ISL-LEX v.1: An Online Lexical Resource of Israeli Sign Language

Hope E. Morgan, Wendy Sandler, Rose Stamp, Rama Novogrodsky

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Abstract

This paper describes a new online lexical resource and interactive tool for Israeli Sign Language, ISL-LEX v.1. The dataset contains 961 non-compound ISL signs with the following information: subjective frequency ratings from native signers, iconicity ratings from native and non-native signers (presented separately), and phonological properties in six domains. The selection of signs was also designed to reflect a broad distinction between those signs acquired early in childhood and those acquired later. ISL-LEX is an online interface built using the SIGN-LEX visualization (Caselli et al. 2022), and is intended for use by researchers, educators, and students. It is therefore offered in two text-based versions, English and Hebrew, with video instructions in ISL.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication10th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages
Subtitle of host publicationMultilingual Sign Language Resources, sign-lang 2022 - held in conjunction with the International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, LREC 2022 - Proceedings
EditorsEleni Efthimiou, Stavroula-Evita Fotinea, Thomas Hanke, Julie A. Hochgesang, Jette Kristoffersen, Johanna Mesch, Marc Schulder
PublisherEuropean Language Resources Association (ELRA)
Pages148-153
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9791095546863
StatePublished - 2022
Event10th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Multilingual Sign Language Resources, sign-lang 2022 - Marseille, France
Duration: 20 Jun 202225 Jun 2022

Publication series

Name10th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Multilingual Sign Language Resources, sign-lang 2022 - held in conjunction with the International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, LREC 2022 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference10th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Multilingual Sign Language Resources, sign-lang 2022
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityMarseille
Period20/06/2225/06/22

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© European Language Resources Association (ELRA), licensed under CC-BY-NC 4.0.

Keywords

  • ISL
  • ISL-LEX
  • Israeli Sign Language
  • SIGN-LEX
  • lexical database
  • lexical network
  • lexicon
  • phonological coding

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Education
  • Library and Information Sciences
  • Linguistics and Language

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