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1 Chapter 1 : "Loan Signs" American Sign Language (ASL) Lexical Borrowing in American Sign Language. Battison, Robbin This book is written primarily for those studying linguistic topics in the area of sign language, but also can be useful to sign language teachers who want to understand more about American Sign Language (ASL). As languages tend to be, ASL is, of course, a source of pride among its users. An introductory synopsis of the history of ASL is available here. True Language ASL is a full and complete language in its own right. It is not "English on the hands. An introduction to ASL grammar is available here. ASL is not a universal language; every deaf person throughout the world does not use or understand it. ASL is the language of Deaf Americans. Citizens of most other nations probably do not use or understand American Sign Language. Like most of us, deaf people use the sign language that is in use within their communities in case you are curious about the names of other sign languages, here is a nice reference list. American Sign Language is used in some parts of Canada. This little fact is one of many that are initially surprising to students who are just beginning their studies. No, ASL is the language of Deaf Americans, and is not the naturally acquired language of British citizens anymore than it is of, for example, French or Jordanian citizens. Sign language users might be bi- or multi-lingual; adept at using any number of spoken, written, or signed languages - just like everyone else. Gesture A common misunderstanding is that sign language is simply a series of gestures used in place of real [sic] spoken communication. Although, it is true that most people, hearing and deaf, use both gesture and language during communication. Poetry As with most languages, there are poems created in sign language, just as there are poems in spoken language click here and here. Concerning poetry, much is lost in translation. It is for this fact that sad to say the beauty and impact of an ASL poem simply cannot be completely conveyed in English, and vice versa. Try this little experiment: Imagine trying to translate a poem from English to This is one of the challenges faced by interpreters asked to render poetry. Song Songs are not written in sign language for the obvious reason. When a song is interpreted into sign language, it is not the song anymore [remember the poem and the canvas? Deaf people do not experience music in the way that hearing people do; a hearing person might enjoy music, or be annoyed by it; a deaf person simply does not hear it or hears limited tones, decibels, or pitches. You might also be interested in " Hearing Consumers Ask. Variations There are language variation s among American Sign Language users, just as there are among users of English or any other language. There are formal ways of signing something, and informal ways of signing, just as spoken English has formal and informal expression. English Alphabet The English alphabet can be expressed manually see fingerspelling. Non-ASL words can thusly be spelled manually, using signs that represent letters of the English alphabet. This a common linguistic phenomenon and happens among users of practically all languages. This is called lexical borrowing. The resulting signs are called loan signs. Examples of lexical borrowing in American English include the words pizza and spaghetti, which have traveled linguistically far from their Italian origin, having now been Anglicized adapted by English users. Spoken languages are linear two-dimensional or 2D. A person using spoken or written language is able to produce communication that has a beginning, middle, and ending Users of signed languages are able to represent several events or ideas at the same time because they have the use of 3D space - an idea that is at first perplexing to us 2D-communicators. We have known speech language pathologists, medical care providers, and well-meaning family members to say that learning sign language in some way interferes with speech or with learning a spoken language, that the learner becomes "lazy," or language acquisition will somehow be "delayed. Parents can make better-informed decisions after reading the reports, seeing the numbers, and meeting with other families and their now-teenage or -adult children. Users Users of sign language include deaf and hard or hearing persons and their family members and friends, as well as interpreters, of course. You might be surprised to learn that many hearing persons use sign language as their first language for a variety of reasons. Persons with Down Syndrome, Apraxia of speech, or other developmental or cognitive disorders, and their families and friends, often find that ASL is just what the doctor ordered - although in truth, the doctor may not yet have mentioned it sad to say. If you are curious, fascinated, even enthralled, by American Sign Language, rest assured that you Page 1

2 are not alone. Thousands of Americans of every age and interest have come to ASL with limited or no background in the language many with no deaf family members or friends because the beauty and versatility of this amazing language simply must be experienced. We hope you will explore this and other sites, read books, visit a Silent Social, find a deaf club, read some BLogs, view some VLog s; pore over the dictionaries, and give yourself the gifts of American Sign Language and sign language interpreting. For an introduction to interpreting, please click here. To visit the national Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf online, please click here. We hope to see you at an interpreting workshop in the near future! This page was edited: The opinions expressed here those of TerpTopics unless otherwise stated. Please keep in mind that, while every effort is made to present correct, appropriate, and reasonable information that is based on our experience, anecdotal experiences of others, or developed during the general course of study and professional development, we do not represent TerpTopics as having cornered the market on wisdom heck, no! Page 2

3 Chapter 2 : Lexical borrowing in American sign language ( edition) Open Library The hypothesis examined in this study is the following: As with oral languages, lexical borrowing from one manual language into another is accompanied by lexical restructuring in accordance with. Lexidactylophobia is what Donald A. Grushkin describes in the deaf education field. Phobia in psychology means irrational fear or dread of a particular phenomenon or situation. Donald explained lexi in Greek means word and dactyl means finger. Many deaf educators are lexidactylophobia in classrooms. They have a negative attitude of using fingerspelling. What do we know about lexicalized fingerspelling? It represents words ideographically. Lexicalized fingerspellings are signs and free morpheme. ASL researchers used to mark the sign as their fingerspelling symbol for written purpose. In fingerspelling, there are 8 of the changes that are part of process in the lexicalization process and it was described by Robbin Battison. Also movement may be added and their orientation may change, too. You may see a sign that is repeatedly, HA is an example. Using second hand may be added, too. We sign BACK to express more emphasis. Lastly of 8 changes during fingerspelling is grammatical information may be included. Using this process, it refers us to people and places. As early as 6 months old, a deaf child attempts to sign such as babbling. Hearing babies babble all the time. They imitate fingerspelling through wiggles of the fingers same as hearing children will play with letters in written. Children fingerspell as they practice and it helps develop their everyday life with their language use and how they write on a paper. Padden, Futher, Gates, and Chase, found that children who are deaf showed their spelling ability was greater than hearing children because of visual recognizing the word and use fingerspell. Grushkin, By doing that, their language boosts up and they can be comfortable in reading and understanding. They should be able to express and receptive skills. They also should know when and how to use fingerspelling. They need to be aware of the important of using lexicaled fingerspelling approach and how this will benefit children from elementary to high school level. Grushkin, References Grushkin, Donald Linguistics of American Sign Language: Gallaudet University Press Battison, R. Lexical borrowing in American Sign Language. DVD would be terrific, because I can slow that down as necessary to decipher the words. I recommend "Groode, J. Dawn Sign Press" for beginners. Then later a day or two watch the video with the sound off and see how you do. Or you can use the practice sheets from my fingerspelling pages to make a video. I just looked up the title of that book. Expressive and receptive fingerspelling for hearing adults. Paperback Note, some highbrows or monobrows? It is not in vogue. But I personally feel it presents a very intelligent and effective approach to fingerspelling success for Hearing adult ASL-as-a-second-language learners. I just found your site and I am excited to be able to use it. I am currently enrolled in class and will soon graduate. I am taking a class in ASL linguistics and have had the following question posed to me for homework. When do you use the Lexicalized sign or the ASL sign for the following words? When would you use one over the other? Page 3

4 Chapter 3 : TerpTopics: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: Introduction to ASL and Sign Language Interpretin Enter your mobile number or address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. For example, in American Sign Language it used to be common to twist an index finger next to the eye to indicate "China. This newer version of the sign was "borrowed" from Chinese Sign Language. The old sign referred to the "eyes" of Chinese people and was considered by many to be inappropriate. The newer sign can be thought of as referring to their clothing the buttons on certain clothing or uniform styles. Typical loan signs are signs that have been borrowed from other countries. Quite a few loan signs consist of the signs that deaf people in other countries use to refer to their country. For example, the loan sign for Japan uses the index and thumb of each hand to trace a banana shape in the air. This sign looks somewhat like the shape of Japan. The new sign shows more respect for Japanese Deaf Culture. Kuwaiti deaf used to sign the States as shooting guns similar to FAST sign but with L-hnadshapes referring to cowboys. As they discovered that deaf Americans are using a different one, kuwaitis had borrowed the American sign. Now we have changed our previous country signs, and replaced it with the signs the people of a given country practice. Is the same kind of borrowing applied in ASL?! For example, we used to sign "Japan" by using a "J" near our eyes in reference to the shape of the eyes of Japanese people. We used to sign China by twisting an index finger at the corner of the eye. Again, referring to the shape of the eyes. Now we tend to sign China by pointing to our upper left chest, moving to the upper right chest area, and then down. Sort of like drawing a reverse to the onlooker "7" an inch or two in front of our chest. Could you please distinguish for me the difference between a loan sign and a lexicalized fingerspelled word? Sharon, In the "old days" we used to call fingerspelling that looked like a sign "loan signs. Then we started calling signs that we borrowed from other signed languages, "loan signs. Pacific Daylight Time, someone writes minor edits: It has to do with whether loan signs are the same as Lexicalized Fingerspelling. I would really like your 2-cents. I really like using "Loan Signs" as the term to refer to the signs borrowed from other countries which is clear to me and students. Page 4

5 Chapter 4 : Elizabeth Schoen Madonna University Document: Lexical Borrowing in American Sign Langu Lexical Borrowing from English is not as intuitive, but it does happen. "It is somewhat ironic that American Sign Language {also used by most of Canada and some. These are often subdivided into parameters: These may include movement of the eyebrows, the cheeks, the nose, the head, the torso, and the eyes. Parameter values are often equalled to spoken language phonemes, although sign language phonemes allow more simultaneity in their realization than phonemes in spoken languages. Phonemes in signed languages, as in oral languages, consist of features. Most phonological research focuses on the handshape. Also, allophones are sometimes considered separate phonemes. The first inventory of ASL handshapes contained 19 phonemes or cheremes, Stokoe, Other models consider movement as redundant, as it is predictable from the locations, hand orientations and handshape features at the start and end of a sign Hulst,, Van der Kooij, Models in which movement is a prime usually distinguish path movement i. Allophony and assimilation[ edit ] Each phoneme may have multiple allophones, i. Allophony may be free, but is also often conditioned by the context of the phoneme. Assimilation of sign phonemes to signs in the context is a common process in ASL. For example, the point of contact for signs like THINK, normally at the forehead, may be articulated at a lower location if the location in the following sign is below the cheek. Other assimilation processes concern the number of selected fingers in a sign, that may adapt to that of the previous or following sign. Also, has been observed that one-handed signs are articulated with two hands when followed by a two-handed signs. Phonotactics[ edit ] As yet, little is known about ASL phonotactic constraints or those in other signed languages. The Symmetry and Dominance Conditions Battison are sometimes assumed to be phonotactic constraints. The Symmetry Condition requires both hands in a symmetric two-handed sign to have the same or a mirrored configuration, orientation, and movement. The Dominance Condition requires that only one hand in a twohanded sign moves if the hands do not have the same handshape specifications, and that the non-dominant hand has an unmarked handshape. However, since these conditions seem to apply in more and more signed languages as cross-linguistic research increases, it is doubtful whether these should be considered as specific to ASL phonotactics. Suprasegmentals[ edit ] Like most signed languages, ASL has an analogue to speaking loudly and whispering in oral language. In order to vary the "volume", the signer increases or reduces their signing. In fast signing, in particular in context, sign movements are smaller and there may be less repetition. Signs occurring at the end of a phrase may show repetition or may be held "phrase-final lengthening". Hulst, Harry van der. Units in the analysis of signs. Sign Language Studies Sonority and syllable structure in American Sign Language. Linguistic Inquiry 23, An outline of the visual communication systems of the American Deaf. Van der Kooij, E. Phonological Categories in Sign Language of the Netherlands. The Role of Phonetic Implementation and Iconicity. Page 5

6 Chapter 5 : Lexical borrowing in American sign language - Robbin Battison - Google Books, Robbin Battison and Diane Brentari. This text focuses on the processes by which Deaf users of ASL alter the production of fingerspelled words to make them more sign like. Automatic sign language analysis: A survey and the future beyond lexical meaning by Sylvie C. Abstractâ Research in automatic analysis of sign language has largely focused on recognizing the lexical or citation form of sign gestures as they appear in continuous signing, and developing algorithms that scale well to large vocabularies. However, successful recognition of lexical signs is not s However, successful recognition of lexical signs is not sufficient for a full understanding of sign language communication. Nonmanual signals and grammatical processes which result in systematic variations in sign appearance are integral aspects of this communication but have received comparatively little attention in the literature. In this survey, we examine data acquisition, feature extraction and classification methods employed for the analysis of sign language gestures. These are discussed with respect to issues such as modeling transitions between signs in continuous signing, modeling inflectional processes, signer independence, and adaptation. We further examine works that attempt to analyze nonmanual signals and discuss issues related to integrating these with hand sign gestures. We also discuss the overall progress toward a true test of sign recognition systemsâ dealing with natural signing by native signers. We suggest some future directions for this research and also point to contributions it can make to other fields of research. Web-based supplemental materials appendicies which contain several illustrative examples and videos of signing can be found at www. Index Termsâ Sign language recognition, hand tracking, hand gesture recognition, gesture analysis, head tracking, head gesture recognition, face tracking, facial expression recognition, review. Hence, movement epenthesis occurs most frequently during continuous signing and should probably be tackled first by machine The main challenges in developing scalable recognition systems are to devise the basic building blocks from which to build up the signs, and to handle simultaneous events, such as signs where both the hand moves and t The main challenges in developing scalable recognition systems are to devise the basic building blocks from which to build up the signs, and to handle simultaneous events, such as signs where both the hand moves and the handshape changes. The latter challenge is particularly thorny, because a naive approach to handling them can quickly result in a combinatorial explosion. We loosely follow the Movement-Hold model to devise a breakdown of the signs into their constituent phonemes, which provide the fundamental building blocks. We also show how to integrate the handshape into this breakdown, and discuss what handshape representation works best. To handle simultaneous events, we split up the signs into a number of channels that are independent from one another. We validate our framework in experiments with a sign vocabulary and up to three channels. This is advantageous because one could use large amounts of labelled avatar data in combination with a smaller amount of labelled human data to spot a large number of words in human d This is advantageous because one could use large amounts of labelled avatar data in combination with a smaller amount of labelled human data to spot a large number of words in human data. Transfer learning is possible because we represent blocks of video with novel intermediate discriminative features based on splits of the data. By constructing the same splits in avatar and human data and clustering appropriately, our features are both discriminative and semantically similar: We demonstrate transfer learning in two scenarios: Show Context Citation Context Signs are produced more slowly than words about half the speaking rate, but each sign contains a larger number of features and each feature has a wider range of possible values [22]. Abstractâ Sign language spotting is the task of detecting and recognizing signs in a signed utterance, in a set vocabulary. The difficulty of sign language spotting is that instances of signs vary in both motion and appearance. Moreover, signs appear within a continuous gesture stream, interspersed w Moreover, signs appear within a continuous gesture stream, interspersed with transitional movements between signs in a vocabulary and nonsign patterns which include out-of-vocabulary signs, epentheses, and other movements that do not correspond to signs. In this paper, a novel method for designing threshold models in a conditional random field CRF model is proposed which performs an adaptive threshold for distinguishing between signs Page 6

7 in a vocabulary and nonsign patterns. A short-sign detector, a hand appearance-based sign verification method, and a subsign reasoning method are included to further improve sign language spotting accuracy. Experiments demonstrate that our system can spot signs from continuous data with an Our system can also achieve a Index Termsâ Sign language recognition, sign language spotting, conditional random field, threshold model. Authorized licensed use limited to: Downloaded on June 3, This paper describes an empirical study aimed at investigating object references in Virtual Environments using iconic gestures. Observations are focused on spatial concepts conveyed gestually and their relation to features of the gesture shape. A set of important features and spatial concepts u A set of important features and spatial concepts useful for automated gesture recognition is identified. Based on these findings we propose a model of an iconic reference recognizer. The conception of illustrators is further subdivided in six categories, among which spatial movements, kinetographs and pictographs roughly resemble iconic gestures in the sense of McNeill. Rim and Schiaratura give an overview of various naming conventions and definitions for iconic gestures. By emphasizing the close and direct coupling with speech, the above definitions implicitly show the semiotic characteristi Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, " We present a new method for extracting and classifying motion patterns to recognize hand gestures. First, motion segmentation of the image sequence is generated based on a multiscale transform and attributed graph matching of regions across frames. This produces region correspondences and their affi This produces region correspondences and their affine transformations. Second, color information of motion regions is used to determine skin regions. Third, human head and palm regions are identified based on the shape and size of skin areas in motion. Gestural motion trajectories are then classified by a time-delay neural network trained with backpropagation learning algorithm. Our experimental results show that hand gestures can be recognized well using motion patterns. Therefore, human head region is extracted for use as reference in gesture recognition. To distinguish among the different moving regions, we use color and geometric characteristics. Both head and pa Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Chapter 6 : Lexical Borrowing in American Sign Language Lexical Borrowing in American Sign Language (LB) is one of the best books available on the subject of sign language phonology because both specialists and non-specialists can read it. Chapter 7 : Black American Sign Language - Wikipedia Each of the numbers represented a topic in American Sign Language. I was assigned Lexical Borrowing. We then had most of the semester to research and write an in-depth research paper utilizing MLA format on our assigned topic to be turned in at the end of the semester. Chapter 8 : American Sign Language (ASL) Thus, "all" ASL signs are "lexical" in the sense that they are the words and vocabulary of American Sign Language. When referring to fingerspelling that has taken on the characteristics of a "sign" we use the term "lexicalized fingerspelling.". Chapter 9 : American Sign Language phonology - Wikipedia AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: LEXICAL BORROWING FROM CISTERCIAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND FRENCH SIGN LANGUAGE BY KEITH MARTIN CAGLE B.A., Social Work, Rochester Institute of. Page 7