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ASL Signbank / Julie A. Hochgesang

Cambridge eBooks: Frontlist 2026 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hochgesang, Julie A., author.
Series:
Cambridge elements. Elements in sign languages.
Cambridge elements. Elements in sign languages, 2752-9401
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
ASL Signbank (Online database).
American Sign Language--Databases.
American Sign Language.
American Sign Language--Transcription.
Computer-aided transcription systems.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026
Summary:
"Language documentation of the American Sign Language (ASL) communities is essential to preserve and share our language use and interaction, something we cherish. Yet there is no conventionalized written system that can be used, instead we've been using video. Currently these videos are mostly not accessible in a way we can search the contents for language expressions. The ASL Signbank, an empirical-based resource-driven database, labels ASL use in transcripts time-aligned to ASL videos along with a set of annotation conventions to make the data machine-readable. ASL Signbank is a cloud-based annotation tool built over twenty years from the models of extant signbanks and their organizing principles. To create a database requires many choices and ongoing labor which is detailed in this Element - from what ASL Signbank is to why it exists and how to use it. This Element is also a reflection on these choices"-- Cambridge Core
Contents:
About this element
What ASL Signbank is
Why ASL Signbank exists
Lemmatization
Walking through an entry
Using ASL Signbank with SLAASh annotation conventions in ELAN
Additional reflections
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed June 23, 2026)
Other Format:
Print version: Hochgesang, Julie A. ASL Signbank
ISBN:
9781009734325
1009734326
9781009734349
1009734342
OCLC:
1582437993
Publisher Number:
CIPO000374392
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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