37.2451, Books: ASL Signbank: Hochgesang (2026)

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Subject: 37.2451, Books: ASL Signbank: Hochgesang (2026)

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Date: 21-Jul-2026
From: Ellena Moriarty [rfsupport at cambridge.org]
Subject: ASL Signbank: Hochgesang (2026)


Title: ASL Signbank
Series Title: Elements in Sign Languages
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
           http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics

Author(s): Julie A. Hochgesang

Hardback ISBN:  9781009734356 Pages:  75 Price: U.K. £ 55.00
Hardback ISBN:  9781009734356 Pages:  75 Price: Europe EURO 64.19
Hardback ISBN:  9781009734356 Pages:  75 Price: U.S. $ 77.00
Paperback ISBN:  9781009734318 Pages:  75 Price: U.K. £ 18.00
Paperback ISBN:  9781009734318 Pages:  75 Price: Europe EURO 21.01
Paperback ISBN:  9781009734318 Pages:  75 Price: U.S. $ 25.00

Abstract:

Language documentation of the American Sign Language (ASL) communities
is essential to preserve and share our language use and interaction,
something we cherish. Yet there is no conventionalized written system
that can be used, instead we've been using video. Currently these
videos are mostly not accessible in a way we can search the contents
for language expressions. The ASL Signbank, an empirical-based
resource-driven database, labels ASL use in transcripts time-aligned
to ASL videos along with a set of annotation conventions to make the
data machine-readable. ASL Signbank is a cloud-based annotation tool
built over twenty years from the models of extant signbanks and their
organizing principles. To create a database requires many choices and
ongoing labor which is detailed in this Element - from what ASL
Signbank is to why it exists and how to use it. This Element is also a
reflection on these choices.

Written In: English (eng, stan1293)



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