This collection of resources includes: Investigation of the linguistic structure of American Sign Language, with a focus on the relationship of syntax to semantics and prosody; Collaboration with computer scientists to advance computer-based recognition and generation of signed languages; Development of multimedia tools to facilitate access to and analysis of primary data for sign language research.
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