Using prosody and grammar to describe natural discourse in Auslan ...
Using prosody and grammar to describe natural discourse in Auslan ...
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Hodge, Ferrara & Johns<strong>to</strong>n: DGfS 2011 3/3/11<br />
We will discuss:<br />
I. Data set—text types <strong>and</strong> participants<br />
II. Aim 1—our current underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g of the signed<br />
In<strong>to</strong>nation Unit <strong>and</strong> the signed Clause unit<br />
III. Aim 2—frequent alignment of these units <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>natural</strong> <strong>Auslan</strong> <strong>discourse</strong><br />
IV. F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs—major implications of this study<br />
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I. <strong>Auslan</strong> Data<br />
• Data comes from<br />
the <strong>Auslan</strong> Corpus<br />
<strong>and</strong> PhD research<br />
by one of the<br />
authors<br />
• Three text types<br />
were targeted:<br />
spontaneous <strong>and</strong><br />
stimulated narrative,<br />
<strong>and</strong> conversation<br />
• Data set consists of<br />
20 m<strong>in</strong>utes of<br />
sign<strong>in</strong>g by 18 deaf<br />
native signers<br />
• Video clips were<br />
annotated <strong>in</strong> ELAN<br />
us<strong>in</strong>g a modified<br />
version of the<br />
<strong>Auslan</strong> Corpus<br />
template<br />
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