Stimuli

Stimuli for an experiment on the importance of hand parameters for recognition of sign language signs. Four versions were made of twenty sign language sign movies.
Each version shows a different amount of handshape/hand orientation information. The versions were created using automatic image processing techniques.
Condition 4 is the unmodified sign movie. Signers were asked if they could identify the sign.

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Stimuli
English translation of Sign Gloss Sign Gloss Condition 1 Condition 2 Condition 3 Condition 4
PRICED DOWN AFGEPRIJSD PRICED DOWN1 PRICED DOWN2 PRICED DOWN3 PRICED DOWN4
ALONE ALLEEN ALONE1 ALONE2 ALONE3 ALONE4
BLUE BLAUW BLUE1 BLUE2 BLUE3 BLUE4
ONE EEN ONE1 ONE2 ONE3 ONE4
MOVIE FILM MOVIE1 MOVIE2 MOVIE3 MOVIE4
DIVIDED BY GEDEELD DOOR DIVIDED BY1 DIVIDED BY2 DIVIDED BY3 DIVIDED BY4
HAMMER HAMER HAMMER1 HAMMER2 HAMMER3 HAMMER4
NICE LEUK NICE1 NICE2 NICE3 NICE4
LIMBOURG LIMBURG LIMBOURG1 LIMBOURG2 LIMBOURG3 LIMBOURG4
NOT YET NOG NIET NOT YET1 NOT YET2 NOT YET3 NOT YET4
OCTOBER OKTOBER OCTOBER1 OCTOBER2 OCTOBER3 OCTOBER4
AGAIN OPNIEUW AGAIN1 AGAIN2 AGAIN3 AGAIN4
SHADOW SCHADUW SHADOW1 SHADOW2 SHADOW3 SHADOW4
CLEAN SCHOONMAKEN CLEAN1 CLEAN2 CLEAN3 CLEAN4
SECOND SECONDE SECOND1 SECOND2 SECOND3 SECOND4
SNOWDROP SNEEUWKLOKJE SNOWDROP1 SNOWDROP2 SNOWDROP3 SNOWDROP4
SPONGE SPONS SPONGE1 SPONGE2 SPONGE3 SPONGE4
TRAFFIC LIGHT STOPLICHT TRAFFIC LIGHT1 TRAFFIC LIGHT2 TRAFFIC LIGHT3 TRAFFIC LIGHT4
TO DRAW TEKENEN TO DRAW1 TO DRAW2 TO DRAW3 TO DRAW4
FLAG VLAG FLAG1 FLAG2 FLAG3 FLAG4

For more information: see ten Holt, G. A.; van Doorn, A. J.; de Ridder, H.; Reinders, M. J. T. & Hendriks, E. A. Signs in Which Handshape and Hand Orientation Are Either Not Visible or Are Only Partially Visible: What Is the Consequence for Lexical Recognition? Sign Language Studies, in press