Creating a corpus of Auslan within an Australian national corpus

Trevor Johnston

Creating a corpus of Auslan within an Australian national corpus

Trevor Johnston

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Abstract

Annotations are an important resource in corpus-based linguistic research. In fact, the most essential feature of a modern SL corpus should be that it has been annotated and not--as is commonly assumed--that it has been transcribed. Using the example of Auslan (Australian Sign Language) this paper describes how multimedia annotation software can now be used to transform a language recording into a machine-readable text without it first being transcribed, provided that conventional linguistic units are systematically and consistently identified. A subcorpus of the signed language of the Australian deaf community will be a valuable component of an Australian National Corpus.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Selected Proceedings of the 2008 HCSNet Workshop on Designing the Australian National Corpus
Subtitle of host publication	Mustering Languages
Editors	Michael Haugh, Kate Burridge, Jean Mulder, Pam Peters
Place of Publication	Somerville, MA, USA
Publisher	Cascadilla Proceedings Project
Pages	87-95
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9781574734355
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	HCSNet Workshop on Designing the Australian National Corpus - Sydney Duration: 4 Dec 2009 → 5 Dec 2009

Workshop

Workshop	HCSNet Workshop on Designing the Australian National Corpus
City	Sydney
Period	4/12/09 → 5/12/09

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Johnston, T 2009, Creating a corpus of Auslan within an Australian national corpus. in M Haugh, K Burridge, J Mulder & P Peters (eds), Selected Proceedings of the 2008 HCSNet Workshop on Designing the Australian National Corpus: Mustering Languages. Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA, pp. 87-95, HCSNet Workshop on Designing the Australian National Corpus, Sydney, 4/12/09.

Creating a corpus of Auslan within an Australian national corpus. / Johnston, Trevor.

Selected Proceedings of the 2008 HCSNet Workshop on Designing the Australian National Corpus: Mustering Languages. ed. / Michael Haugh; Kate Burridge; Jean Mulder; Pam Peters. Somerville, MA, USA : Cascadilla Proceedings Project, 2009. p. 87-95.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution

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