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Research paper thumbnail of Section III

Sign Language and Linguistics, Oct 18, 2002

In this paper we wish to describe a joint British/Dutch project that was funded by the European C... more In this paper we wish to describe a joint British/Dutch project that was funded by the European Community under the TIDE programme. The main objective of the project Signbase has been to build a sign language database, which can be used to store linguistic information about a particular sign language. This repository then can be used to generate different types of signed language applications. The project commenced in March 1994 and ended in December 1996. The consortium consisted of people from three different places: the Deaf Studies Research Unit in Durham, UK (DSRU), the Dutch Foundation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child (NSDSK) in Amsterdam and Bright Side of Life computer consultancy (BSL) in Maarssen. In this paper we discuss the linguistic specifications of Signbase, and then we describe the prototype of two end-user applications (CD-ROM British/English Dictionary and the Educational CD-ROM Nature and Environment) and a commercial application which has been developed during the Signbase project with additional funding (CD-ROM SLN/ Dutch Dictionary for parents and teachers deaf children).

Research paper thumbnail of Van Dale basiswoordenboek Nederlandse gebarentaal

Research paper thumbnail of The first national Dutch Sign Language (NGT) Dictionary in book form: Van Dale Basiswoordenboek Nederlandse Gebarentaal

In October 2009 the first national Dutch sign language (NGT) dictionary in book form was publishe... more In October 2009 the first national Dutch sign language (NGT) dictionary in book form was published by Van Dale publishers. (Schermer/Koolhof 2009). The content of the book is produced by the national centre for NGT and for sign language lexicography, the Dutch Sign Centre, and is based on 25 years of research into the lexicon of Dutch Sign Language (NGT) which we will describe briefly in our paper (Schermer 1990, 2004). Subsequently we will describe organisation and content of the Van Dale dictionary which contains 3.000 standard signs with illustrations ordered alphabetically by using a glos as lemma.. In addition to the Van Dale dictionary in book form an online NGT dictionary is available on our website (Schermer/Koolhof/Muller 2010) which offers both search features: alphabetically and via handshape/location. Each entry in the Van Dale dictionary contains further information: an example sentence of how the sign is used and grammatical information about the non manual features an...

Research paper thumbnail of Nederlandse Gebarentaal en Vlaamse Gebarentaal: zussen of verre nichtjes?

Gebarentalen zijn natuurlijke talen waarbij voornamelijk de handen en de ogen een rol spelen. Er ... more Gebarentalen zijn natuurlijke talen waarbij voornamelijk de handen en de ogen een rol spelen. Er bestaan heel veel verschillende gebarentalen en de meeste daarvan worden gebruikt binnen een gemeenschap van dove mensen. In dit artikel gaat het vooral om de gebarentalen die gebruikt worden in de Vlaamse en in de Nederlandse Dovengemeenschappen, om de Vlaamse Gebarentaal (VGT) en de Nederlandse Gebarentaal (NGT) dus. Net zoals gesproken talen niet op een bepaald moment door iemand bedacht werden, zijn ook gebarentalen niet uitgevonden. Gebarentalen zijn zoals de meeste gesproken talen "natuurlijke talen", ze zijn spontaan ontstaan en gegroeid uit en door menselijke contacten. Hoe en op welk moment de verschillende gebarentalen zijn ontstaan, is niet altijd duidelijk, net zoals het niet altijd duidelijk is hoe en wanneer gesproken talen zijn ontstaan. Het zou best kunnen dat er gebarentalen bestonden voor er gesproken talen waren. We nemen aan dat de meeste gebarentalen zijn g...

Research paper thumbnail of Sign language research 1994 : proceedings of the 4th European Congress on Sign Language Research, Munich, September, 1-3, 1994

Research paper thumbnail of 10. In Pursuit of Legal Recognition of the Sign Language of the Netherlands In: Recognising Sign Languages. Maartje de Meulder,Joseph Murray, Rachel Mackee (eds). Multilingual Matters

Recognizing Sign Languages, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Sign language research 1994 : proceedings of the 4th European Congress on Sign Language Research, Munich, September, 1-3, 1994

Research paper thumbnail of Taalverandering en taalcontact

Gebarentalen bestaan net zo lang als er dovengemeenschappen zijn. Pas in de achttiende eeuw vinde... more Gebarentalen bestaan net zo lang als er dovengemeenschappen zijn. Pas in de achttiende eeuw vinden we beschrijvingen van Franse gebaren die in het onderwijs gebruikt werden. Vanaf de negentiende eeuw hebben we films en foto’s van verschillende gebaren. Net als in gesproken talen bestaan er taalfamilies. Met behulp van lexicostatistiek kan de verwantschap vastgesteld worden tussen talen. Gebarentalen veranderen in de loop van de tijd. Dit kan verschillende oorzaken hebben. Er zijn diverse manieren om naar taalveranderingen te kijken: diachrone taalkunde kijkt hoe taal in de loop van de tijd verandert en synchrone taalstudie houdt zich bezig met het taalsysteem op een bepaald moment in de tijd. Veranderingen vinden plaats op verschillende linguïstische niveaus. Assimilatie en vloeiendheid spelen ook een rol in veranderingen zoals te zien is in samenstellingen. Gebaren kunnen ook van functie veranderen. Van grammaticalisatie is sprake als er een verandering plaatsvindt van een lexicaal...

Research paper thumbnail of VdBogaerdeSchermer25-05-08

Research paper thumbnail of Kun je appels vergelijken? Cognates, faux amis en algehele verwarring in verschillende gebarentalen

Research paper thumbnail of 37. Language planning

An International Handbook, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of From Variant to Standard: An Overview of the Standardization Process of the Lexicon of Sign Language of the Netherlands over Two Decades

Sign Language Studies, Jul 1, 2003

WHEREVER PEOPLE COMMUNICATE with each other, a language develops. New words or signs arise consta... more WHEREVER PEOPLE COMMUNICATE with each other, a language develops. New words or signs arise constantly. They become conventional when people within a language community use these new words or signs to communicate. In this article I describe the process of the ...

Research paper thumbnail of Section III: Developing linguistic specifications for a sign language database: The development of Signbase

Sign Language Linguistics, 2001

... project (TIDE project 1282) were the Deaf Studies Research Unit (Durham): David Brien (co-coo... more ... project (TIDE project 1282) were the Deaf Studies Research Unit (Durham): David Brien (co-coordinator), Mary Brennan, Judith Collins ... Bright Side of Life Computer Consultancy (BSL, Maarssen): Martyn Simpson; and Pindrop Publications (Newark): Peter Llewellyn Jones. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Section III: Developing linguistic specifications for a sign language database: The development of Signbase

Sign Language & Linguistics, 2001

... project (TIDE project 1282) were the Deaf Studies Research Unit (Durham): David Brien (co-coo... more ... project (TIDE project 1282) were the Deaf Studies Research Unit (Durham): David Brien (co-coordinator), Mary Brennan, Judith Collins ... Bright Side of Life Computer Consultancy (BSL, Maarssen): Martyn Simpson; and Pindrop Publications (Newark): Peter Llewellyn Jones. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Natural Phonetic Processes Underlie Historical Change & Register Variation in American Sign Language

Sign Language Studies, 1984

ABSTRACT Historical change in ASL is characterized by a variety of reduction phenomena that facil... more ABSTRACT Historical change in ASL is characterized by a variety of reduction phenomena that facilitate articulation and perception. We show that similar changes can be induced under laboratory conditions. Two experiments are reported. In the first serial transmission and speeded discourse were used in the laboratory to induce reductions in signs performed in their old forms. The changes were found to be similar to historical change; reductions occurred in both signs and non-linguistic pantomime and for both signers and non-signers, implying the work of natural phonetic processes. In the second experiment, similar reductions were exhibited in signs when they underwent register shift, from citation form to conversational form. The results of the two experiments suggest that synchronic variation and diachronic change stem from the same natural phonetic processes that favor ease of articulation and ease of perception.

Research paper thumbnail of Sign Language Planning in the Netherlands between 1980 and 2010

Sign Language Studies, 2012

In this article several aspects of language planning with respect to the Sign Language of the Net... more In this article several aspects of language planning with respect to the Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT) are discussed. For nearly thirty years now we have been working with several organizations and members of the Deaf community to improve the position of Deaf people, change the status of their language, and implement a sign language policy that has had

Research paper thumbnail of From Variant to Standard: An Overview of the Standardization Process of the Lexicon of Sign Language of the Netherlands over Two Decades

Sign Language Studies, 2003

WHEREVER PEOPLE COMMUNICATE with each other, a language develops. New words or signs arise consta... more WHEREVER PEOPLE COMMUNICATE with each other, a language develops. New words or signs arise constantly. They become conventional when people within a language community use these new words or signs to communicate. In this article I describe the process of the ...

Research paper thumbnail of Speaking rate affects perception of good exemplars of a phonetic category

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1981

Research paper thumbnail of 2003. From variant to standard: An overview of the standardization process of the lexicon of Sign Language of the Netherlands (SLN) over two decades.in:Special Issues on Dictionaries and Lexicography, Part 2. Sign Language Studies, volume 3, number 4, summer 2003.

Research paper thumbnail of Lexical variation in Dutch Sign Language: some implications for language planning.

Research paper thumbnail of Section III

Sign Language and Linguistics, Oct 18, 2002

In this paper we wish to describe a joint British/Dutch project that was funded by the European C... more In this paper we wish to describe a joint British/Dutch project that was funded by the European Community under the TIDE programme. The main objective of the project Signbase has been to build a sign language database, which can be used to store linguistic information about a particular sign language. This repository then can be used to generate different types of signed language applications. The project commenced in March 1994 and ended in December 1996. The consortium consisted of people from three different places: the Deaf Studies Research Unit in Durham, UK (DSRU), the Dutch Foundation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child (NSDSK) in Amsterdam and Bright Side of Life computer consultancy (BSL) in Maarssen. In this paper we discuss the linguistic specifications of Signbase, and then we describe the prototype of two end-user applications (CD-ROM British/English Dictionary and the Educational CD-ROM Nature and Environment) and a commercial application which has been developed during the Signbase project with additional funding (CD-ROM SLN/ Dutch Dictionary for parents and teachers deaf children).

Research paper thumbnail of Van Dale basiswoordenboek Nederlandse gebarentaal

Research paper thumbnail of The first national Dutch Sign Language (NGT) Dictionary in book form: Van Dale Basiswoordenboek Nederlandse Gebarentaal

In October 2009 the first national Dutch sign language (NGT) dictionary in book form was publishe... more In October 2009 the first national Dutch sign language (NGT) dictionary in book form was published by Van Dale publishers. (Schermer/Koolhof 2009). The content of the book is produced by the national centre for NGT and for sign language lexicography, the Dutch Sign Centre, and is based on 25 years of research into the lexicon of Dutch Sign Language (NGT) which we will describe briefly in our paper (Schermer 1990, 2004). Subsequently we will describe organisation and content of the Van Dale dictionary which contains 3.000 standard signs with illustrations ordered alphabetically by using a glos as lemma.. In addition to the Van Dale dictionary in book form an online NGT dictionary is available on our website (Schermer/Koolhof/Muller 2010) which offers both search features: alphabetically and via handshape/location. Each entry in the Van Dale dictionary contains further information: an example sentence of how the sign is used and grammatical information about the non manual features an...

Research paper thumbnail of Nederlandse Gebarentaal en Vlaamse Gebarentaal: zussen of verre nichtjes?

Gebarentalen zijn natuurlijke talen waarbij voornamelijk de handen en de ogen een rol spelen. Er ... more Gebarentalen zijn natuurlijke talen waarbij voornamelijk de handen en de ogen een rol spelen. Er bestaan heel veel verschillende gebarentalen en de meeste daarvan worden gebruikt binnen een gemeenschap van dove mensen. In dit artikel gaat het vooral om de gebarentalen die gebruikt worden in de Vlaamse en in de Nederlandse Dovengemeenschappen, om de Vlaamse Gebarentaal (VGT) en de Nederlandse Gebarentaal (NGT) dus. Net zoals gesproken talen niet op een bepaald moment door iemand bedacht werden, zijn ook gebarentalen niet uitgevonden. Gebarentalen zijn zoals de meeste gesproken talen "natuurlijke talen", ze zijn spontaan ontstaan en gegroeid uit en door menselijke contacten. Hoe en op welk moment de verschillende gebarentalen zijn ontstaan, is niet altijd duidelijk, net zoals het niet altijd duidelijk is hoe en wanneer gesproken talen zijn ontstaan. Het zou best kunnen dat er gebarentalen bestonden voor er gesproken talen waren. We nemen aan dat de meeste gebarentalen zijn g...

Research paper thumbnail of Sign language research 1994 : proceedings of the 4th European Congress on Sign Language Research, Munich, September, 1-3, 1994

Research paper thumbnail of 10. In Pursuit of Legal Recognition of the Sign Language of the Netherlands In: Recognising Sign Languages. Maartje de Meulder,Joseph Murray, Rachel Mackee (eds). Multilingual Matters

Recognizing Sign Languages, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Sign language research 1994 : proceedings of the 4th European Congress on Sign Language Research, Munich, September, 1-3, 1994

Research paper thumbnail of Taalverandering en taalcontact

Gebarentalen bestaan net zo lang als er dovengemeenschappen zijn. Pas in de achttiende eeuw vinde... more Gebarentalen bestaan net zo lang als er dovengemeenschappen zijn. Pas in de achttiende eeuw vinden we beschrijvingen van Franse gebaren die in het onderwijs gebruikt werden. Vanaf de negentiende eeuw hebben we films en foto’s van verschillende gebaren. Net als in gesproken talen bestaan er taalfamilies. Met behulp van lexicostatistiek kan de verwantschap vastgesteld worden tussen talen. Gebarentalen veranderen in de loop van de tijd. Dit kan verschillende oorzaken hebben. Er zijn diverse manieren om naar taalveranderingen te kijken: diachrone taalkunde kijkt hoe taal in de loop van de tijd verandert en synchrone taalstudie houdt zich bezig met het taalsysteem op een bepaald moment in de tijd. Veranderingen vinden plaats op verschillende linguïstische niveaus. Assimilatie en vloeiendheid spelen ook een rol in veranderingen zoals te zien is in samenstellingen. Gebaren kunnen ook van functie veranderen. Van grammaticalisatie is sprake als er een verandering plaatsvindt van een lexicaal...

Research paper thumbnail of VdBogaerdeSchermer25-05-08

Research paper thumbnail of Kun je appels vergelijken? Cognates, faux amis en algehele verwarring in verschillende gebarentalen

Research paper thumbnail of 37. Language planning

An International Handbook, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of From Variant to Standard: An Overview of the Standardization Process of the Lexicon of Sign Language of the Netherlands over Two Decades

Sign Language Studies, Jul 1, 2003

WHEREVER PEOPLE COMMUNICATE with each other, a language develops. New words or signs arise consta... more WHEREVER PEOPLE COMMUNICATE with each other, a language develops. New words or signs arise constantly. They become conventional when people within a language community use these new words or signs to communicate. In this article I describe the process of the ...

Research paper thumbnail of Section III: Developing linguistic specifications for a sign language database: The development of Signbase

Sign Language Linguistics, 2001

... project (TIDE project 1282) were the Deaf Studies Research Unit (Durham): David Brien (co-coo... more ... project (TIDE project 1282) were the Deaf Studies Research Unit (Durham): David Brien (co-coordinator), Mary Brennan, Judith Collins ... Bright Side of Life Computer Consultancy (BSL, Maarssen): Martyn Simpson; and Pindrop Publications (Newark): Peter Llewellyn Jones. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Section III: Developing linguistic specifications for a sign language database: The development of Signbase

Sign Language & Linguistics, 2001

... project (TIDE project 1282) were the Deaf Studies Research Unit (Durham): David Brien (co-coo... more ... project (TIDE project 1282) were the Deaf Studies Research Unit (Durham): David Brien (co-coordinator), Mary Brennan, Judith Collins ... Bright Side of Life Computer Consultancy (BSL, Maarssen): Martyn Simpson; and Pindrop Publications (Newark): Peter Llewellyn Jones. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Natural Phonetic Processes Underlie Historical Change & Register Variation in American Sign Language

Sign Language Studies, 1984

ABSTRACT Historical change in ASL is characterized by a variety of reduction phenomena that facil... more ABSTRACT Historical change in ASL is characterized by a variety of reduction phenomena that facilitate articulation and perception. We show that similar changes can be induced under laboratory conditions. Two experiments are reported. In the first serial transmission and speeded discourse were used in the laboratory to induce reductions in signs performed in their old forms. The changes were found to be similar to historical change; reductions occurred in both signs and non-linguistic pantomime and for both signers and non-signers, implying the work of natural phonetic processes. In the second experiment, similar reductions were exhibited in signs when they underwent register shift, from citation form to conversational form. The results of the two experiments suggest that synchronic variation and diachronic change stem from the same natural phonetic processes that favor ease of articulation and ease of perception.

Research paper thumbnail of Sign Language Planning in the Netherlands between 1980 and 2010

Sign Language Studies, 2012

In this article several aspects of language planning with respect to the Sign Language of the Net... more In this article several aspects of language planning with respect to the Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT) are discussed. For nearly thirty years now we have been working with several organizations and members of the Deaf community to improve the position of Deaf people, change the status of their language, and implement a sign language policy that has had

Research paper thumbnail of From Variant to Standard: An Overview of the Standardization Process of the Lexicon of Sign Language of the Netherlands over Two Decades

Sign Language Studies, 2003

WHEREVER PEOPLE COMMUNICATE with each other, a language develops. New words or signs arise consta... more WHEREVER PEOPLE COMMUNICATE with each other, a language develops. New words or signs arise constantly. They become conventional when people within a language community use these new words or signs to communicate. In this article I describe the process of the ...

Research paper thumbnail of Speaking rate affects perception of good exemplars of a phonetic category

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1981

Research paper thumbnail of 2003. From variant to standard: An overview of the standardization process of the lexicon of Sign Language of the Netherlands (SLN) over two decades.in:Special Issues on Dictionaries and Lexicography, Part 2. Sign Language Studies, volume 3, number 4, summer 2003.

Research paper thumbnail of Lexical variation in Dutch Sign Language: some implications for language planning.

Research paper thumbnail of The Linguistics of Sign Languages: An Introduction

This book is intended as an introductory textbook to the linguistic study of sign languages. A ba... more This book is intended as an introductory textbook to the linguistic study of sign languages. A basic knowledge of linguistics is assumed, and the book demonstrates how this knowledge can be fruitfully applied to sign languages. Throughout the book, linguistic phenomena are illustrated by means of examples from many different sign languages (see also the Benjamins website for video examples).