TY - BOOK ID - 77940051 TI - Nonmanuals in sign language AU - Herrmann, Annika AU - Steinbach, Markus PY - 2013 SN - 9027271747 9789027271747 9789027202727 9027202729 1299676812 PB - Amsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company DB - UniCat KW - Sign language KW - Language and languages KW - Grammar KW - Grammar, Polyglot KW - Polyglot grammar KW - Deaf KW - Gesture language KW - Gesture KW - Signs and symbols KW - Grammar. KW - Grammars. KW - #KVHA:Taalkunde KW - #KVHA:Gebarentaal UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77940051 AB - Computer-generated three-dimensional animation holds great promise for synthesizing utterances in American Sign Language (ASL) that are not only grammatical, but well-tolerated by members of the Deaf community. Unfortunately, animation poses several challenges stemming from the necessity of grappling with massive amounts of data. However, the linguistics of ASL may aid in surmounting the challenge by providing structure and rules for organizing animation data. An exploration of the linguistic and extralinguistic behavior of the brows from an animator's viewpoint yields a new approach for synthesizing nonmanuals that differs from the conventional animation of anatomy and instead offers a different approach for animating the effects of interacting levels of linguistic function. Results of formal testing with Deaf users have indicated that this is a promising approach. ER -