Bangla sign alphabet recognition with zero-shot and transfer learning

RA Nihal, S Rahman, NM Broti, SA Deowan - Pattern Recognition Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Bangla, being the fifth most spoken language in the world has its own distinct sign language
with two methods (one-handed and two-handed) of representation. However, a standard …

Fingerspelling and its role in translanguaging

B Lee, K Secora - Languages, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fingerspelling is a critical component of many sign languages. This manual representation
of orthographic code is one key way in which signers engage in translanguaging, drawing …

Comparing semantic fluency in American sign language and English

ZS Sehyr, MR Giezen, K Emmorey - The Journal of Deaf Studies …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
This study investigated the impact of language modality and age of acquisition on semantic
fluency in American Sign Language (ASL) and English. Experiment 1 compared semantic …

What is the source of bilingual cross-language activation in deaf bilinguals?

JP Morford, C Occhino, M Zirnstein… - The Journal of Deaf …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
When deaf bilinguals are asked to make semantic similarity judgments of two written words,
their responses are influenced by the sublexical relationship of the signed language …

Spoken Language Interpreters andSigned Language Interpreters: Towards Cross-fertilization

D Gile, JM Napier - International Journal of Interpreter …, 2020 - tigerprints.clemson.edu
This commentary aims to give an overview of developments in the related fields of spoken
and signed language interpreting, with consideration given to professionalization …

Hands in motion: Learning to fingerspell in Irish Sign Language (ISL)

L Leeson, S Sheridan, K Cannon, T Murphy… - TEANGA, the Journal …, 2020 - journal.iraal.ie
Abstract Irish Sign Language uses a one-handed alphabet in which each fingerspelled letter
has a unique combination of handshape, orientation, and, in a few cases, path movement …

Variation in second-grade reading in children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing

S Couvee, L Wauters, H Knoors… - Journal of Deaf …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We investigated relations between kindergarten precursors and second-grade reading skills
in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children, and aimed to identify subgroups based on …

The role of fingerspelling in Saudi Arabian Deaf culture

A Alzahrani - International Journal of Disability, Development and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The role of fingerspelling as to its unique features, its use, and its function in the culture and
education of the Saudi Deaf population has not been examined. Specifically, this study …

Address practices of deaf undergraduate students and faculty: A study of language, identity, and community

B Nicodemus, M Formentelli, KM Cagle, J Pittman - Journal of Pragmatics, 2021 - Elsevier
The members of a community have conventionalized linguistic structures to convey both the
content of a message and the social status of the interlocutors. Crucial in the codification of …

Crossing boundaries: Using French Belgian Sign Language (LSFB) and multimodal French corpora for contrastive, translation and interpreting studies

S Gabarró-López, L Meurant… - Across Languages and …, 2024 - akjournals.com
Abstract The French Belgian Sign Language (LSFB) corpus is the cornerstone of a unique
multilingual data system that includes four distinct corpora. The first is a reference corpus …