Projects
Deaf sign language + right: sign language, equal opportunities and sustainable development Ghent University
Deaf sign language deaf + + equal sign language: sign language, equal opportunities and sustainable development Flemish government
What with Sign Language? A longitudinal investigation into the language development of young deaf children with a cochlear implant (CI) Ghent University
This study investigates the language development of congenitally deaf chidren who receive a CI in the first year of life. Four questions are addressed: (1) how does the deaf child with CI develop Dutch, (2) and Flemish Sign Language, (3) what is the relationship between these two languages, and (4) what is the influence of communication choice on language development?
Legitimizing elite multilingualism: Language policy, language practice and meta-pragmatic awareness in the international school University of Antwerp
#AboutVGTInVGT - Science communication on the Flemish Sign Language Research Ghent University
In the past two decades, pioneering and high-quality research into the linguistic structure of Flemish Sign Language (VGT) has been carried out in Flanders, including at Ghent University. This resulted in academic publications, but the results rarely reached the target audience, namely deaf signers in Flanders. The valorisation project #AboutVGTInVGT aims to provide an answer to this through online social anchoring. The aim is to bring all ...
Cognitive load in interpreting: similarities and differences between sign language interpreters and oral interpreters Ghent University
The requested project aims to explore the cognitive load of sign language interpreting and compare it with oral interpreting. The premise aims to establish whether sign language interpreters face a comparable cognitive load, despite the expectedly lower interference, and whether the cognitive load changes for sign language interpreters when they are retour interpreting.
Constituent Order in Serbian Sign Language Ghent University
This research project would be the first systematic investigation of a crucial aspect of the grammar of Serbian Sign Language (SZJ) – constituent order. It would be a contribution to the linguistic studies of SZJ and a contribution to the typological and cross-linguistic research of signed languages (since types of data will be elicited that have been elicited for other signed languages).
Sign language translation using deep learning Ghent University
To reduce the communication gap between deaf and hearing communities we need a reliable and easytouse sign language translation systems, which is able to convert a video stream into spoken language. In this research we will approach this problem using deep learning techniques.
Understanding the causes of functional selectivity in the human brain through a study of sign language and visual Braille reading. KU Leuven
Past research has developed the tools to investigate information processing in the human brain, and has used these methods to elucidate the complex hierarchical system involved in the processing of visual stimuli. In particular, a large part of human cortex is organized in terms of the category a visual stimulus belongs to, such as faces, bodies, and visual word forms. However, as reviewed in Op de Beeck et al. (2019, Trends in Cognitive ...