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Sign Language Documentation

Sign Language Documentation is a subfield of language documentation that systematically records, annotates, and archives primary data on natural sign languages as used in their communities, in order to create a lasting, multipurpose record of their lexicon, grammar, discourse, and sociocultural functions.

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Sign Language Structure: An Outline of the Visual Communication Systems of the American Deaf

William C. Stokoe · The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education · 2004 · 1.4K citations

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<b>Sign language structure:</b> An outline of the visual communication systems of the American deaf. By William C. StokoeJr. (Studies in linguistics: Occasional papers, No. 8) Pp. 78. Buffalo, N. Y.: Department of Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Buffalo, 1960.

Herbert Landar · Language · 1961 · 987 citations

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<b>On the other hand</b> : new perspectives on American Sign Language. Edited by Lynn A. Friedman. New York: Academic Press, 1977. Pp. xii, 245. $14.95.

Marina L. McIntire, Phillip A. Jones · Language · 1979 · 327 citations

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Medical Signbank: Bringing Deaf People and Linguists Together in the Process of Language Development

Trevor Johnston, Jemina Napier · Sign language studies · 2010 · 315 citations

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<b>American Sign Language: Linguistic and applied dimensions</b> . By Ronnie B. Wilbur Boston, Little, Brown, 1987. Pp. ix, 387. $29.95.

Diane Brentari · Language · 1988 · 183 citations

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  1. TJ
    Trevor Johnston

    Macquarie University, Australia

    6 publications · 556 citations

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  2. TH
    Thomas Hanke

    Universität Hamburg, Germany

    5 publications · 119 citations

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  3. BW
    Bencie Woll

    University College London, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 159 citations

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  4. MD
    Maartje De Meulder

    University of Namur, Belgium

    4 publications · 87 citations

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  5. RΒ
    Ronnie Β. Wilbur

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    3 publications · 146 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    327 citations

  2. Gallaudet University

    Washington, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    204 citations

  4. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    181 citations

  5. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    65 citations

  6. Universität Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  7. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    136 citations

  8. UCL Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    128 citations

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  1. Sign language studies

    SLS · 28 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. Sign Language & Linguistics

    14 publications · 394 citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 223 citations

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  4. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

    JDSDE · 4 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. Language

    3 publications · 1.5K citations

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