ASL-LEX
ASL-LEX is a lexical database that provides information about thousands of signs in ASL. It includes details on how frequently each sign is used, how complex it is, and even how iconic it is (how closely the sign’s form matches its meaning). ASL-LEX helps students, researchers, and anyone interested in ASL to better understand the structure of the language and its vocabulary. This tool makes it easy to explore and learn more about the ASL lexicon.
The Team
ASL-LEX is a collaboration with the Cognition, Language and Plasticity Lab at Chapman University, the Laboratory for Language and Cognitive Neuroscience at San Diego State University, and the Psycholinguistics and Linguistics Lab at Tufts University.
ISL-LEX: Israel
LSE-LEX: Spain (coming soon)
DGS-LEX: Germany (coming soon)
SIGN-LEX
The SIGN-LEX visualization platform is an interactive tool for exploring sign language. Signs are grouped by visual similarity, connected by lines, and highlighted with colors. You can watch videos of each sign, view their meanings, and search for specific features. Developed by the ASL-LEX team and SAIL at the Hariri Institute for Computing at Boston University, the platform won the Vizzies award from NSF and Popular Science. The code is open-source and available on GitHub. It has been used with databases for other signs languages around the world.