Sign Language & Linguistics

Editor's Notepad
pp. 1-2(2)

Guest Editors' Preface
pp. 3-7(5)
Authors: Bergman, Brita; Boyes-Braem, Penny; Hanke, Thomas; Pizzuto, Elena

Section I: Some reflections on the need for a common sign notation
pp. 11-28(18)
Author: Miller, Christopher

The notation of signed texts: Open questions and indications for further research
pp. 29-45(17)
Authors: Pizzuto, Elena; Pietrandrea, Paola

Encoding and capturing productive morphology
pp. 47-62(16)
Author: Brennan, Mary

Sign language transcription at the level of meaning components: The Berkeley Transcription System (BTS)
pp. 63-104(42)
Authors: Slobin, Dan I.; Hoiting, Nini; Anthony, Michelle; Biederman, Yael; Kuntze, Marlon; Lindert, Reyna; Pyers, Jennie; Thumann, Helen; Weinberg, Amy

Section II: The development of a FileMaker Pro database for the morphemic analysis of productive forms in BSL
pp. 107-123(17)
Author: Thoutenhoofd, Ernst Daniel

The database system used in the Finnish Sign Language Dictionary Project
pp. 125-132(8)
Author: Savolainen, Leena

A multimedia bilingual database for the lexicon of Swiss German Sign Language
pp. 133-143(11)
Author: Boyes-Braem, Penny

The lexical database of Auslan (Australian Sign Language)
pp. 145-169(25)
Author: Johnston, Trevor

GlossLexer: A multimedia lexical database for sign language dictionary compilation
pp. 171-189(19)
Authors: Hanke, Thomas; Konrad, Reiner; Schwarz, Arvid

The Klagenfurt database for sign language lexicons
pp. 191-201(11)
Authors: Krammer, Klaudia; Bergmeister, Elisabeth; Dotter, Franz; Hilzensauer, Marlene; Okorn, Ingeborg; Orter, Reinhold; Skant, Andrea

SignStream™: A database tool for research on visual-gestural language
pp. 203-214(12)
Author: Neidle, Carol

SignPhon: A phonological database for sign languages
pp. 215-228(14)
Authors: Crasborn, Onno; van der Hulst, Harry; van der Kooij, Els

Spatial and temporal coding of Nicaraguan Sign Language in MediaTagger: Documenting three dimensions with a two-dimensional tool
pp. 229-240(12)
Author: Senghas, Ann

Sign language text transcription and analyses using `Microsoft Excel'
pp. 241-250(10)
Author: Boyes-Braem, Penny

Section III: Developing linguistic specifications for a sign language database: The development of Signbase
pp. 253-274(22)
Authors: Schermer, Trude; Brien, David; Brennan, Mary

Sign language transcription with syncWRITER
pp. 275-283(9)
Author: Hanke, Thomas

Making historical sign language materials accessible: A prototype database of early ASL
pp. 285-297(13)
Author: Supalla, Ted

Comparison of major software features
pp. 299-300(2)
Author: Eccarius, Petra

Content index (alphabetical)
pp. 301-302(2)
Author: Wilbur, Ronnie B.