Phonetic differences between affirmative and feedback head nods in German Sign Language (DGS): A pose estimation study.

ABSTRACT: This study investigates head nods in natural dyadic German Sign Language (DGS) interaction, with the aim of finding whether head nods serving different functions vary in their phonetic characteristics. Earlier research on spoken and sign language interaction has revealed that head nods vary in the form of the movement. However, most claims about the phonetic properties of head nods have been based on manual annotation without reference to naturalistic text types and the head nods produced by the addressee have been largely ignored. There is a lack of detailed information about the phonetic properties of the addressee's head nods and their interaction with manual cues in DGS as well as in other sign languages, and the existence of a form-function relationship of head nods remains uncertain.

SUBMITTER: Bauer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11139280 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature