Research project Innovating methods in signed language corpus linguistics: a Nordic approach (NSLCN)
The purpose of this project is to form a network of Nordic signed language (SL) researchers. The project includes Swedish sign language, Norwegian sign language and the two sign languages in Finland.
Within this project we organize a series of three workshops which will bring together a network of Nordic signed language (SL) researchers: the Nordic Signed Language Corpus Network, NSLCN. These researches all work with multimodal SL corpora using a cognitive-functional linguistic approach.
Project description
The workshops arranged within the project will develop empirical corpus methods for SLs and contribute to the planning of a corpus-exploiting international research project that will focus on similarities and differences between Swedish, Finnish, Finland-Swedish and Norwegian SL.
Workshop 1: 9–10 June 2022, Stockholm
The first workshop focused on metadata and research questions.
Workshop 2: End of 2022, Jyväskylä, Finland
The second workshop will focus on annotation and on theoretical background.
Workshop 3: 2023, Trondheim
The final workshop focuses on statistics and on research plan.
All workshops include collaboration between junior and senior researchers, as well as between academia and local SL communities.
Project members
Project managers
Tommi Jantunen
Professor
Members
Johanna Mesch
Professor
Juhana Salonen
Project researcher
Anna-Lena Nilsson
Professor
Lindsay Ferrara
Associate Professor
