| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_07 | 31-45m At some point you need the chance to comment, to talk and if there is no chance to ask questions, you can just forget about it all together. |
| r | ALL1B | TO-NEED1 | $PROD | TO-SIGN1C | TO-RAISE-HAND-OR-TO-SIGNAL1 | QUESTION1* | LONG-TIME1A |
| l | | | | | |
| m | | brauchen | raus | | [MG] | fra{ge} fra{ge} | la{nge} |
| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_07 | 18-30m In between there was a break, the actors put on their plays. |
| r | TO-SHOW1A | PERSON1 | SELF1A* | TO-SIGN1C |
| l | | |
| m | [MG] | | selbst | |
| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_08 | 61+m I saw these people sign and asked them, “Can we talk?” |
| r | | | $INDEX1 | TO-SIGN1C | | TO-SIGN1C* | $GEST^ |
| l | DEAF1A* | | I2 |
| m | | | | | | [MG] |
| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_03 | 46-60m They aren’t allowed to speak, they have to sign. |
| r | LOUD4^* | NOT3B* | | TO-SIGN1C |
| l | | | CLOSE-MOUTH2 |
| m | [MG] | nicht | | [MG] |
| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_07 | 18-30f But always talking about that topic, being asked a million questions, wasn’t great either, of course. |
| r | | | I2* | TO-SIGN1C | $INDEX1 | SUBJECT1 | QUESTION1* |
| l | | | |
| m | | | | thema |
| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_07 | 18-30f When the teacher asked a question, it took a moment until the interpretation was done. |
| r | QUESTION1 | DONE1B* | MEASURE-TINY-BIGGER1^* | TO-SIGN1C | BIT1B* | DEFICIT1* | BIT3 |
| l | | | | |
| m | frage | fertig | | [MG] | bis{schen} | [MG] | [MG] |
| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_07 | 18-30f And then there would be someone else, accompanying it with German Sign Language. |
| r | $NUM-ORDINAL1:2 | PERSON1* | DGS1 | TO-SIGN1C |
| l | | | |
| m | | | d-g-s | [MG] |
| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_07 | 18-30f For example, one could sign on one day only. |
| r | DAY1B* | $INDEX1 | ONLY2A | TO-SIGN1C |
| l | | |
| m | tag | | nur | gebärden |
| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_18 | 18-30f His signing as well. |
| r | | | | TO-SIGN1C | SUPER2* | MAIN3^ | I1* |
| l | |
| m | gebärden | | | |
| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_15 | 18-30f All of a sudden, they started signing about how beautiful sign language was. |
| r | | | WEIRD1* | TO-SIGN1C | SIGN-LANGUAGE1B | BEAUTIFUL1A | $GEST-OFF^ |
| l | |
| m | [LM:paf] | | gebärdensprache | schön |
| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_14 | 18-30m But sometimes I talk to people who come from a real big city, like Leipzig, for example. |
| r | SUDDENLY4* | IF-OR-WHEN1A | TODAY3* | TO-SIGN1C | WITH1A | DIFFERENT2* | PEOPLE2* |
| l | | | | |
| m | [MG] | wenn | heute | mit | anderen |
| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_14 | 18-30m Just recently I met a person from Leipzig. |
| r | RECENTLY2* | TO-GET-TO-KNOW1* | ON-PERSON1 | TO-SIGN1C | $INDEX1 | LEIPZIG1A* | SELF2* |
| l | | | | | |
| m | [MG] | kennenlern | | | leipzig |
| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_16 | 61+m I saw everyone signing all over the place. |
| r | | | TO-LOOK-AT1* | TO-SIGN1C | TO-SWARM1* |
| l | |
| m | | viel plau{dern} plau{dern} | [MG] |
| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_10 | 31-45m It would’ve been better for you in Munich, where the teachers sign, too. |
| r | MASTER2A^ | TEACHER5 | MASTER2A^* | TO-SIGN1C |
| l | | |
| m | [MG] | [MG] |
| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_10 | 31-45m They were over the moon, because a deaf parent was signing. |
| r | FATHER1 | | DEAF1A* | TO-SIGN1C | $GEST-OFF^ |
| l | | $INDEX1 | |
| m | vater | gehörlos | [MG] | |
| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_07 | 46-60m The German language and DGS should be taught neatly, in full. |
| r | LANGUAGE4B | FULL2A* | CLEAN1 | TO-SIGN1C | $ALPHA-SK:S |
| l | |
| m | sprache | voll | sauber | [MG] | {d-g}-s |
| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_07 | 46-60m Two or three of my friends sign without mouthing, which is a bit weird. |
| r | $NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1A:3d | ALL2A | CLOSE-MOUTH2 | TO-SIGN1C | I1* | $GEST-NM^ |
| l | | | | |
| m | [MG] | | | | | |
| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_15 | 61+f But for what? If, for example, I had a child and knew that it was deaf, I could always use signs to communicate. |
| r | $INDEX1* | DEAF1A | IMMEDIATELY6* | TO-SIGN1C |
| l | | | |
| m | | | gleich | |
| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_15 | 61+f So, you can just use signs with the child. |
| r | | | | TO-SIGN1C |
| l |
| m | |
| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_15 | 61+f Later on, you can take the time to look at books with your child and explain them. |
| r | BOOK1A | $INDEX1 | TO-EXPLAIN1 | TO-SIGN1C |
| l | |
| m | buch | | erklären | |
| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_15 | 61+f Already before entering school, she was fully-competent at signing. |
| r | ALREADY1A | BEFOREHAND2 | FULL2A | TO-SIGN1C | SCHOOL1B* | $PROD |
| l |
| m | schon | vorher | voll | | schule |
| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_15 | 61+f She has an interpreter at school. |
| r | INTERPRETER1 | $PROD | $INDEX1 | TO-SIGN1C | INTERPRETER1* | $PROD |
| l | |
| m | dolmetscher | | wer | | |
| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_15 | 61+f If a teacher were to sign and to write everything down as well, then the children would be able to learn it simultaneously and they would pick up on it quickly. |
| r | TO-SIGN1A | $INDEX1 | $PROD | TO-SIGN1C | $INDEX1* | $PROD | |
| l | | | $INDEX1 |
| m | | | | | | und dann | da |
| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_02 | 46-60m I met Mister Zürn at the Deaflympics center in Taipei. He is the hearing soccer coach, and he signs very well. |
| r | COACH1* | HEARING1A | CAN1 | TO-SIGN1C* | I1* | BEEN1 | TO-MEET2B |
| l | $INDEX1 | | | |
| m | … | hör{end} | kann | [MG] | | | |
| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_07 | 31-45m I started to get nervous, so I began talking to the person sitting next to me. |
| r | I2 | NERVOUS1B* | TO-GO1A* | TO-SIGN1C* |
| l | | |
| m | | nervös | | |
| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_07 | 31-45m I started to take a look around more closely, and noticed that most deaf people were in a conversation themselves instead of watching what was happening up front. |
| r | EVERYTHING2 | DEAF1A* | TYPICAL1* | TO-SIGN1C* | TO-WATCH2* | WHATEVER1A* | TO-SIGN1E* |
| l | | | |
| m | alle | | typ{isch} | | zuschauen | [MG] | |
| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_07 | 31-45m When people have too many conversations on the side, one cannot concentrate anymore. |
| r | | | | TO-SIGN1C* | TO-FOCUS1 | NONE1* | $GEST-OFF^ |
| l |
| m | [MG] | kon{zentriert} | | |
| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_10 | 31-45m Sometimes, the interpreter there wouldn’t really understand me when I was signing fast. |
| r | I1* | SOMETIMES1 | I1 | TO-SIGN1C* | $GEST-NM^ |
| l | | | |
| m | | manchmal | | |
| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_11 | 61+m Children who sign are wonderful, too! |
| r | | | | TO-SIGN1C* | GOOD1* |
| l | ALL1A |
| m | [MG] | [MG] | gut |
| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_11 | 61+m I did not care, talked to them while signing and would not let them bother me. |
| r | | | TO-LET1 | TO-SIGN1C* | TALK3* | $GEST-NM-SHAKE-HEAD1^ |
| l | I2 |
| m | | | | [MG] | |
| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_11 | 61+m You sign it like that, ‘Japan’. |
| r | | | $INDEX1 | TO-SIGN1C* | JAPAN1* |
| l | |
| m | | | |
| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_11 | 61+m The Japanese people were very friendly and their signing was very different from everybody else’s. |
| r | | JAPAN1 | AREA1A^* | TO-SIGN1C* | DIFFERENT1 | TO-SIGN1C* |
| l |
| m | japan | | anders | |
| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_11 | 61+m The Japanese people were very friendly and their signing was very different from everybody else’s. |
| r | AREA1A^* | TO-SIGN1C* | DIFFERENT1 | TO-SIGN1C* |
| l |
| m | … | | anders | |
| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_13 | 31-45f I‘m able to adapt to a person‘s language level; it doesn‘t matter whether they‘re well-educated or really uneducated. |
| r | CAN2B* | COMMUNICATION1B | I1* | TO-SIGN1C* | $INDEX1 | EASY-OR-LIGHT1 | COMMUNICATION1B* |
| l | | |
| m | kann | kommunikation | [MG] | | leicht | |
| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_13 | 31-45f I‘m able to adapt to a person‘s language level; it doesn‘t matter whether they‘re well-educated or really uneducated. |
| r | ON-PERSON1 | VERY7* | I1* | TO-SIGN1C* | CAN2B |
| l | | | |
| m | | [MG] | | [MG] | |
| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_04 | 61+m He accepted it, but then rejected the idea of teaching sign language first as a basis; so we got into an argument. |
| r | I1 | TO-TEACH1 | BASE-GROUND3* | TO-SIGN1C* | $INDEX1 | DEAF1A | NO2A |
| l | | | | |
| m | | | grundlage | | gehörlos | [MG] |
| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_10 | 61+f How come that your parents knew how to sign? |
| r | QUESTION1* | YOUR1* | PARENTS-$CANDIDATE-FRA55^ | TO-SIGN1C* | TO-LEARN1* | HOW-QUESTION1* |
| l | | | | |
| m | frage | dein | eltern | gebärden | gelernt | wie |
| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_04 | 31-45m They used signs, but those were international signs. |
| r | | | $INDEX1* | TO-SIGN1C* | BUT1* | INTERNATIONAL1* | TO-SIGN1A* |
| l | | |
| m | | | aber | international |
| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_04 | 31-45m They were so fast; I didn‘t get a thing, anyway. |
| r | | | | TO-SIGN1C* | CAN2B* | $INDEX1* | TO-SIGN1C* |
| l | |
| m | | kann | | [MG] |
| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_04 | 31-45m They were so fast; I didn‘t get a thing, anyway. |
| r | TO-SIGN1C* | CAN2B* | $INDEX1* | TO-SIGN1C* | $INDEX1* | TO-SIGN1G | I1 |
| l | | | |
| m | | kann | | [MG] | | | |
| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_04 | 31-45m They signed “closed” like this. |
| r | | | | TO-SIGN1C* | $INDEX1* | CLOSE-DOOR1* |
| l | $INDEX1 | |
| m | | | | [MG] |
| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_04 | 31-45m That way we can simply talk to each other, and it won‘t be a problem at all. |
| r | | | | TO-SIGN1C* | TO-GET-ALONG1* | ALONE2* | NONE5B* |
| l | | |
| m | [MG] | all{ein} all{ein} | kein |
| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_04 | 31-45m They used Dutch signs; I was completely lost. |
| r | HOLLAND1* | SIGN-LANGUAGE1B* | I1 | TO-SIGN1C* | I1* | TO-DEMAND-TOO-MUCH2 | I1 |
| l | | | |
| m | holland | | [MG] | ich | [MG] | |
| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_04 | 31-45m However, my friend wanted to benefit from it and improve his Dutch Sign Language skills. |
| r | | TO-WITHDRAW2* | $INDEX1 | TO-SIGN1C* | $INDEX1* | AIM4* | WILL6^ |
| l | | | |
| m | | [MG] #name2 | [MG] | zi{el} ziel | [MG] |
| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_04 | 31-45m Then one of them translated for us and said that German is obligatory at Dutch schools. |
| r | | | | TO-SIGN1C* | $INDEX1 | YES1A* | WEIRD1* |
| l | | |
| m | holland | | ja | [MG] |
| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_04 | 31-45m Neither do they use large movements when signing. |
| r | TO-SAY1 | REASON4A | INTERPRETER3A | TO-SIGN1C* |
| l | |
| m | sagt | grund | gebärd | da da da |
| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_04 | 31-45m It‘s easy to comprehend the signs quickly. |
| r | | I1 | $INDEX1 | TO-SIGN1C* | TO-COMPREHEND1 |
| l | | | |
| m | aber | | [MG] |
| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_08 | 61+m I saw these people sign and asked them, “Can we talk?” |
| r | $INDEX1 | TO-SIGN1C | | TO-SIGN1C* | $GEST^ | | TO-SIGN1A* |
| l | | I2 | $INDEX1* |
| m | | | | | [MG] | | |
| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_07 | 18-30f Right, one signs partly and also tries to communicate. |
| r | IMAGINATION1A | HALF1B* | $INDEX1 | TO-SIGN1C* | REASON4A* | $INDEX1 | HOW-QUESTION1* |
| l | | | |
| m | halb | | | wie |
| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_07 | 18-30f Some teachers don’t pay attention to the interpreter. |
| r | | SEVERAL1 | WHATEVER1A | TO-SIGN1C* |
| l | $PROD | |
| m | | [MG] | |
| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_16 | 46-60f I mean, we already signed. |
| r | $GEST-OFF^* | $GEST-NM-NOD-HEAD1^ | $GEST^* | TO-SIGN1C* |
| l |
| m | | ab{er} | | [MG] |
| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_16 | 46-60f Of course, the signs weren’t completely neat. |
| r | | GOOD3* | CLEAN1 | TO-SIGN1C* | $GEST-OFF^* | NO1B |
| l | | |
| m | | saub{er} | [MG] |
| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_05 | 61+f In the city, no matter where, there should be sign language courses. |
| r | CITY2* | $INDEX1 | AREA1A | TO-SIGN1C* | IN-ADDITION1^* | INVOLVED1A* |
| l | | | | |
| m | stadt | | | gebärden | kurs | muss dabei |
| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_02 | 31-45m There was also music and jokes were signed. |
| r | MUSIC1 | $GEST-OFF^ | JOKE1 | TO-SIGN1C* | JOKE1 | $GEST-OFF^ |
| l |
| m | musik | witz | | witz | |
| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_12 | 46-60f I sometimes wish it would be the other way around and that a hearing person was in a group of deaf people who all sign with each other. |
| r | SHALL1* | I1^ | TO-JOIN1A^* | TO-SIGN1C* |
| l | | |
| m | soll | auch | gehörlos | |
| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_12 | 46-60f I have to add that I was not able to sign in front of an audience at all back then. |
| r | PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1 | I1 | TO-STAND1 | TO-SIGN1C* | NEVER2B |
| l | | |
| m | früher | | | | niemals |
| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_08 | 18-30f Deaf people start signing from a very early age. |
| r | | | DEAF1A* | TO-SIGN1C* | EVERYDAY-LIFE1 | BEGINNING1A | TO-GROW2A^* |
| l | | | |
| m | | | all{tag} | anfang |
| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_08 | 18-30f Deaf people start signing from a very early age. |
| r | EVERYDAY-LIFE1 | BEGINNING1A | TO-GROW2A^* | TO-SIGN1C* |
| l | | |
| m | all{tag} | anfang | |
| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_08 | 18-30f I’m just so used to signing. |
| r | | ALREADY1A | HABIT1 | TO-SIGN1C* |
| l |
| m | schon | gewohnt | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_07 | 31-45m However, this didn't quite work out: we started to talk about it, but then we got off topic. |
| r | NEVERTHELESS4* | IT-WORKS-OUT1* | NOT3A* | TO-SIGN1C* | DIFFERENT1* | $PROD |
| l | |
| m | trotzdem | klappt | nicht | [MG] | andere | [MG] |
| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_14 | 46-60m Only simple gestures were used. |
| r | | ONLY2A | EASY1 | TO-SIGN1C* | EASY1 |
| l | |
| m | nur | einfach | [MG] | einfach |
| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_15 | 61+f Everyone was super excited each time her father came to visit. We would sit in a circle around him and watch him sign. |
| r | TO-SIT-IN-A-CIRCLE1 | $INDEX1* | FASCINATING1 | TO-SIGN1C* | WE1B* | TO-SIT-IN-A-SEMI-CIRCLE1* | FASCINATING1 |
| l | | | | |
| m | sitzen | | [MG] | wir | sitzen | [MG] |