Aspects of the Grammar and Prosody of Finnish Sign Language (ProGram)
Main funder
Funder's project number: 269089
Funds granted by main funder (€)
- 425 005,00
Funding program
Project timetable
Project start date: 01/09/2013
Project end date: 31/08/2018
Summary
To date, only three scientific publications have discussed the syntax of Finnish Sign Language (FinSL), and the lack of syntactic knowledge has a negative effect on areas such as FinSL teaching. To produce basic information on FinSL syntax, this Academy research fellow’s project, Aspects of the Grammar and Prosody of FinSL, focuses on the following syntactic phenomena: sign order, core argument marking, the structure of complex sentences, co-coordination, blends, the prosodic contour and rhythm of sentences, and the prosodic cohesion of discourse. The investigation of the phenomena is based on the widest collection of monologue and dialogue data on FinSL to date and exploits methodologically computer-vision-based video analysis and motion capture technology. The research lays a foundation for the future compilation of FinSL grammar and corpus, and involves multidimensional cooperation with several parties, both nationally and internationally.
Principal Investigator
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Web page
http://users.jyu.fi/~tojantun/ProGram/
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Keywords (YSO)
Related publications and other outputs
- The more you move, the more action you construct : a motion capture study on head and upper-torso movements in constructed action in Finnish Sign Language narratives (2021) Jantunen, Tommi; et al.; A1; OA
- What Comes First : Combining Motion Capture and Eye Tracking Data to Study the Order of Articulators in Constructed Action in Sign Language Narratives (2020) Jantunen, Tommi; et al.; A4; OA
- Mikä viittomassa on vikana, miten se korjataan ja mitä tästä kaikesta seuraa viittomakielentutkimukselle? (2019) Jantunen, Tommi; A3; OA
- Transitivity prominence within and across modalities (2019) Börstell, Carl; et al.; A1; OA
- Constructed Action, the Clause and the Nature of Syntax in Finnish Sign Language (2017) Jantunen, Tommi; A1; OA
- Clausal coordination in Finnish Sign Language (2016) Jantunen, Tommi; A1; OA
- The alignment of head nods with syntactic units in Finnish Sign Language and Swedish Sign Language (2016) Puupponen, Anna; et al.; A4; OA
- S-pot – a benchmark in spotting signs within continuous signing (2014) Viitaniemi, Ville; et al.; A4; OA
- SLMotion – An extensible sign language oriented video analysis tool (2014) Karppa, Matti; et al.; A4; OA