The notation of signed texts: Open questions and indications for further research

Sign Language and Linguistics (Online)

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 29-45

  Pizzuto, Elena ^a   Pietrandrea, Paola ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gloss; Notation; Sign language; Signed text corpus; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989384947     PISSN: 13879316     EISSN: 1569996X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/sll.4.12.05piz     Document Type: Article

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