Abstract
Sign languages are visual languages used in deaf communities. They are essentially tempo-spatial languages: signs are made of manual components, e.g., the hand movements, and non-manual components, e.g., facial expressions. The e-LIS project aims at the creation of the first web bidirectional dictionary for Italian sign language–verbal Italian. Whereas the lexicographic order is a standard and ‘natural ' way of ordering hence retrieving words in Italian dictionaries, there is nothing similar for Italian sign language dictionaries. Stokoe-based notations have been successfully employed for decomposing and ordering signs in paper dictionaries for Italian sign language; but consulting the dictionaries requires knowing the adopted Stokoe-based notation, which is not as easy-to-remember and well-known as Italian alphabet is. Users of a web dictionary cannot be expected to be expert of this. There the role of ontologies comes into play. The ontology presented in this paper analyses and relates the formational components of a sign; in some sense, the ontology allows us to ‘enrich ' the e-LIS dictionary with expert information concerning classes of sign components and, above all, their mutual relations. We conclude this paper with several open questions at the intersection of knowledge representation and reasoning, semantic web, sign and computational linguistics.
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Italian Sign Language, known as Lingua Dei Segni Italiana - or LIS - is used by thousands of deaf people and is a richer and deeper visual language than gesture, according to Barbara Pennacchi, a. ASL - American Sign Language Fingerspelled letters A-Z. Visit or download the app from the Apple store today for more. Italian Sign Language Manual Alphabet Photo Looking for the alphabet sign language in Spanish is not an easy task because each country has its own that may include a couple of differences. In the article 11 Spanish Sign Language Alphabet Videos, I have compile the following manual alphabet videos.
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Arabic Sign Language Video Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Arabic Sign Language – Colors; Arabic Sign Language – Food; Arabic Sign Language – Jobs, Crafts, etc…'
Bahasa Isyarat Dictionaries & Lessons with Text & Images
Catalan Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Chinese Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Danish Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
English Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
American Sign Language (ASL) Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada…' For more information see
American Sign Language Religious Signs Dictionary; etc…' For more information see
thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them…' For more information see the Australian Sign Language (Auslan) Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
For more information see British Sign Language (BSL) Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Colours; Animals; Directions; Transport; Family; Clothes; Sport; Household Items; etc…' New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
the Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language are published by Bridget Williams Books. Victoria University gratefully acknowledges the support of Bridget Williams in the development of the Dictionary…' For more information see the |
Estonian Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
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Finnish Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Finnish Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Flemish Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
elaborated. The signs can be read through SignWriting and can be seen as moving pictures…' For more information see
Belgian French Sign Language Dictionary & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Nombres; Par thèmes; Etude; Révision Règles simples; Signer avec bébé; etc…'
communauté des sourds de la Communauté française de Belgique…'
French Sign Language Dictionary & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
French Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'. |
Arabic Sign Language Video Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Arabic Sign Language – Colors; Arabic Sign Language – Food; Arabic Sign Language – Jobs, Crafts, etc…'
Bahasa Isyarat Dictionaries & Lessons with Text & Images
Catalan Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Chinese Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Danish Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
English Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
American Sign Language (ASL) Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada…' For more information see
American Sign Language Religious Signs Dictionary; etc…' For more information see
thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them…' For more information see the Australian Sign Language (Auslan) Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
For more information see British Sign Language (BSL) Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Colours; Animals; Directions; Transport; Family; Clothes; Sport; Household Items; etc…' New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
the Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language are published by Bridget Williams Books. Victoria University gratefully acknowledges the support of Bridget Williams in the development of the Dictionary…' For more information see the |
Estonian Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Finnish Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Finnish Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Flemish Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
elaborated. The signs can be read through SignWriting and can be seen as moving pictures…' For more information see
Belgian French Sign Language Dictionary & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Nombres; Par thèmes; Etude; Révision Règles simples; Signer avec bébé; etc…'
communauté des sourds de la Communauté française de Belgique…'
French Sign Language Dictionary & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
French Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'. |
Gambian Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text & Images
German Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Greek Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Greek Sign Language Lessons with Text & Images
Hungarian Sign Language Dictionary & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
the teaching and learning of the Hungarian sign language mainly for able people that are interested in it…' For more information see the
Icelandic Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'. Icelandic Sign Language Lessons with Text & Images
Italian Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Italian Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
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Japanese Sign Language Dictionary & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
For more information see Japanese Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Kenyan Sign Language Dictionary & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Kenyan Sign Language Lessons with Text & Images
Khmer Sign Language Dictionary & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Korean Sign Language Dictionary & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
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Italian Sign Language Manual Alphabet Photo
Latvian Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Latvian Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Moviess
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Lithuanian Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Nederlands Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Norwegian Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Polish Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'. Polish Sign Language Dictionary & Lessons with Text & Images
Brazil – Língua Brasileira de Sinais Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Portuguese Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Romanian Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Russian Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'. Russian Sign Language Lessons with Text & Images
Sri Lankan Sign Language (SLSL) – Sinhala & Tamil Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Spanish Sign Language – Lengua de Señas Española (LSE) Dictionaries & Lessons (Text, Images & Videos/Movies)
Colombia – Leguna de Señas Colombia (LSC) Dictionaries & Lessons (Text, Images & Videos/Movies)
Mexico – Leguna de Señas Mexicana (LSM) Dictionaries & Lessons (Text, Images & Videos/Movies)
Spanish Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'. Spanish Sign Language Lessons – Lengua de Señas Española (LSE) Lessons (Text & Images)
Swedish Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'. Swedish Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Thai Sign Language Dictionaries & Lessons with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Turkish Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Ukrainian Sign Language Multilingual Dictionaries with Text, Images & Videos/Movies
Czech, Estonian, Finnish, French, German (Germany or Austria), Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Ukrainian. Enter 'Word, Sentence or Number'.
Zambian Sign Language Lessons with Text & Images
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