Handshape assimilation in ASL fingerspelling ... - Jonathan Keane

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Introduction Methods Ulnar Flexion ConclusionsBroad QuestionsHow do handshapes in fingerspelling, and ASL broadly, vary, andwhat causes this variation?▸ environment?▸ signer?▸ phonological properties?Objectives of this research▸ Analyze a large corpus of fingerspelling data using a variety ofmanual, automated, and statistical techniques.▸ Quantify and investigate the sources of variation withinfingerspelling.▸ Develop an articulatory model of handshape.
Introduction Methods Ulnar Flexion ConclusionsA basic description of fingerspelling▸ Fingerspelling is a type of loanword system that makes upanywhere from 12–35% of ASL discourse (Padden, 1991; Paddenand Gunsauls, 2003).▸ Simplistically, fingerspelling is a set of static (except for -J- and-Z-) handshape-orientation combinations strung togethersequentially, where each maps to one letter in an English word.▸ Many note that this description is not quite accurate (Wilcox(1992); Akamatsu (1982) &c.).a b c d e fjz
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