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• Towards understanding nonmanuality : A semiotic treatment of signers’ head movements 

  Puupponen, Anna (Ubiquity Press Ltd., 2019)

  This article discusses a certain type of nonmanual action, signers’ head movements, from a semiotic perspective. It presents a typology of head movements and their iconic, indexical and symbolic features based on Peircean ...

• Taking non-manuality into account in collecting and analyzing Finnish Sign Language video data 

  Puupponen, Anna; Jantunen, Tommi; Takkinen, Ritva; Wainio, Tuija; Pippuri, Outi (European Language Resources Association (LREC), 2014)

  This paper describes our attention to research into non-manuals when collecting a large body of video data in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). We will first of all give an overview of the data-collecting process and of the ...

• Moved by English : incorporating movement into English as foreign language lessons - a material package 

  Kontkanen, Anna-Reetta (2019)

  Tutkimus osoittaa fyysisen aktiivisuuden, erityisesti yhdistettynä opetukseen, vaikuttavan oppimiseen positiivisesti. Muokkaamalla aivojen toimintaa ja rakennetta liikunta vaikuttaa positiivisesti moniin tärkeisiin ...

• Task-Modulated Corticocortical Synchrony in the Cognitive-Motor Network Supporting Handwriting 

  Saarinen, Timo; Kujala, Jan; Laaksonen, Hannu; Jalava, Antti; Salmelin, Riitta (Oxford University Press, 2020)

  Both motor and cognitive aspects of behavior depend on dynamic, accurately timed neural processes in large-scale brain networks. Here, we studied synchronous interplay between cortical regions during production of ...

• The power of language policy : the legal recognition of sign languages and the aspirations of deaf communities 

  De Meulder, Maartje (University of Jyväskylä, 2016)

  This thesis explores Sign Language Peoples’ aspirations for the legal recognition of sign languages, with specific focus on Finland and Scotland. It highlights the timely need to strengthen (in practice) and scrutinize ...