Identifying sentences in signed languages
Edited by Onno A. Crasborn
Special issue of Sign Language & Linguistics 10:2 (2007) 140 pp.
Onno A. Crasborn
List of John Benjamins publications for which Onno A. Crasborn plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Signed languages | Theoretical linguistics
Simultaneity in Signed Languages: Form and function
Edited by Myriam Vermeerbergen, Lorraine Leeson and Onno A. Crasborn
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 281] 2007. viii, 360 pp. (incl. CD-Rom)
Subjects Electronic/Multimedia Products | Signed languages | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Articles
2023 Strategies for new word formation in NGT: A case for simultaneous morphology Sign Language & Linguistics 26:2, pp. 176–217 | Article
How do new words arise in a sign language? We present an empirical study of newly formed words in Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT). Five signers were asked to create new forms for known concepts for which word forms exist in NGT. Participants used sequential strategies for word formation,… read more
2023 Units of sub-sign meaning in NGT: A toolbox for sub-sign meaning in a lexical database Sign Language & Linguistics 26:2, pp. 276–322 | Article
This paper provides an overview of all the meaningful sub-sign form units (form-meaning units; FMUs) in lexical signs in Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT). We investigated the potential meaning of all form features that were previously established in analyses of NGT form by analyzing their… read more
2020 The effect of sociolinguistic factors on variation in the Kata Kolok lexicon Macro and micro-social variation in Asia-Pacific sign languages, Palfreyman, Nick (ed.), pp. 53–88 | Article
Abstract (International Sign) Sign languages can be categorized as shared sign languages or deaf community sign languages, depending on the context in which they emerge. It has been suggested that shared sign languages exhibit more variation in the expression of everyday concepts than deaf… read more
2016 Phonetics The Linguistics of Sign Languages: An introduction, Baker, Anne E., Beppie van den Bogaerde, Roland Pfau and Trude Schermer (eds.), pp. 229–249 | Article
2016 Phonology The Linguistics of Sign Languages: An introduction, Baker, Anne E., Beppie van den Bogaerde, Roland Pfau and Trude Schermer (eds.), pp. 251–278 | Article
2012 On the weight of phrase-final prosodic words in a sign language New Methodologies in Sign Language Phonology: Papers from TISLR 10, Brentari, Diane and Ronnie B. Wilbur (eds.), pp. 11–38 | Article
This article seeks to explore a prosodic explanation for the frequent occurrence of pointing signs phrase-finally. Corpus data from Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT) show that indeed pointing signs occur highly frequently at the end of sentences, and an elicitation study shows that pointing… read more
2011 Variation in mouth actions with manual signs in Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT) Sign Language & Linguistics 14:2, pp. 248–270 | Article
Mouthings and mouth gestures are omnipresent in Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT). Mouthings in NGT commonly have their origin in spoken Dutch. We conducted a corpus study to explore how frequent mouthings in fact are in NGT, whether there is variation within and between signs in mouthings,… read more
2009 Lexically bound mouth actions in Sign Language of the Netherlands: A comparison between different registers and age groups Linguistics in the Netherlands 2009, Botma, Bert and Jacqueline van Kampen (eds.), pp. 78–90 | Article
2008 Frequency distribution and spreading behavior of different types of mouth actions in three sign languages Sign Language & Linguistics 11:1, pp. 45–67 | Article
In this paper, we present a comparative study of mouth actions in three European sign languages: British Sign Language (BSL), Nederlandse Gebarentaal (Sign Language of the Netherlands, NGT), and Swedish Sign Language (SSL). We propose a typology for, and report the frequency distribution of, the… read more
2007 How to recognise a sentence when you see one Identifying sentences in signed languages, Crasborn, Onno A. (ed.), pp. 103–111 | Article
This introduction outlines the general theme of this issue of Sign Language & Linguistics: the identification of sentences and sentence boundaries in signed languages. First, several definitions of and perspectives on the unit ‘sentence’ stemming from the linguistic literature are discussed.… read more
2007 Sharing sign language data online: Experiences from the ECHO project International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 12:4, pp. 535–562 | Article
This article describes how new technological possibilities allow sign language researchers to share and publish video data and transcriptions online. Both linguistic and technological aspects of creating and publishing a sign language corpus are discussed, and standards are proposed for both… read more
2007 Simultaneity in Signed Languages.: A String of Sequentially Organised Issues Simultaneity in Signed Languages: Form and function, Vermeerbergen, Myriam, Lorraine Leeson and Onno A. Crasborn (eds.), pp. 1–25 | Article
2006 A linguistic analysis of the use of the two hands in sign language poetry Linguistics in the Netherlands 2006, Weijer, Jeroen van de and Bettelou Los (eds.), pp. 65–77 | Article
2003 Cylinders, planes, lines and points: Suggestions for a new conception of the handshape parameter in sign languages Linguistics in the Netherlands 2003, Cornips, Leonie and Paula Fikkert (eds.), pp. 25–32 | Article
2003 Base joint configuration in Sign Language of the Netherlands: Phonetic variation and phonological specification The Phonological Spectrum: Volume I: Segmental structure, Weijer, Jeroen van de, Vincent J. van Heuven and Harry van der Hulst (eds.), pp. 257–287 | Article
2002 Phonetic implementation of phonological categories in Sign Language of the Netherlands Sign Language & Linguistics 5:1, pp. 81–88 | Miscellaneous
2001 SignPhon: A phonological database for sign languages Sign Transcription and Database Storage of Sign Information, Bergman, Brita, Penny Boyes Braem, Thomas Hanke and Elena Antinoro Pizzuto (eds.), pp. 215–228 | Article
This paper describes the SignPhon database, a tool for phonological research. The history and goal of the project are outlined, and the database is briefly compared to other projects like HamNoSys and SignStream. We present the structure of the database and an overview of the fields that are… read more
1997 Relative Orientation in Sign Language Phonology Linguistics in the Netherlands 1997, Coerts, Jane A. and Helen de Hoop (eds.), pp. 37–48 | Article