Signed language lexicography and the Auslan dictionaries in print and online
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Trevor Johnston
Abstract
In this chapter I describe the Auslan (Australian Sign Language) dictionaries and the lexical database they are based on. Since the 1980s, this database has migrated over multiple software platforms as the types of data that could be contained in newer databases (text, graphics, video) improved and increased, enabling the dictionaries to appear in three formats: print, multimedia (CD-ROM), and online. I describe the lexicography underlying these Auslan dictionaries, the lexicology that determines which signs are included, and the types and contents of the data fields used in the database, and how the data is displayed in each edition. I then describe how the entries in the online edition are hyperlinked to attested examples in a corpus of Auslan. I conclude by discussing how the architecture of Auslan Signbank could accommodate data from any signed language and how this can then be used to conduct cross-linguistic investigations of signed language lexicology and phonology.
Abstract
In this chapter I describe the Auslan (Australian Sign Language) dictionaries and the lexical database they are based on. Since the 1980s, this database has migrated over multiple software platforms as the types of data that could be contained in newer databases (text, graphics, video) improved and increased, enabling the dictionaries to appear in three formats: print, multimedia (CD-ROM), and online. I describe the lexicography underlying these Auslan dictionaries, the lexicology that determines which signs are included, and the types and contents of the data fields used in the database, and how the data is displayed in each edition. I then describe how the entries in the online edition are hyperlinked to attested examples in a corpus of Auslan. I conclude by discussing how the architecture of Auslan Signbank could accommodate data from any signed language and how this can then be used to conduct cross-linguistic investigations of signed language lexicology and phonology.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents/Inhalt V
- Zur Bedeutsamkeit der Lexikographie: Europa und Australien 7
- Regarding the Significance of Lexicography: Europe and Australia 1
- Australian lexicography and the Australian story: Historical perspectives and the current scene 15
- Warum brauchen wir historische Lexikographie? 31
- Zur Berechtigung historischer Lexikographie: Fakten und Überlegungen 53
- Signed language lexicography and the Auslan dictionaries in print and online 83
- Terminology from a lexicographic perspective 115
- Online terminography for Indigenous Australians 133
- The AIATSIS Dictionaries Program: Supporting the strengthening of Australian Indigenous Languages 157
- Encyclopaedic lexicography: The Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary 189
- Behind the lingo – slang and the dictionary 209
- People, machines and dictionaries: Is artificial intelligence killing dictionaries? 235
- Profilex: Kognitive Leistungen des Lexikographen und die Qualität im Wörterbuchartikel 259
- Dialektwörterbücher als Wörterbücher der Zukunft 273
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents/Inhalt V
- Zur Bedeutsamkeit der Lexikographie: Europa und Australien 7
- Regarding the Significance of Lexicography: Europe and Australia 1
- Australian lexicography and the Australian story: Historical perspectives and the current scene 15
- Warum brauchen wir historische Lexikographie? 31
- Zur Berechtigung historischer Lexikographie: Fakten und Überlegungen 53
- Signed language lexicography and the Auslan dictionaries in print and online 83
- Terminology from a lexicographic perspective 115
- Online terminography for Indigenous Australians 133
- The AIATSIS Dictionaries Program: Supporting the strengthening of Australian Indigenous Languages 157
- Encyclopaedic lexicography: The Warlpiri Encyclopaedic Dictionary 189
- Behind the lingo – slang and the dictionary 209
- People, machines and dictionaries: Is artificial intelligence killing dictionaries? 235
- Profilex: Kognitive Leistungen des Lexikographen und die Qualität im Wörterbuchartikel 259
- Dialektwörterbücher als Wörterbücher der Zukunft 273
