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Author: Fabrizio Borgia Publisher: Sapienza Università Editrice ISBN: 8893770040 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 39
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Deaf people are among the categories that are most heavily affected by the digital divide. Currently, most of the accessibility guidelines to address deafness propose solutions involving the use of vocal languages. However, many deaf people prefer to express themselves using sign languages, and their difficulties with vocal languages, even in their written form, are not often considered. This research helps to reduce the digital divide by focusing on the informatization of SignWriting, which is a promising system designed to represent sign languages in a written form. In particular, a framework (SWord) has been outlined to facilitate the production and the use of resources in sign language written with SignWriting. This paper describes the research, design, development and validation of two tools in SWord. The first instrument is a digital editor (SWift) to create texts with SignWriting. The second, to whom much of the research is devoted, is a software that can convert handwritten SignWriting symbols into digital SignWriting texts. This technique is referred to as SignWriting Optical Glyph Recognition (SW-OGR). SW-OGR can allow deaf people to handwrite SignWriting, thus making the composition of a text fast and convenient for everyday use. Finally, this research also shows that the integration of SWord in a communication platform can grant a very high level of accessibility to those who use sign language, making communication a simple and satisfying experience.
Author: Fabrizio Borgia Publisher: Sapienza Università Editrice ISBN: 8893770040 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 39
Book Description
Deaf people are among the categories that are most heavily affected by the digital divide. Currently, most of the accessibility guidelines to address deafness propose solutions involving the use of vocal languages. However, many deaf people prefer to express themselves using sign languages, and their difficulties with vocal languages, even in their written form, are not often considered. This research helps to reduce the digital divide by focusing on the informatization of SignWriting, which is a promising system designed to represent sign languages in a written form. In particular, a framework (SWord) has been outlined to facilitate the production and the use of resources in sign language written with SignWriting. This paper describes the research, design, development and validation of two tools in SWord. The first instrument is a digital editor (SWift) to create texts with SignWriting. The second, to whom much of the research is devoted, is a software that can convert handwritten SignWriting symbols into digital SignWriting texts. This technique is referred to as SignWriting Optical Glyph Recognition (SW-OGR). SW-OGR can allow deaf people to handwrite SignWriting, thus making the composition of a text fast and convenient for everyday use. Finally, this research also shows that the integration of SWord in a communication platform can grant a very high level of accessibility to those who use sign language, making communication a simple and satisfying experience.
Author: Maartje De Meulder Publisher: Multilingual Matters ISBN: 1788924029 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 421
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This book presents the first ever comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, the impacts they have and the advocacy campaigns which led to their creation. It comprises 18 studies from communities across Europe, the US, South America, Asia and New Zealand. They set sign language legislation within the national context of language policies in each country and show patterns of intersection between language ideologies, public policy and deaf communities’ discourses. The chapters are grounded in a collaborative writing approach between deaf and hearing scholars and activists involved in legislative campaigns. Each one describes a deaf community’s expectations and hopes for legal recognition and the type of sign language legislation achieved. The chapters also discuss the strategies used in achieving the passage of the legislation, as well as an account of barriers confronted and surmounted (or not) in the legislative process. The book will be of interest to language activists in the fields of sign language and other minority languages, policymakers and researchers in deaf studies, sign linguistics, sociolinguistics, human rights law and applied linguistics.
Author: Diane Brentari Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 9780262024457 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 408
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Superior to any other book on the subject that I have seen. I can see it being used as a class text or reference for current theory in sign language phonology.Carol A. Padden, Department of Communication, University of California
Author: Marie T. Banich Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 110854875X Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 680
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Updated fully, this accessible and comprehensive text highlights the most important theoretical, conceptual and methodological issues in cognitive neuroscience. Written by two experienced teachers, the consistent narrative ensures that students link concepts across chapters, and the careful selection of topics enables them to grasp the big picture without getting distracted by details. Clinical applications such as developmental disorders, brain injuries and dementias are highlighted. In addition, analogies and examples within the text, opening case studies, and 'In Focus' boxes engage students and demonstrate the relevance of the material to real-world concerns. Students are encouraged to develop the critical thinking skills that will enable them to evaluate future developments in this fast-moving field. A new chapter on Neuroscience and Society considers how cognitive neuroscience issues relate to the law, education, and ethics, highlighting the clinical and real-world relevance. An expanded online package includes a test bank.
Author: Terry Janzen Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG ISBN: 3110703890 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 498
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This volume represents the first time that researchers on signed language and gesture have come together with a coherent focus under the framework of cognitive linguistics. The pioneering work of Sherman Wilcox is highlighted throughout, scaffolding much of the research of these contributors. The five sections of the volume reflect critical areas of Dr. Wilcox’s own research in cognitive linguistics: Guiding research principles in signed language, gesture, and cognitive linguistics; iconicity across signed and spoken linguistics; multimodality; blending, depiction and metaphor in signed languages; and specific grammatical constructions as form-meaning pairings. The authors of this volume exemplify and continue Dr. Wilcox’s work of bridging signed and spoken language disciplines by contributing chapters that represent a multiplicity of perspectives on signed, spoken, and gesture data. This volume presents a unified collection of cognitive linguistics research by leading authors that will be of interest to readers in the fields of signed and spoken language linguistics, gesture studies, and general linguistics.
Author: Monta Z. Briant Publisher: Hay House, Inc ISBN: 1401955630 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 481
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In this newly expanded edition, a renowned baby-signing expert provides more than 300 American Sign Language (ASL) signs, illustrated with the same clear, easy-to-understand photos and descriptions. Since 2004, Baby Sign Language Basics has introduced hundreds of thousands of parents and caregivers around the globe to the miracle of signing with their babies—and left them wanting more! Baby-specific signing techniques, songs, and games are also included to make learning fun and to quickly open up two-way communication. Parents will meet real signing families and learn how to make sign language a part of their everyday interactions with their children. Also included is a video signing dictionary featuring all the signs from the book. Just point and click, and see the sign you want to learn come alive! This is a must-have for all parents, grandparents, and anyone else who spends time with preverbal children. After all, what parent or caregiver doesn’t want to know what their baby is trying to tell them? Now includes streaming video, additional tips, advice, and updated resources!
Author: W. Boyd Rayward Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 131713947X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 361
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Uniting a team of international and interdisciplinary scholars, this volume considers the views of early twentieth-century European thinkers on the creation, dissemination and management of publicly available information. Interdisciplinary in perspective, the volume reflects the nature of the thinkers discussed, including Otto Neurath, Patrick Geddes, the English Fabians, Paul Otlet, Wilhelm Ostwald and H. G. Wells. The work also charts the interest since the latter part of the nineteenth century in finding new ways to think about and to manage the growing body of available information in order to achieve aims such as the advancement of Western civilization, the alleviation of inequalities across classes and countries, and the promotion of peaceful coexistence between nations. In doing so, the contributors provide a novel historical context for assessing widely-held assumptions about today's globalized, 'post modern' information society. This volume will interest all who are curious about the creation of a modern networked information society.
Author: Cesare Manetti Publisher: Sapienza Università Editrice ISBN: 8893770164 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 164
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Bread contains human knowledge: from knowledge concerning fertility of the land to farming methods harvesting, and seed processing, not to mention the different possibilities of consumption of cereals and the different ways in which they are cooked. In bread, we find all those components: the transformation of the natural landscape, technological and economic development which over the centuries have led to the building of a social organization, with a precise division and distribution of tasks and roles.
Author: Philip B. Meggs Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 9780471284925 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 220
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Type and Image The Language of Graphic Design Philip B. Meggs What is the essence of graphic design? How do graphic designers solve problems, organize space, and imbue their work with those visual and symbolic qualities that enable it to convey visual and verbal information with expression and clarity? The extraordinary flowering of graphic design in our time, as a potent means for communication and a major component of our visual culture, increases the need for designers, clients, and students to comprehend its nature. In this lively and lavishly illustrated book, the author reveals the very essence of graphic design. The elements that combine to form a design— sings, symbols, words, pictures, and supporting forms—are analyzed and explained. Graphic design’s ability to function as language, and the innovative ways that designers combine words and pictures, are discussed. While all visual arts share common spatial properties, the author demonstrates that graphic space has unique characteristics that are determined by its communicative function. Graphic designs can have visual and symbolic properties which empower them to communicate with deep expression and meaning. The author defines this property as graphic resonance and explains how it occurs. After defining design as a problem-solving process, a model for this process is developed and illustrated by an in-depth analysis of actual case histories. This book will provide insight and inspiration for everyone who is interested or involved in graphic communications. While most materials about form and meaning in design have a European origin, this volume is based on the dynamic and expressive graphic design of America. The reader will find inspiration, hundreds of exciting examples by many of America’s outstanding graphic designers, and keen insights in Type and Image.
Author: Hai-Jew, Shalin Publisher: IGI Global ISBN: 1605669733 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 348
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"The information contained within this book will show that although the development and selection of instructional materials is generally done towards the end of the instructional design process, it must be viewed in a more inclusive way in that the visuals themselves may affect many other components of the educational design"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Fabrizio Borgia
Author: Fabrizio Borgia
Author: Maartje De Meulder
Author: Diane Brentari
Author: Marie T. Banich
Author: Terry Janzen
Author: Monta Z. Briant
Author: W. Boyd Rayward
Author: Cesare Manetti
Author: Philip B. Meggs
Author: Hai-Jew, Shalin