From carla at crnmd.com Sun Nov 1 21:40:08 2009 From: carla at crnmd.com (Carla Riggi) Date: Sun Nov 1 21:21:31 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] Stokoe - ASCII Database Message-ID: Hello, I am a grad student working on a thesis project which requires the use or creation of a database which is essentially a dictionary of ASL signs/glosses broken down into their component parts according to the notation used by Stokoe, Casterline, & Croneberg, and later translated into ASCII by Dr. Mark Mandel. Other notation methods will also be considered. Does anyone know if such a database exists and is licensed as open source, or could be licensed for use on a per project basis? Thank you for your assistance. Carla Riggi From carlariggi at gmail.com Sun Nov 1 21:56:37 2009 From: carlariggi at gmail.com (Carla Riggi) Date: Sun Nov 1 21:38:02 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] Stokoe - ASCII Database Message-ID: (my appologies if this posted twice, I think my first attempt bounced) Hello, I am a grad student working on a thesis project which requires the use or creation of a database which is essentially a dictionary of ASL signs/glosses broken down into their component parts according to the notation used by Stokoe, Casterline, & Croneberg, and later translated into ASCII by Dr. Mark Mandel. Other notation methods will also be considered. Does anyone know if such a database exists and is licensed as open source, or could be licensed for use on a per project basis? I have seen the ASL-English dictionary on asl.jinkle.com and so such a database must exist, but their site seems to crash every time I try to follow a link. Thank you for your assistance. Carla Riggi From david.mckee at vuw.ac.nz Sun Nov 1 23:26:03 2009 From: david.mckee at vuw.ac.nz (David McKee) Date: Sun Nov 1 23:07:09 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] Stokoe - ASCII Database In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Carla, You may like to have a look at the Freelex dictionary application which we are using for our New Zealand Sign Language database. http://www.matapuna.org.nz/ Dave Moskovitiz developed Freelex and it's open source. Dave was Technical Editor for the print New Zealand Sign Language dictionary and we are transferring that database to Freelex. See the weblink about our project: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/research/odnzsl/default.aspx Feel free to contact me if you want to learn more about our dictionary project. David On 2/11/2009, at 3:56 PM, Carla Riggi wrote: > (my appologies if this posted twice, I think my first attempt bounced) > > Hello, > > I am a grad student working on a thesis project which requires the use > or creation of a database which is essentially a dictionary of ASL > signs/glosses broken down into their component parts according to the > notation used by Stokoe, Casterline, & Croneberg, and later translated > into ASCII by Dr. Mark Mandel. Other notation methods will also be > considered. > > Does anyone know if such a database exists and is licensed as open > source, or could be licensed for use on a per project basis? > > I have seen the ASL-English dictionary on asl.jinkle.com and so such a > database must exist, but their site seems to crash every time I try to > follow a link. > > Thank you for your assistance. > > Carla Riggi > _______________________________________________ > SLLING-L mailing list > SLLING-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu > http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/slling-l > From ingvild.roald at statped.no Fri Nov 6 04:16:33 2009 From: ingvild.roald at statped.no (Ingvild Roald) Date: Fri Nov 6 04:55:22 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] Stokoe - ASCII Database In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/pipermail/slling-l/attachments/20091106/5fde08c5/attachment.html From a.schembri at ucl.ac.uk Fri Nov 6 12:53:41 2009 From: a.schembri at ucl.ac.uk (Adam Schembri) Date: Fri Nov 6 12:34:37 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] Do any sign language research methods are in a book? In-Reply-To: <45f902fa0911060944k5db8c025tdde8fe9540fcc3c@mail.gmail.com> References: <45f902fa0911060944k5db8c025tdde8fe9540fcc3c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <11EE4389-DBEC-40E8-B165-C3BAB6735ADB@ucl.ac.uk> Hello Eugenio, There is some information on the Sign Language Linguistics Society website "Some hints for starting sign linguists": http://www.slls.eu/index2.php5 There are some references there as well. Best, Adam --- Adam C Schembri, PhD Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre University College London 49 Gordon Square London WC1H 0PD UK Ph: +44 20 7679 8680 (internal: 28680) www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/team/adam_schembri.html www.bslcorpusproject.org www.slls.eu On 6 Nov 2009, at 17:44, Eugenio Ravelo Mendoza wrote: > Hello everybody > > I wanna to know if you know any book talking about methodology for > researching about Sign languages? > > If not, do you could send me a reference of names that is a method? > e.g., like "Elicitation data". > > Thanks for the cooperation. > > -- > Eugenio Ravelo Mendoza, Mgter.Doc. > > _______________________________________________ > SLLING-L mailing list > SLLING-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu > http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/slling-l From b.woll at ucl.ac.uk Fri Nov 6 13:09:16 2009 From: b.woll at ucl.ac.uk (Bencie Woll) Date: Fri Nov 6 12:50:10 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] Do any sign language research methods are in a book? In-Reply-To: <11EE4389-DBEC-40E8-B165-C3BAB6735ADB@ucl.ac.uk> References: <45f902fa0911060944k5db8c025tdde8fe9540fcc3c@mail.gmail.com> <11EE4389-DBEC-40E8-B165-C3BAB6735ADB@ucl.ac.uk> Message-ID: There is a chapter on methodology for sign language acquisition research you may find useful: Baker A, van den Bogaerde B & Woll B (2009) Methods and procedures in sign language acquisition studies. In Baker A, & Woll B (eds.) Sign Language Acquisition. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1-49 Bencie Woll, BA, MA, PhD Chair of Sign Language and Deaf Studies Director, DCAL Research Centre 49 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD +44 20 7679 8670 (voice) Internal 28670 +44 20 7679 8691 (fax) +44 20 7679 8693 (textphone/minicom) www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: slling-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu [mailto:slling-l-bounces@majordomo.valenciacc.edu] On Behalf Of Adam Schembri Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 5:54 PM To: A list for linguists interested in signed languages Subject: Re: [SLLING-L] Do any sign language research methods are in a book? Hello Eugenio, There is some information on the Sign Language Linguistics Society website "Some hints for starting sign linguists": http://www.slls.eu/index2.php5 There are some references there as well. Best, Adam --- Adam C Schembri, PhD Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre University College London 49 Gordon Square London WC1H 0PD UK Ph: +44 20 7679 8680 (internal: 28680) www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/team/adam_schembri.html www.bslcorpusproject.org www.slls.eu On 6 Nov 2009, at 17:44, Eugenio Ravelo Mendoza wrote: > Hello everybody > > I wanna to know if you know any book talking about methodology for > researching about Sign languages? > > If not, do you could send me a reference of names that is a method? > e.g., like "Elicitation data". > > Thanks for the cooperation. > > -- > Eugenio Ravelo Mendoza, Mgter.Doc. > > _______________________________________________ > SLLING-L mailing list > SLLING-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu > http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/slling-l _______________________________________________ SLLING-L mailing list SLLING-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/slling-l From susan.fischer at rit.edu Fri Nov 6 13:29:06 2009 From: susan.fischer at rit.edu (Fischer Susan) Date: Fri Nov 6 13:10:17 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] Do any sign language research methods are in a book? In-Reply-To: <45f902fa0911060944k5db8c025tdde8fe9540fcc3c@mail.gmail.com> References: <45f902fa0911060944k5db8c025tdde8fe9540fcc3c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <0B74F299-FEC1-42A1-83F6-6B8AA5ED4A5C@rit.edu> I've written a book chapter about elicitation dos and don'ts: Fischer, S. (2009). Sign language field methods. In J. Tai & Jane Tsay (eds.) Taiwan Sign Language and beyond.. pp. 1-19. Taiwan Institute of Humanities, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. You might also want to look at books on field methods generally; many of the techniques and ideas apply to signed languages. Claire Bowern has a new book that is quite good. Susan D. Fischer Susan.Fischer@rit.edu +1-858-952-3447 (mobile) drword563 (Skype) drword354 (iChat/AIM) +1-714-908-9824 (fax) 563 Orchid Lane Del Mar, CA 92014 Center for Research on Language UCSD On Nov 6, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Eugenio Ravelo Mendoza wrote: > Hello everybody > > I wanna to know if you know any book talking about methodology for > researching about Sign languages? > > If not, do you could send me a reference of names that is a method? > e.g., like "Elicitation data". > > Thanks for the cooperation. > > -- > Eugenio Ravelo Mendoza, Mgter.Doc. > > _______________________________________________ > SLLING-L mailing list > SLLING-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu > http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/slling-l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/pipermail/slling-l/attachments/20091106/9c73b2e5/attachment.html From carlariggi at gmail.com Fri Nov 6 16:26:01 2009 From: carlariggi at gmail.com (Carla Riggi) Date: Fri Nov 6 16:07:13 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] Stokoe - ASCII Database In-Reply-To: <4A06215B-76B1-4DE3-8D21-AF292BCDB9BB@ucl.ac.uk> References: <4A06215B-76B1-4DE3-8D21-AF292BCDB9BB@ucl.ac.uk> Message-ID: Thank you all for your suggestions and advice. As I continue to refine the scope of my project it is very helpful to see the strengths and limitations of current sign language dictionaries in use around the world. Ideally, I aim to develop an interface that will enhance the sign language learning process and be both a resource in itself and a potential means to augment current online dictionaries in various languages. To offer more background on myself; I am a graduate student in user interface design and web/new media applications. My primary partner in this project is a student of ASL. As neither of us our linguists, we greatly appreciate the advice and direction we've received from experts in this field. Can anyone tell me if there currently exists a "universal" sign notation system for all (or many) sign languages? Perhaps Stokoe is too limited to ASL? Might HamNoSys be a better direction? Again, not being knowledgeable in this field, I don't know, but it seems that given the physical limitations of the human body there must be a finite number of ways that hands can be used to communicate. I would love to love to speak with someone who has a particular interest in this area. Thanks once again, Carla On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:41 AM, Adam Schembri wrote: > Just a heads-up, Carla. This ASL SignPuddle doesn't appear to be a > dictionary organised according to sound linguistic principles about what > constitutes a dictionary entry, so I would be wary of using it as the basis > of any linguistic work. > Adam > --- > Adam C Schembri, PhD > Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre > University College London > 49 Gordon Square?London WC1H 0PD UK > Ph: +44 20 7679 8680 (internal: 28680) > www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/team/adam_schembri.html > www.bslcorpusproject.org > www.slls.eu > > > > On 6 Nov 2009, at 09:16, Ingvild Roald wrote: > > Hi Carla, > one such open and free ASL dictionary, broken down into parts but not in the > Stokoe system, is the ASL SignPuddle at the site ?http://www.SignBank.org > Besides the signs themselves, you can also use this for an analysis of > handshape frequencies etc. > Best wishes, > Ingvild Roald > Senior Adviser, dr. philos > Statped Vest > National Support System for Special Education > POB 6039 Bergen Postterminal > NO-5892 BERGEN > Norway > Visiting address: > Sandbrekkevn. 27 > Paradis, Bergen > e-mail ?ingvild.roald@statped.no > tel. +47 ?55 92 34 56 (direct) > tel. +47. 55 92 34 00 (switch board) > mobile ?+47 926 68 420 > fax +47 55 92 35 51 > www.statped.no > > skriver: > Hello, > I am a grad student working on a thesis project which requires the use > or creation of a database which is essentially a dictionary of ASL > signs/glosses broken down into their component parts according to the > notation used by Stokoe, Casterline, & Croneberg, and later translated > into ASCII by Dr. Mark Mandel. ?Other notation methods will also be > considered. > Does anyone know if such a database exists and is licensed as open > source, or could be licensed for use on a per project basis? > Thank you for your assistance. > Carla Riggi > _______________________________________________ > SLLING-L mailing list > SLLING-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu > http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/slling-l > > > > -Scanned by Exchange Hosted > Services-?_______________________________________________ > SLLING-L mailing list > SLLING-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu > http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/slling-l > > From uzeshan at uclan.ac.uk Sat Nov 7 03:28:33 2009 From: uzeshan at uclan.ac.uk (Ulrike Zeshan) Date: Sat Nov 7 03:09:43 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] Do any sign language research methods are in a book? Message-ID: <4AF52FB10200001D000C0CF5@gwise-gw1.uclan.ac.uk> The books in the Sign Language Typology series (Vol 1 and 2) by Ishara Press include research materials such as elicitation materials and typological questionnaires, along with notes on the methodology. Ulrike Prof. Ulrike Zeshan Director, International Centre for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Livesey House, LH212 University of Central Lancashire Preston PR12HE, UK uzeshan@uclan.ac.uk Ph. +44-1772-893104 >>> "Eugenio Ravelo Mendoza" 06/11/09 5:44 PM >>> Hello everybody I wanna to know if you know any book talking about methodology for researching about Sign languages? If not, do you could send me a reference of names that is a method? e.g., like "Elicitation data". Thanks for the cooperation. -- Eugenio Ravelo Mendoza, Mgter.Doc. From laurence.meurant at fundp.ac.be Mon Nov 9 03:29:09 2009 From: laurence.meurant at fundp.ac.be (Laurence Meurant) Date: Mon Nov 9 03:10:03 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] Markers of metalinguistic discourse in SL Message-ID: <20091109092909.63424croimbicekg@webmail.fundp.ac.be> Dear members of the SLLINGlist, Do you know any article, book chapter or other concerning the characteristics of the markers of metalinguistic sequences in SL? I mean sequences in which the signer speaks about the signs themselves ("this sign is really good", "how sign this, I can't fin the sign", "in this case, you must use this sign", etc.). Thank you for your help. Best regards Laurence Meurant University of Namur CILS-Team www.cils-namur.be From racszi at gmail.com Tue Nov 10 10:33:35 2009 From: racszi at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?B?U3ppbOFyZCBS4WN6?=) Date: Tue Nov 10 10:14:21 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] Stokoe - ASCII Database In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7265c2bf0911100733v49a5d3cfy45cf4318a76a12c9@mail.gmail.com> Dear Members around the world! Let me leave here a short message from Hungary that can be interesting for You! On the 9th November the Hungarian Parliament officially recognized Hungarian Sign Language as a language. The law on HSL recognises the Hungarian Deaf Community expressis verbis as a linguistic minority. It guarantees the right for Deaf people in Hungary to use HSL in public domains. Bilingual programmes in education have to be established by 2017. The teacher's training is forming at the University ELTE, Budapest. So, a new chapter begins in the history of the Deaf in Hungary. Bests, Szil?rd R?cz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/pipermail/slling-l/attachments/20091110/f36e760b/attachment.html From sutton at signwriting.org Wed Nov 11 17:26:01 2009 From: sutton at signwriting.org (Valerie Sutton) Date: Wed Nov 11 17:06:45 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] 21 chapters of Gospel According to John written in ASL In-Reply-To: <062720070322.21162.4681D7ED0009E765000052AA220076143808979B079D0E080C@comcast.net> References: <062720070322.21162.4681D7ED0009E765000052AA220076143808979B079D0E080C@comcast.net> Message-ID: <4DFB033E-E382-4484-A12B-9662DE8ECD72@signwriting.org> SignWriting Literature Project Our goal is to provide the world with large documents written in the facial expressions, handshapes, and movements of sign languages. Sign readers need more books of substance to read. That is why we are working toward the goal of writing world literature in the sign languages of the world. We have now completed the 21 chapters of the Gospel According to John in ASL. Seven of those chapters (178 pages) are now in book form and in PDF documents on the web. All 21 chapters can be read directly online in SignPuddle: Gospel According to John Home Page Directory http://www.signwriting.org/library/bible/Gospel_John.html Download free PDF files... http://www.signwriting.org/library/bible/Gospel_John.html#BibleJohn Read all 21 chapters on the web in SignPuddle... http://www.signwriting.org/library/bible/Gospel_John.html#JohnWeb Other portions of other religious texts have also been written. I will provide a listing of those documents later. We also are working on encyclopedia articles about the history of deafness. Some teachers are writing about science. A more advanced reader of Snow White will be published in January, based on the ASL storytelling video by Darline Clark Gunsauls. The Gospel According to John book, Chapters 1-7, is historic because it is a small sized book with four columns to a page, easy to carry to meetings. SignWriting is already used for Bible studies at a Deaf church in Michigan. To access more literature, go to: http://www.signwriting.org/library For more information, write to me privately - Val ;-) Valerie Sutton Sutton@SignWriting.org SignWriting Read & Write Sign Languages http://www.SignWriting.org SignPuddle Create SignWriting Documents Online http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle SignWriting Literature Project Writing Literature in Sign Languages http://www.SignWriting.org/literature Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting Center For Sutton Movement Writing a US educational nonprofit organization PO Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038, USA Tel: 858-456-0098 Skype: valeriesutton From AlysseR at aol.com Sat Nov 14 07:24:52 2009 From: AlysseR at aol.com (AlysseR@aol.com) Date: Sat Nov 14 09:12:22 2009 Subject: [SLLING-L] Last Call :) FASLTA 2010 Conference Tampa Feb 12-14 Message-ID: If you'd like to submit a proposal for the upcoming Florida ASL Teachers Association conference (our 20+), please go to _www.faslta.org_ (http://www.faslta.org) and send in your proposal as soon as possible (deadline is just a day or 2 away). 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Felix Sze Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong The Conference on Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education in Asia Call for Paper Date: 28 - 30 January 2010 Place: The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Shatin, Hong Kong Organizer: The Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, CUHK Call for Paper: Research in Sign Linguistics in the past several decades has enabled us to begin to unravel the properties of sign languages as natural languages, with all the complexity and expressive powers found in spoken languages. The 'Conference on Sign Linguistics, Deaf Education and Deaf Culture in Asia', held in the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2001 marked the beginning of an era of sign language research in Asia. Now, a decade later, it is time to take stock of the progress and the development of this field. Towards this end, the Conference on Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education in Asia aims at providing a forum for sign language researchers who work on Asian sign languages to share their research and to exchange information about the situation for sign linguistics and sign language research in their respective countries and regions. In addition, this conference aims at examining the development of models of deaf education in Asia that include sign language. Papers of the following areas related to Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education in the Asian context are welcome: 1. Asian sign language and linguistics: Studies on the linguistics of individual Asian sign languages, for example:- Syntax/semantics- Phonology- Acquisition- Sociolinguistics- Corpus linguistics- Comparative studies on any linguistic structure in Asian sign languages or between Asian sign languages and those found in other parts of the world.- Comparative studies on any linguistic structures between Asian sign languages and spoken languages. 2. Deaf Education in the Asian context:- Sign bilingualism and sign bilingual acquisition - The role of sign language in deaf education - Literacy development of deaf children - Language assessment (spoken/signed language) of deaf children - Educational technology in deaf education - Post-secondary education for the deaf Paper presentations: l Each paper presentation will be 40 minutes in length (i.e. 30 minutes for presentation, followed by a 10-minute question/answer period) l Conference languages will be English and Hong Kong Sign Language. Interpretation between English and Hong Kong Sign Language will be provided. Presenters using other spoken or signed languages may bring their own interpreters with them and should contact the conference organizer as soon as possible. Submission guidelines: l Abstracts need to be written in English with a maximum of 400 words (excluding references). l Submissions are limited to two abstracts per person as single and/or joint authors. l Deadline for abstract submission: 31 October 2009 l Please send your submission for paper presentation to the following email address, in the following manner: n To: cslds@arts.cuhk.edu.hk n Subject: Paper submission l In the main text of your email, please include the following information: n 1. 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