Volterra picture task
A signer describes a picture to the other signer, who then have to select the right picture having the choice between two different ones. The stimuli consist of a series of 18 sets of paired pictures showing a series of situations that aim to elicit transitive utterances.
| Stimulus | 18 sets of paired pictures |
|---|---|
| Target | Transitive utterances |
| Degree of Interaction | Middle (instructing each other) |
| Duration | information not available |
| Source | See Volterra et al. (1984) |
Task uses in corpora
Hide/Show tasks
| Corpus | Auslan Corpus |
|---|---|
| Corpus Language | Auslan |
| # recordings – open access | 0 |
| # recordings – restricted access | 48 |
| Data available |
https://www.elararchive.org/uncategorized/SO_a93b67cc-7339-4f08-8f09-8648791d0c3d/?pg=1&hh_cmis_filter=imdi.topic/Volterra 
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| Corpus | Australian Irish Sign Language |
| Corpus Language | Australian Irish Sign Language |
| # recordings – open access | 0 |
| # recordings – restricted access | 6 |
| Data available |
https://www.elararchive.org/index.php?name=SO_9c3cfc02-f7c0-4571-8e5e-5e5983ebd5a8&pg=1&hh_cmis_filter=imdi.topic/Verb pictures
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| Corpus | Corpus Vlaamse Gebarentaal |
| Corpus Language | Flemish Sign Language |
| # recordings – open access | 0 |
| # recordings – restricted access | information not available |
| Data available | none |
| Corpus | Documentation and description of Inuit Sign Language |
| Corpus Language | Inuit Sign Language |
| # recordings – open access | 0 |
| # recordings – restricted access | 1 |
| Data available |
https://www.elararchive.org/uncategorized/SO_ee05bc23-e6ef-43fd-8600-7ef10c5cb530/
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| Corpus | Signs of Ireland |
| Corpus Language | Irish Sign Language |
| # recordings – open access | 0 |
| # recordings – restricted access | information not available |
| Data available | none |
| Corpus | VIDI Sign Space Corpus |
| Corpus Language | German Sign Language |
| # recordings – open access | 0 |
| # recordings – restricted access | 14 |
| Data available |
https://hdl.handle.net/1839/00-0000-0000-0008-AC0C-C
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| Corpus | VIDI Sign Space Corpus |
| Corpus Language | Turkish Sign Language |
| # recordings – open access | 0 |
| # recordings – restricted access | 14 |
| Data available |
https://hdl.handle.net/1839/00-0000-0000-0009-4526-0
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References
Primary references
- Virginia Volterra, Alessandro Laudanna, Serena Corazza, Elena Radutzky, Francesco Natale (1984). "Italian Sign Language: The Order of Elements in the Declarative Sentence". In: Recent research on European sign languages. Ed. by Filip Loncke, Penny Boyes-Braem, Yvan Lebrun. Lisse, Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger, pp. 19-48. ISBN: 978-90-265-0465-5.
This entry was last modified on 4 March 2025.