This paper takes up the question of elaborating a graphical representation for French Sign language (LSF), beginning with the specificities of the socio-cultural context in which this question arises for those most directly concerned, that is the Deaf. We underline especially the vigilance required, when confronted with the influence of the written form of the Vocal language on linguistic (and therefore graphical) representations of Sign language (SL). We then present the results of a field survey, which allow us to justify and define our objective: write and not transcribe LSF. Next we explain precisely how the admitted limitations of current graphical systems for SL call into question the validity of the principles of segmentation adopted by consensus, which results from the influence of model of dominant alphabetical writing systems and of the focalisation only on lexical signs taken out of context, at the expense of the structural specificities of SL. We present on these bases the major principles of the alternative method begun for LSF, based on the descriptive model proposed by Cuxac (2000). We wish in particular to explore and evaluate his hypothesis of low-level morpho-phonetic segmentation, thus opening the way for an at least partial morphemographic representation.
@inproceedings{garcia:06007:sign-lang:lrec,
author = {Garcia, Brigitte},
title = {The Methodological, Linguistic and Semiological Bases for the Elaboration of a Written Form of {French} {Sign} {Language} ({LSF})},
pages = {31--36},
editor = {Vettori, Chiara},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {LREC2006} 2nd Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Lexicographic Matters and Didactic Scenarios},
maintitle = {5th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation ({LREC} 2006)},
publisher = {{European Language Resources Association (ELRA)}},
address = {Genoa, Italy},
day = {28},
month = may,
year = {2006},
language = {english},
url = {https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/lrec/pub/06007.pdf}
}