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Abstract
This paper investigates, with the help of computer-vision technology, the similarities and differences in the rhythm of the movements of the head in sentences in Finnish (FinSL) and Swedish Sign Language (SSL). The results show that the movement of the head in the two languages is often very similar: in both languages, the instances when the movement of the head changes direction were distributed similarly with regard to clause-boundaries, and the contours of the roll (tilting-like) motion of the head during the sentences were similar. Concerning differences, direction changes were found to be used more effectively in the marking of clause-boundaries in FinSL, and in SSL the head moved nearly twice as fast as in FinSL. However, the small amount of data means that the results can be considered to be only preliminary. The paper indicates the roll angle of the head as a domain for further work on headrelated rhythm.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Prosody |
Subtitle of host publication | 8th Speech Prosody 2016 |
Publisher | International Speech Communication Association |
Pages | 850-853 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Volume | 2016-January |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
Event | International Conference on Speech Prosody - Boston, United States Duration: 31 May 2016 → 3 Jun 2016 Conference number: 8 |
Publication series
Name | Speech prosody : an international conference |
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Publisher | International Speech Communication Association |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2333-2042 |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Speech Prosody |
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Country | United States |
City | Boston |
Period | 31/05/2016 → 03/06/2016 |
Keywords
- Finnish sign language
- Head movement
- Rhythm
- Sentence
- Swedish sign language
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Finnish centre of excellence in computational inference research
Xu, Y., Pesonen, H., Rintanen, J., Kaski, S., Anwer, R., Parviainen, P., Soare, M., Weinzierl, A. & Vuollekoski, H.
01/01/2015 → 31/12/2017
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding