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Sign language corpora designed for sociolinguistic research

A critical review

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Published online: 6 November 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.23127.sta
Abstract
Sign language corpora are generally under-represented in the field of corpus linguistics. Fortunately, in the last twenty years there has been a steady rise in their creation, following technological advancements in video capture, transcription, and coding. This article presents one of the first systematic reviews of the current state of sign language corpora around the world, with a special focus on monolingual corpora whose main aim is to conduct sociolinguistic investigations. Furthermore, it discusses the challenges faced by sign language linguists in creating visual corpora that are representative and authentic, machine-readable and searchable, and openly available. Forty-nine sign language corpora are described, serving as a fundamental starting point for assessing the field and its continual development.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Sign language corpus linguistics
    • 2.1Representativeness and authenticity
    • 2.2Machine-readability and searchability
    • 2.3Open accessibility
  • 3.The importance of sign language corpora
  • 4.Review methodology
  • 5.The current state of sign language corpora
    • 5.1Elicitation materials
  • 6.What is the future of sign language corpora?
    • 6.1General representativeness of corpora
    • 6.2Sustainability and long-term maintenance
    • 6.3Cross-linguistic corpus-based studies
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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