Flemish Sign Language Dictionary online

[BGG]

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Barbara Gerner de García





On Sun, 23 May 2004 21:25:01 +0200, Myriam
Vermeerbergen wrote:

> 
> Dear colleagues,
>    
> Yesterday the first Flemish Sign Language - Dutch /
> Dutch - Flemish 
> Sign Language dictionary was launched. It is an
> on-line basic 
> dictionary which contains over 2000 Dutch entries and
> over 6000 signs 
> from Flemish Sign Language (VGT) (including regional
> variants). The 
> signs can be read through SignWriting and can be seen
> as moving 
> pictures (although not all of the films are ready yet;
> they are being 
> added on a daily basis). You can search the dictionary
> in two 
> directions: from the Dutch written word or from the
> Flemish Sign 
> Language sign (with a search platform based on
> SignWriting). 
>  
> At the moment everything is still in Dutch and/or VGT,
> but information 
> in English will be added shortly. 
>  
> The website can be found at:
> http://gebaren.ugent.be and can be 
> accessed freely.
>  
>  
> The VGT Dictionary team:  
>  
> Kristof De Weerdt (Ghent University)
> Mieke Van Herreweghe (Ghent University)
> Katrien Van Mulders (Ghent University)
> Myriam Vermeerbergen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
> Jan Adriaenssens (University Antwerp)
> Steven Aerts (University Antwerp)
> Bart Braem (University Antwerp)

Barbara Gerner de García
Associate Professor
Department of Educational Foundations and Research
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-3695