On the rhythm of head movements in Finnish and Swedish sign language sentences

Tommi Jantunen; Johanna Mesch; Anna Puupponen; Jorma Laaksonen

On the rhythm of head movements in Finnish and Swedish sign language sentences

Tommi Jantunen, Johanna Mesch, Anna Puupponen, Jorma Laaksonen

Department of Computer Science

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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
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
Publisher	International Speech Communication Association
ISSN (Electronic)	2333-2042

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Speech Prosody
Country/Territory	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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Jantunen, Tommi ; Mesch, Johanna ; Puupponen, Anna ; Laaksonen, Jorma. / On the rhythm of head movements in Finnish and Swedish sign language sentences. Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Prosody: 8th Speech Prosody 2016. Vol. 2016-January International Speech Communication Association, 2016. pp. 850-853 (Speech prosody : an international conference).

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On the rhythm of head movements in Finnish and Swedish sign language sentences. / Jantunen, Tommi; Mesch, Johanna; Puupponen, Anna; Laaksonen, Jorma.

Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Prosody: 8th Speech Prosody 2016. Vol. 2016-January International Speech Communication Association, 2016. p. 850-853 (Speech prosody : an international conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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