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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"fingerspelling"”.
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Coarticulation in American Sign Language Fingerspelling
Fingerspelling is a category of American Sign Language (ASL) signs that are signed sequentially as an alphabetic representation. The present study proposes to examine the coarticulation and feature-spreading characteristics of fingerspelling. A preliminary study identified feature categories to be …
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Robotic Fingerspelling Hand for the Deaf-Blind
… of a robotic hand capable of performing basic fingerspelling to help bridge the communication gap. The hand parts were modeled using SolidWorks and fabricated using an Objet rapid prototyper. Its fingers are actuated by 11 Maxon motors, and its wrist is actuated by 2 Hitec servo motors. The …
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American Sign Language as an Aid in Teaching Kindergarten Language Arts Content Standards to Speaking English Language Learners and Speech and Hearing Impaired
… students can categorize and retain. The use of fingerspelling facilitates in building a vocabulary prior to introduction reading and writing. Research has shown increased test results when ASL is used in classrooms of speaking students.</p>
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Typology of Signed Languages: Differentiation through Kinship Terminology
… are formed by combinations of initialization, fingerspelling/character writing constructions, and iconic and arbitrary descriptions. However, organization of kin terms by linguistic processes may not parallel what Greenberg found in his study of spoken languages. The nature of modality clearly …