Feli Otte

(abandoned acc)
linguistics and language enthusiast;
phd student at the DGS-Korpus-Projekt (@DgsKorpus) in Hamburg;
hearing
Mastodon: @[email protected]

[Joseph Murray @drjosephjmurray]

Saddened to learn of Jon Henner’s passing. @jmhenner

He was ready to say things that needed to be said.

This was one of his favorite gifs and I think it can symbolize how we are now called upon to take his work further.

My condolences to Jon’s family and colleagues.

[Feli Otte @FOtte6]

Thank you for taking the time to translate the press release! Here's a link to our dictionary if anyone is curious: https://t.co/IYQbtZlgwS

[Christian Rathmann @crathmann]

Congratulations! "The Institution Award German Language 2023 goes to the Digital Dictionary of German Sign Language (DW-DGS), which is a project of the Academy of Sciences at the Institute for German Sign Language and Communication of the Deaf at the University of Hamburg. The project is dedicated to documenting and researching German Sign Language (DGS), collecting sign language texts from deaf people and making them available to the public. Based on this representative data, a digital dictionary is being created that reflects the everyday language of deaf people throughout Germany. This also makes it visible that DGS differs from region to region. The dictionary builds a bridge between DGS and the German language and makes it accessible to everyone. The jury was impressed not least by the differentiated and lively presentation and analysis of the numerous signs and their meanings."

[Christian Rathmann @crathmann]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! "Der Institutionpreis Deutsche Sprache 2023 geht an das Digitale Wörterbuch Deutsche Gebärdensprache (DW-DGS), das als Projekt der Akademie der Wissenschaften am Institut für Deutsche Gebärdensprache und Kommunikation Gehörloser an der Universität Hamburg angesiedelt ist. Das Projekt widmet sich der Dokumentation und Erforschung der Deutschen Gebärdensprache (DGS), sammelt gebärdensprachliche Texte von tauben Menschen und stellt diese der Öffentlichkeit zur Verfügung. Auf Grundlage dieser repräsentativen Daten entsteht ein digitales Wörterbuch, das die Alltagssprache der tauben Menschen in ganz Deutschland widerspiegelt. So wird auch sichtbar gemacht, dass sich die DGS von Region zu Region unterscheidet. Mit dem Wörterbuch wird eine Brücke zwischen DGS und der deutschen Sprache geschlagen und allen zugänglich gemacht. Der Jury imponierten nicht zuletzt die differenzierte und lebendige Darstellung und Analyse der zahlreichen Gebärden und ihrer Bedeutungen."

[Feli Otte @FOtte6]

@AdamCSchembri The more marked the description is, i.e. the more adjectives the person gets, the further they are from the perceived norm. Really made it click for me why some people are so scared of gaining some adjectives when it really shouldn't make any difference. /3

[Feli Otte @FOtte6]

@AdamCSchembri The unmarked descriptions are short because the person described fits the societal norm, e.g. the descriptor "man". The marked description is longer e.g. "black disabled trans man". /2

[Feli Otte @FOtte6]

Could numeral incorporation in DGS be the result of grammaticalization? Me and my colleagues @DgsKorpus investigated and our conclusion is... probably not 😅 But we did find signs of ongoing language change and made other interesting observations!
👇 https://t.co/wluvZpTciX

[DDGS-Uni Köln @DDGSUniKoeln]

Dozent*in für Deutsche Gebärdensprache (DGS) und Deaf Studies gesucht

=> https://t.co/dNfpNjkvW0

#dgs #deafstudies #deutschegebaerdensprache #ddgs #unikoeln

[Stefan Hartmann @hartmast]

We're looking for sign language interpreters for @iclc16 in Düsseldorf, preferably BSL or ASL. If you have any recommendations or advice, please do let me know (either here or via DM or email), any help would be much appreciated

[Feli Otte @FOtte6]

@MarahJaraisy The first ingredient is 425 grams of chickpeas, isn't it? But someone else commented the same thing on her post so... there must be something about how it's included that makes people overlook it 😅
(Or am I missing something here?)

[Universität Hamburg @unihh]

Gebärdensprachen haben gegenüber Lautsprachen einige Besonderheiten. Damit beschäftigen sich zwei Forschungsprojekte an der Uni Hamburg. Sie werden nun von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (@dfg_public) gefördert: https://t.co/OOnwn3w5Z0

[Feli Otte @FOtte6]

@SimonJGreenhill @AdamCSchembri @ProjektInel One of your corpora maybe? I'm thinking of Kamas with (by now) zero speakers and nine speakers in the corpus for example. I don't remember how many words it has though...

[Feli Otte @FOtte6]

@JanikaThies @hlutzenberger @AdamCSchembri @CorneliaLoos12 @SabrinaWaehl @ElenaJahn @saschwarzenberg @stellavonrandow @AnniSchiefner @crathmann Search is over! I already DM'd Adam. If anyone is interested, we presented our study at Grammar and Corpora last year and will hopefully publish a paper on it sometime this year 😊

[Adam Schembri @AdamCSchembri]

Together with @SabinaFontana6 and @olgacapirci who hosted Sign CAFÉ 2 in Italy, we are starting the planning process for Sign CAFÉ 3: The third in a series of international workshops on cognitive and functional explorations in signed language linguistics 1/5 #SignCAFE

[Miniatur Wunderland @MiWuLa]

Freier Eintritt ins Miniatur Wunderland für alle, die es sich ansonsten nicht leisten können an ausgewählten Terminen im Januar. Bitte helft uns, möglichst viele Menschen zu erreichen! https://t.co/RXTNv8u9Em #wunderland #miwula

[Feli Otte @FOtte6]

@ozyurek_a Because these words come from words that were pronounced with a k in Proto-Germanic! Many of the English kn- words are still pronounced with a k in German. knight = Knecht, knee = Knie and while knickknack isn't a word, knicken and knacken both are. All are pronounced with the k!