Basic sign language direction is very important when it comes to the meaning of signs. A sign can have one meaning when it moves one way and another meaning when it moves the other way. For example, the signs for IN and OUT have different directions and different meanings....
antonym-[MEANING-OPPOSITE] ANTSY anxious-[sitting-restlessly/SIT-RESTLESS] ANY any any any any ANY YOUR FAMILY DEAF? anyone ANYTHING anyway ANYWAY / regardless / whatever-[flat/bent-hand-version] anyway / WHATEVER / however / regardless / doesn't matter / it isn't important to me apart [...
Digital learning materials with ASL translation in the form of realistic 3D character animations can provide a solution to this problem. However, existing ASL animations lack the characteristics of natural, intelligible signing, producing stilted, robot-like signing when signs are put into sen- tences...
meaning. The role of iconicity in sign language processing and acquisition has been of great interest for decades (e.g., Emmorey et al.,2004; Frishberg,1975; Orlansky & Bonvillian,1984; Taub,2001; Thompson, Vinson, Vigliocco,2009). Iconicity has also been of interest to linguists, as ...
ASL - American Sign Language: free, self-study sign language lessons including an ASL dictionary, signing videos, a printable sign language alphabet chart (fingerspelling), Deaf Culture study materials, and resources to help you learn sign language. Good