The Sign Language Dataset Compendium


Data Collection Task

Diachronic changes

Informants are asked to sign about signs which are different between young and old generations. This task elicits meta-linguistic discourse as well as sociolinguistic variation.

Stimulus Signed instruction
Target Sociolinguistic variation, meta-linguistic discourse
Degree of Interaction High (discussion)
Duration 5–10 min

Task uses in corpora

Corpus CORLSE
Corpus Language Spanish Sign Language
# recordings – open access 16
# recordings – restricted access not available
Data available https://corpuslse.es/busqueda_asociaciones_mapa.php?pagina=1&tarea=17 (Debate diacronía en LSE)
Corpus Corpus Vlaamse Gebarentaal
Corpus Language Flemish Sign Language
# recordings – open access 2
# recordings – restricted access not available
Data available https://www.corpusvgt.be/nl/corpussearch?field_geslacht_v1_value=All&field_geslacht_v1_value_1=All&field_leeftijd_v1_value=All&field_leeftijd_v1_value_1=All&field_regio_v1_value=All&field_regio_v1_value_1=All&field_thema_tid=28 (Oude vs. nieuwe gebaren)
Corpus DGS Corpus
Corpus Language German Sign Language
# recordings – open access 1
# recordings – restricted access 157
Data available https://meine-dgs.de/formats/format19_en.html
Corpus Italian Sign Language Corpus
Corpus Language Italian Sign Language
# recordings – open access 0
# recordings – restricted access not available
Data available none
Corpus PJM Corpus
Corpus Language Polish Sign Language
# recordings – open access 0
# recordings – restricted access not available
Data available none

This entry was last modified on 29 July 2021.