
and lexical database (Norwegian Signbank). In particular, we highlight the corpus' …

Pointing plays a significant role in communication and language development. However, in
spoken languages pointing has been viewed as a non-verbal gesture, whereas in sign …

This paper investigates the offerings the concept of interactional space, when it is applied to
study the co-present sighted participants' access to participation in sign language interpreter …

This study explores moments in signed and spoken conversation when manual production
is on hold and its resulting interactive ramifications. Typically, the temporal structure of …

It is well known that signers and speakers routinely produce finger points during interaction.
While the referential functions of such finger points have received great attention from …