In the DGS-Korpus project the lexicographic descriptions of signs are based on the available data of the DGS-Korpus, a reference corpus of German Sign Language (DGS). As this corpus is limited in size, number of informants recorded and topics included it is in some cases helpful to obtain additional information from the larger sign language community via an online voting system. This is done using the DGS-Feedback System, a tool especially designed for online surveys conducted using a sign language. With this tool further information on e.g. sign forms and meanings and their use and regional distribution has been elicited. Data from the DGS-Feedback is used in several ways during the lexicographic process of preparing dictionary entries to supplement data from the corpus. In the following the consideration of the data from the DGS-Feedback in relation to the corpus data in decision-making, analysis and lexicographic description is explained and discussed by way of examples.
@InProceedings{WAEHL18.18025, author = {Sabrina Waehl ,Gabriele Langer and Anke Mueller}, title = {Hand in Hand - Using Data from an Online Survey System to Support Lexicographic Work}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 2018)}, year = {2018}, month = {may}, date = {7-12}, location = {Miyazaki, Japan}, editor = {Mayumi Bono and Eleni Efthimiou and
Stavroula-Evita Fotinea and Thomas Hanke and
Julie Hochgesang and Jette Kristoffersen and
Johanna Mesch and Yutaka Osugi}, publisher = {European Language Resources Association (ELRA)}, address = {Paris, France}, isbn = {979-10-95546-01-6}, language = {english} }
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