Signed languages are the primary means of communication for many deaf and hard of
hearing individuals. Since signed languages exhibit all the fundamental linguistic properties …

Sign language datasets are essential to developing many sign language technologies. In
particular, datasets are required for training artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning …

The sign language phenomenon that some scholars refer to as “agreement” has triggered
controversial discussions among sign language linguists. Crucially, it has been argued to …

What you are holding (or reading digitally) is the first comprehensive descriptive grammar of
Sign Language of the Netherlands (Nederlandse Gebarentaal, NGT). It is a unique …

We argue that some properties of sign language grammar have counterparts in non-signers'
intuitions about gestures, including ones that are probably very uncommon. Thus despite the …

The usage-based framework considers linguistic structure to be emergent from how human
languages are used, and shaped by domain-general cognitive processes. This paper …

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 …

Contemporary formal semantics was born from the project to treat natural languages as
formal languages, not just in their syntactic component (as generative syntax had done), but …

We argue that formal linguistic theory, properly extended, can provide a unifying framework
for diverse phenomena beyond traditional linguistic objects. We display applications to …

Verb agreement in signed languages has received substantial attention for a long time.
Despite the numerous analyses about the linguistic status of verb agreement, there is little …