The Effect of New Technologies on Sign Language Research

This paper first reviews the fairly established ways of collecting sign language data. It then discusses the new technologies available and their impact on sign language research, both in terms of how data is collected and what new kinds of data are emerging as a result of technology. New data colle...

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Published inSign language studies Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 541 - 564
Main Authors Lucas, Ceil, Mirus, Gene, Palmer, Jeffrey Levi, Roessler, Nicholas James, Frost, Adam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Gallaudet University Press 01.07.2013
Subjects
American Sign Language
Assistive Technology
Case Studies
Data Collection
Deafness
Informed Consent
Interviews
Language Acquisition
R&D
Research & development
Sign Language
Special Schools
Studies
Technological Advancement
User generated content
Video Technology
Visual Aids
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Summary:This paper first reviews the fairly established ways of collecting sign language data. It then discusses the new technologies available and their impact on sign language research, both in terms of how data is collected and what new kinds of data are emerging as a result of technology. New data collection methods and new kinds of data are illustrated with three specific case studies.
ISSN:0302-1475
1533-6263
DOI:10.1353/sls.2013.0018