Title :
The Italian Sign Language Sign Bank: Using WordNet for Sign Language corpus creation
Author :
Prinetto, Paolo ; Shoaib, Umar ; Tiotto, Gabriele
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Autom. e Inf., Politec. di Torino, Turin, Italy
Abstract :
Sign languages are visual-gestural languages used by deaf people to communicate with others. As with spoken languages, Sign languages vary among countries and have their own vocabulary and grammar. Since they suffer of an extreme variability within the same country as they don´t have a standard lexicon. This paper describes a LIS Sign Bank, a large scale LIS lexicon automatically linked to Word Net, that allows a rich extension with meanings. The development of large parallel corpus between Italian and Italian Sign Language (Lingua Italiana dei Segni, LIS) is described.
Keywords :
graphical user interfaces; information retrieval systems; natural languages; Italian sign language sign bank; LIS lexicon; LIS sign bank; Lingua Italiana dei Segni; WordNet; graphical user interfaces; parallel corpus; sign language corpus creation; visual-gestural languages; Animation; Databases; Dictionaries; Handicapped aids; Pragmatics; Semantics; Weather forecasting; E-learning; Eaccessibility; Sign languages; knowledge management;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Information Technology (ICCIT), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Aqaba
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0401-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCITECHNOL.2011.5762664
