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Sign (semiotics)
About: Sign (semiotics) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4080 publications have been published within this topic receiving 70333 citations. The topic is also known as: semiotic sign.
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TL;DR: An environment developed in the research laboratory of technologies of information and communication of the university of Tunis to aid deaf people in improving their social integration and communication capabilities is presented.
Abstract: In this paper, we present an environment developed in the research laboratory of technologies of information and communication (13) of the university of Tunis to aid deaf people in improving their social integration and communication capabilities. In fact, it is proved that sign language is not innate at deaf children and therefore it needs methodic and specific training. In this context, our environment is a specialized Learning Content Management System that generates multimedia courses to teach and learn sign language. According to our survey we did not find an Learning Content Management System witch can help teachers to generate courses to person with hearing disability. Moreover our tool is original in case that the sign animation is generated automatically from a textual description. The generated courses can be used either by deaf pupils to learn (or e-learn) sign language or also by hearing people to be able to communicate with deaf people. This educational environment uses mainly a web-based interpreter of sign language developed in our research laboratory and called websign (2, 6). It is a tool that permits to interpret automatically written texts in visual-gestured-spatial language using avatar technology.
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01 Jan 2007-Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy
TL;DR: For instance, the authors examines Peirce's semiotic philosophy and its development in the light of his characterisations of representationism and presentationism, and finds that the strongest evidence for this reading is found in the contention that the percept is not a sign, and concludes with considerations of possible objections and alternatives to the proposed interpretation in addition to some reflections on the consequences and relevance of the turn toward presentationism.
Abstract: 1 This article examines Peirce's semiotic philosophy and its development in the light of his characterisations of "representationism" and "presentationism". In his definitions of these positions, Peirce overtly pits the representationists, who treat percepts as representatives, against the presentationists, according to whom percepts do not stand for hidden realities. The article shows that Peirce's early writings—in particular the essay "On the Doctrine of Immediate Perception" and certain key texts from the period 1868–9—advocate an inferentialist approach clearly associated with representationism. However, although Peirce continues to deny the cognitive import of first impressions throughout his philosophical career, the new view of perception that emerges in the early 1900s indicates a significant move in the direction of a presentationist point of view, a development partly corresponding to changes in his theory of categories. The strongest evidence for this reading is found in Peirce's contention that the percept is not a sign. The discussion concludes with considerations of possible objections and alternatives to the proposed interpretation in addition to some reflections on the consequences and relevance of Peirce's turn toward presentationism.
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TL;DR: The changing political climate in Russia has lead to the reevaluation of many aspects of life, including approaches to education, and to a reassessment of Vygotsky's ideas and an appreciation of their continuing relevance.
Abstract: This article considers the impact of Vygotsky on the education of deaf children in Russia and is a translation / adaptation of an article currently being published in Defektologiia. While Vygotsky perceived sign language as limited in some aspects, nevertheless, he always considered that it had a role in the education of deaf pupils. He believed that sign language should not be treated like an the enemy and said that bilingualism of deaf people is an objective reality However, sign language was banned from Russian schools following a conference decision in 1938. The changing political climate in Russia has lead to the reevaluation of many aspects of life, including approaches to education, and to a reassessment of Vygotsky's ideas and an appreciation of their continuing relevance, Among other things, this has resulted in a rcevaluat ion of the role of sign language for deaf pupils and an emerging interest in sign bilingualism.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a sample of Warlpiri women from fifteen to over sixty years of age living at Yuendumu, central Australia, were interviewed for their knowledge of sign language.
Abstract: A sample of Warlpiri women from fifteen to over sixty years of age living at Yuendumu, central Australia, were interviewed for their knowledge of Warlpiri sign language. The youngest in the sample commanded some sign language vocabulary, but only those over thirty showed extensive knowledge. Although women who had been widowed showed more knowledge of sign language than those who had not, the main correlate of sign language knowledge was found to be age. It is suggested that sign language is acquired as part of the process of integration into the social and ritual life of older women and not only in connection with mourning. Sign vocabulary was found to be acquired at markedly different rates in different semantic domains.
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