Signed language corpora / Jordan Fenlon and Julie A. Hochgesang, editors ; foreword by Trevor Johnston.

Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, 2022.

©2022

xvii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

The editors present a revolutionary contribution to the field of signed language linguistics with the first volume to provide a comprehensive overview of the creation, development, and use of signed language corpora. This work will advance discussions on corpus linguistics as a methodology and its place in signed language linguistics research. The ability to search corpora to obtain information about the frequency of patterns in language is an important step forward for signed language research. Access to large datasets will expand scholarly understandings of signed language structure in ways never before possible. Creating signed language corpora is significant not only for linguistic research, but for the long-term preservation of collected texts that include the stories and histories of signed language communities. Additional areas of focus include the use of signed language corpora in applied settings, the ethics of working with signed language communities, and the future of this methodology in research. --Back cover.

English

October 04, 2022

Includes bibliographical references and index.