Sign Transcription and Database Storage of Sign Information

Special issue of Sign Language & Linguistics 4:1/2 (2001)

Editors

Brita Bergman | Stockholm University

Penny Boyes Braem | Forschungszentrum für Gebärdensprache

Thomas Hanke | University of Hamburg

Elena Antinoro Pizzuto | Institute of Psychology (C.N.R.)

[Sign Language & Linguistics, 4:1/2] 2001. iv, 302

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.4.1-2

Table of Contents

Editor’s Notepad	1–2
Guest Editors’ Preface Brita Bergman, Penny Boyes Braem, Thomas Hanke and Elena Antinoro Pizzuto	3–7
Articles
Section I: Some reflections on the need for a common sign notation Christopher Miller	11–28
The notation of signed texts: Open questions and indications for further research Elena Antinoro Pizzuto and Paola Pietrandrea	29–45
Encoding and capturing productive morphology Mary Brennan	47–62
Sign language transcription at the level of meaning components: The Berkeley Transcription System (BTS) Dan I. Slobin, Nini Hoiting, Michelle Anthony, Yael Biederman, Marlon Kuntze, Reyna Lindert, Jennie Pyers, Helen Thumann and Amy Weinberg	63–104
Section II: The development of a FileMaker Pro database for the morphemic analysis of productive forms in BSL Ernst Daniel Thoutenhoofd	107–123
The database system used in the Finnish Sign Language Dictionary Project Leena Savolainen	125–132
A multimedia bilingual database for the lexicon of Swiss German Sign Language Penny Boyes Braem	133–143
The lexical database of Auslan (Australian Sign Language) Trevor Alexander Johnston	145–169
GlossLexer: A multimedia lexical database for sign language dictionary compilation Thomas Hanke, Reiner Konrad and Arvid Schwarz	171–189
The Klagenfurt database for sign language lexicons Klaudia Krammer, Elisabeth Bergmeister, Franz Dotter, Marlene Hilzensauer, Ingeborg Okorn, Reinhold Orter and Andrea Skant	191–201
SignStream™: A database tool for research on visual-gestural language Carol Neidle	203–214
SignPhon: A phonological database for sign languages Onno A. Crasborn, Harry van der Hulst and Els van der Kooij	215–228
Spatial and temporal coding of Nicaraguan Sign Language in MediaTagger: Documenting three dimensions with a two-dimensional tool Ann Senghas	229–240
Sign language text transcription and analyses using ‘Microsoft Excel’ Penny Boyes Braem	241–250
Section III: Developing linguistic specifications for a sign language database: The development of Signbase Trude Schermer, David Brien and Mary Brennan	253–274
Sign language transcription with syncWRITER Thomas Hanke	275–283
Making historical sign language materials accessible: A prototype database of early ASL Ted Supalla	285–297
Comparison of major software features Petra Eccarius	299–300
Content index (alphabetical) Ronnie B. Wilbur	301–302

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Subjects

Linguistics

Signed languages

Main BIC Subject

CF: Linguistics

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General