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Eichmann, Hanna. ""Hands off our language!" : deaf sign language teachers' perspectives on sign language standardisation." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2008. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/21824/.

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In light of the absence of codified standard varieties of British Sign Language (BSL) and German Sign Language (Deutsche Gebclrdensprache, DGS), there have been repeated calls for the standardisation of both languages primarily from outside the deaf communities. The development of standard varieties has been suggested to facilitate political recognition and the establishment of linguistic norms which could enable sign language users to gain equal access to education, administration and commerce. Although frequently labelled as sociolinguistic enquiry, much research in standardisation and langu

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Herman, Rosalind. "Assessing British sign language development." Thesis, City University London, 2002. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/8446/.

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Sign bilingualism is one of several approaches to the education of deaf children in the UK Sign bilingualism seeks to introduce British Sign Language (BSL) to deaf children from an early age in order to establish a first language from which English, the majority language, can be acquired. However, there is little concensus on how deaf children's BSL development should be measured and no practical tools available to assist practitioners in this task. BSL assessments are needed to make baseline assessments, facilitate identification of language difficulties, indicate targets for remediation and

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Pollitt, Kyra Margaret. "Signart: (British) sign language poetry as Gesamtkunstwerk." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2014. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.658072.

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This thesis explores the phenomenon of poetry in British Sign Language. Whilst previous scholars have examined the form from linguistic and literary perspectives, no work has yet fully addressed the unique visual properties of British Sign Language as it is exploited creatively. This study situates current understandings of sign language poetry, tracing the influences of ocularcentrism and logo centrism on the discipline of deaf studies. 'Sign language poetry' is then recontextualised through the phenomenology ofMerleau-Ponty and Derridean grammatology to emerge as Signart - the performed and

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Bermingham, Rowena. "Describing and remembering motion events in British Sign Language." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/288080.

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Motion events are ubiquitous in conversation, from describing a tiresome commute to recounting a burglary. These situations, where an entity changes location, consist of four main semantic components: Motion (the movement), Figure (the entity moving), Ground (the object or objects with respect to which the Figure carries out the Motion) and Path (the route taken). Two additional semantic components can occur simultaneously: Manner (the way the Motion occurs) and Cause (the source of/reason for the Motion). Languages differ in preferences for provision and packaging of semantic components in de

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Muir, Laura J. "Content-prioritised video coding for British Sign Language communication." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/177.

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Video communication of British Sign Language (BSL) is important for remote interpersonal communication and for the equal provision of services for deaf people. However, the use of video telephony and video conferencing applications for BSL communication is limited by inadequate video quality. BSL is a highly structured, linguistically complete, natural language system that expresses vocabulary and grammar visually and spatially using a complex combination of facial expressions (such as eyebrow movements, eye blinks and mouth/lip shapes), hand gestures, body movements and finger-spelling that c

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Morgan, Gary. "The development of discourse cohesion in British sign language." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/f4b4bbd5-59d1-4321-8554-71d73a2bf461.

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Mapson, Rachel Patricia. "Interpreting linguistic politeness from British Sign Language to English." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687685.

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This thesis explores the way im/politeness is interpreted from British Sign Language into spoken English. This aspect of interpreting may significantly impact on the dynamics of interpreted interactions, due to differences in the way im/politeness is both produced and received in the varied situations in which interpreters work. The study draws on rapport management theory (Spencer-Oatey 2005, 2008) and the concept of social networks (Watts 2003) to frame the complex and multiple considerations involved. Qualitative data were generated through a series of semi-structured group discussions cent

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Buehler, Patrick. "Automatic learning of British Sign Language from signed TV broadcasts." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2930e980-4307-41bf-b4ff-87e8c4d0d722.

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In this work, we will present several contributions towards automatic recognition of BSL signs from continuous signing video sequences. Specifically, we will address three main points: (i) automatic detection and tracking of the hands using a generative model of the image; (ii) automatic learning of signs from TV broadcasts using the supervisory information available from subtitles; and (iii) generalisation given sign examples from one signer to recognition of signs from different signers. Our source material consists of many hours of video with continuous signing and corresponding subtitles r

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Stamp, R. J. "Sociolinguistic variation, language change and contact in the British Sign Language (BSL) lexicon." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2013. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1393284/.

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BSL exhibits considerable regional lexical variation. Results from previous studies suggest that there has been a reduction in regional differences since the introduction of BSL on television (Woll et al., 1991) and increased regional contact (Woll, 1987). Based on these findings, this project aims to investigate lexical variation and change in BSL and its relationship to regional contact. Regional variation in the signs for colours, countries, numbers and UK place names were analysed from the BSL Corpus Project data (Schembri et al., under review) to consider their correlation with signers’ a

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Jones, Sara Leah Rhys. "Impression formation in British sign language and deaf-linguistic identity theory." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.432903.

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Rudge, L. A. "Analysing British sign language through the lens of systemic functional linguistics." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2018. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/32634/.

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Approaches to understanding language via Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) have resulted in a compendium of literature focussing on language as a ‘social semiotic.’ One such area of this literature comprises systemic functional grammars: descriptions of various languages and the way in which they create meaning. Despite the application of SFL to numerous languages and the creation of systemic functional grammars, a common thread is that of modality: SFL has been applied to numerous languages in the spoken and written modalities, but not in any detail to languages in the visual-spatial moda

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Hoskin, Joanna Helen. "Language Therapy in British Sign Language : a study exploring the use of therapeutic strategies and resources by Deaf adults working with young people who have language learning difficulties in British Sign Language (BSL)." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2017. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10022827/.

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Deaf practitioners, with varied backgrounds, training experience, roles and qualifications, currently work with d/Deaf children who have difficulties in their development of sign language. With the long term aim of improving practice, three questions were addressed: 1. How do Deaf practitioners (DPs) currently work with d/Deaf children who have language difficulties? 2. Can language therapy strategies and resources developed for spoken language be adapted for language therapy in BSL? 3. Can therapy strategy and resource use bring observable change to DPs’ therapeutic skills? The study had thre

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Sutton-Spence, Rachel. "The role of the manual alphabet and fingerspelling in British sign language." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/57f66d0a-e601-4b52-89c7-86d6e9d0f60f.

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Earis, Helen. "Point of view in narrative discourse : a comparison of British sign language and spoken English." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2008. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1443949/.

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Expressing the point of view of a character and marking changes in point of view (POV) are key aspects of narrative discourse. The concept of POV has been discussed in the literature in various contexts, including deixis, logophoricity and subjectivity. A variety of linguistic and non-linguistic devices are used to indicate a particular POV, including nominal and pronominal reference, and facial expressions and intonation. Spoken languages can mark changes in POV using strategies such as direct and indirect discourse, the former coupled with optional paralinguistic cues such as intonation, whe

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Dye, Matthew William Geoffrey. "The psychological validity of formational parameters in native and non-native signers of British sign language." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.369869.

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Nunn, Nicola Jayne. "United or divided? : a sociocultural study of conflict among British Sign Language users in the workplace." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2017. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/23101/.

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The concept of conflict theory is applied to the dynamics of everyday interaction among British Sign Language (BSL) users in the workplace in this study. This research aims to explore Deaf and hearing BSL users’ experiences of working together, and to consider the causes of conflict among this group. The research identifies BSL users’ experiences in relation to interaction in the workplace and the causes of conflict are explored through Mayer’s (2000) ‘wheel of conflict’. The study is carried out in line with the sociocultural model of Deafhood (Ladd, 2003). This theoretical backdrop provides

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Rogers, Katherine. "Deaf people and mental well-being : exploring and measuring mental well-being in British Sign Language." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/deaf-people-and-mental-wellbeing-exploring-and-measuring-mental-wellbeing-in-british-sign-language(5f7a897d-9754-40d0-885e-ac68d18ada07).html.

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Background: The prevalence of mental health difficulties in d/Deaf populations is higher than that of the hearing population. The association between mental health difficulties in childhood and well-being in adulthood amongst d/Deaf populations, including as perceived by Deaf people themselves, has been little explored. Access by d/Deaf people to mental health services is poor. In addition, there is a paucity of mental health assessments available in British Sign Language. Aims: The aims of this thesis were; (i) to understand the association between childhood and adulthood mental well-being in

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Leith, Eleanor Crowther. "Moving beyond words in Scotland's corp-oral traditions : British Sign Language storytelling meets the 'deaf public voice'." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23449.

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Scotland’s oral traditions have received scholarly attention since the 18th Century; however, collection and analysis has exclusively focused on those passed on ‘by word of mouth,’ and the traditional arts of Scotland’s deaf communities have been overlooked. This thesis begins to address this oversight by examining storytelling practices passed on ‘by sign of hand’ in British Sign Language (BSL). Neither fully acculturated to majority society nor ‘foreigners in their own country’ (Murray 2008:102), signing-deaf people have distinct ways of ‘doing’ culture which involve negotiating a bilingual-

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Raistrick, Tracey Ann. "An insider evaluation of the translation process in use in the BSL Bible Translation Project : explorations in textuality, intermediality and sacrament." Thesis, University of Chester, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/552891.

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This thesis is a critical account of a qualitative, evaluative study into the translation processes and practices in use within the BSL Bible Translation Project, undertaken as a collaborative doctoral studentship funded by the AHRC/ESRC1. It has proceeded collaboratively, valuing the stories, knowledge and experiences of the participants. The data‐set presented herein was generated by means of participant observation and interviews with Project Team members. It was analysed in its digital, visual form using an inductive, thematic approach, and is presented with minimal commentary (Chapters 4

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Sharma, S. D. "Handedness and cerebral lateralisation : looking at signing, fingerspelling and gesture skills in deaf signers and signers with stroke in British Sign Language (BSL)." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1419716/.

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Sign languages offer a unique perspective for understanding the relation between handedness and cerebral lateralisation for language, since in sign language the hands themselves are the articulators. Signers display evidence of hand dominance while signing and fingerspelling. In one-handed signs and one-handed fingerspelling, the dominant hand is predominantly used. In two-handed signs and two-handed fingerspelling, the dominant hand is the active articulator with the non-dominant hand acting as the base. Past studies of handedness in the deaf population have reported a lower prevalence of rig

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Denmark, T. A. "Do deaf children with Autism Spectrum Disorder show deficits in the comprehension and production of emotional and linguistic facial expressions in British Sign Language?" Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2011. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1322687/.

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Normally hearing children with ASD are often reported to have a lack of interest in others, particularly when looking at faces, as a result of this they manifest difficulties understanding and using facial expressions compared to typically developing controls. Deaf children often show advantages with the processing of the face, as they need to look to the face more to communicate, due to the presence of linguistic facial expressions in British Sign Language (BSL). It is unknown how deaf individuals with ASD will fare when processing faces. This is the first study to look at how deaf children w

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Sevcikova, Z. "Categorical versus gradient properties of handling handshapes in British Sign Language (BSL) : evidence from handling handshape perception and production by deaf BSL signers and hearing speakers." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2013. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1419151/.

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Sign languages include partially lexicalised signs (known as depicting constructions, DCs) that have been argued to blend linguistic and non-linguistic components, although it is unclear what these components are. To describe object handling, signers produce handshapes that represent how the hands shape for handling, but it has not yet been fully established whether the continuous object size is described by discrete handshapes in British Sign Language (BSL). The thesis examines whether experience with sign language influences perception and comprehension of BSL handling handshapes. In the fir

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Esmail, Jennifer. "The Discourse of Embodiment in the Nineteenth-Century British and North American Sign Language Debates." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/5318.

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The Discourse of Embodiment in the Nineteenth-Century British and North American Sign Language Debates examines the transatlantic cultural reception of deafness and signed languages to determine why a largely successful nineteenth-century movement known as Oralism advocated the eradication of signed languages. The dissertation answers this question through exploring a range of texts including fiction by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, Oralist texts by Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Arnold, and deaf resistance texts including poetry and proposals to establish Deaf settlements. I argue th

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