Links
Links to useful sign language linguistics resources. This is not intended to be an omnibus list of sign language resources.
Cross-linguistic
- SignGram Blueprint - A huge manual for writers of Sign Language reference grammars which covers cross-linguistic examples, elicitation materials, and grammatical tests for a wide variety of language features. It covers phonology, morphology, lexicon, syntax, and meaning.
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DGS HamNoSys page - The homepage of the Hamburg Notation System (HamNoSys), a sign-language transcription that aims to be useful cross-linguistically.
- HamNoSys input palette - Browser-based virtual keyboard for HamNoSys
- HamNoSys 4 User Guide - An in-depth user guide to HamNoSys usage, its parameters, and its symbols.
- HamNoSys 4 overview slides - Overview slides describing how to use HamNoSys.
- HamNoSys 4 Handshapes Chart - Non-exhaustive list of handshapes and their symbols in HamNoSys.
- The Sign Language Dataset Compendium - An overview of digital resources for signed languages available for research, including corpora and lexical resources.
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CWA Signing Avatars (CWASA) - 3D virtual avatars that use SiGML to articulate signs.
- SiGML Player - Page where you can insert your own SiGML and have a CWA Signing Avatar play it back to you.
- CWASA: Open Release: Version vhg2023 - Information about the WebGL version of CWASA.
ASL - American Sign Language
- ASL-LEX - A database of thousands of lexical signs with videos, frequency, iconicity judgements, articulatory information, and more for each sign.
JSL - Japanese Sign Language
- NHK Japanese to JSL dictionary (in Japanese) - A Japanese to JSL dictionary which shows JSL signs with CGI avatars that can be rotated and slowed down.
LSE - Spanish Sign Language
- GramLSE (English version) - English version of a reference grammar of LSE (incomplete as of June 2024) published by the Spanish Royal Board of Disability.