I am thrilled to be a co-author on the paper "Kinematics of Negative Headshake in Seven Sign Languages"! 🎉

A big thank you to my colleague Vadim Kimmelman for the fantastic collaboration! 🙌
doi.org/10.1162/OPMI...

#SignLanguages #Linguistics #ComputerVision #Negation #Headshake

#ScopeConfusion: The model nails the simple case, then loses the sign under #negation or nesting. 'Is A hotter than B?' — correct. 'Is it not the case that B is hotter than A?' — now it's juggling #TwoInversions and drops one. Too many places for the sign to flip.

2/3 The conference builds on debates questioning the relational turn in island studies.
Are relational ontologies becoming overly productivist — rendering islands and islanders too available? We seek sharp, discussable interventions. #opacity #negation #fugitivty #nonrelation …