Victoria Nyst
Biographic Data
| ID | 1680250 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victoria Nyst |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victoria |
| FAMILY NAME | Nyst |
| SIGNATURE | NYST V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4671-5349 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘A Young Virgin of Great Hopes’
This article seeks to reconstruct the life and agency of prelingually deaf Hester Koolaart (1683-1737) of Haarlem. In the literature, she is chiefly remembered as the star pupil of the early deaf educator Johann Conrad Ammann (1669-1724), leading to her objectification as a destination for scientific tourism. Beyond this, we know little about her life. By reading eyewitness accounts of scientists ‘against the grain’ and examining poems, letters, …
The Relationship Between Community Size and Iconicity in Sign Languages
Communication is harder in larger communities. Past research shows that this leads larger communities to create languages that are easier to learn and use. In particular, previous research suggests that spoken languages that are used by larger communities are more sound symbolic than spoken languages used by smaller communities, presumably, because sound symbolism facilitates language acquisition and use. This study tests whether the same princip…
Mother left, Father right
Studies of diachronic change in sign languages are only available for a small number of sign languages, in part due to the scarcity of historical resources for sign languages. This article presents the first study of diachronic change in Nederlandse Gebarentaal ‘Dutch Sign Language’ (NGT) and Vlaamse Gebarentaal ‘Flemish Sign Language’ (VGT). It looks at the impact of an artificial sign system on the lexicons of the Gestel variant of NGT and the …
Object and handling handshapes in 11 sign languages
This article looks at cross-linguistic variation in lexical iconicity, addressing the question of to what extent and how this variation is patterned. More than in spoken languages, iconicity is highly frequent in the lexicons of sign languages. It is also highly complex, in that often multiple motivated components jointly shape an iconic lexeme. Recent typological research on spoken languages finds tentative iconic patterning in a large number of…
The impact of cross-linguistic variation in gesture on sign language phonology and morphology
A considerable body of literature points at parallels between gestural elements and sign language structures. This raises the question to what extent variation in gesture environment may lead to related variation across sign languages, or, mutatis mutandis , to what extent similarities in gesture environment may lead to similarities across (otherwise unrelated) sign languages. This article will address that question by reviewing a series of studi…
Hereditary Deafness in a Former Fishing Village on the Dutch Coast
In communities with an increased prevalence of hereditary deafness, social, and linguistic adaptations are found in response. Aulbers (1959) describes a high prevalence of deafness in a fishing village on the Dutch coast: Katwijk aan Zee. This article aims to assess the current prevalence of deafness in Katwijk, as well as the current sign language situation there. To this end, data were collected from various sources, including governmental stud…
The depiction of size and shape in gestures accompanying object descriptions in Anyi (Côte d’Ivoire) and in Dutch (The Netherlands)
A comparison of size gestures made during object descriptions by Anyi speakers from the Ivory Coast and Dutch speakers in the Netherlands reveals considerable formational differences. Firstly, whereas all Anyi speakers make use of body parts to depict size and shape, none of the Dutch speakers do. Secondly, Dutch gestures outlining a size and shape in space are more varied than their Anyi counterparts in the number and distribution of the differe…
Size and shape depictions in the manual modality
This paper presents a model of size and shape depiction in the manual modality, based on a micro-level analysis of the lexicon of Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana). The model combines strong elements of previous models, such as a dyadic labeling system separating form and meaning as suggested in
Towards a User-Friendly Tool for Automated Sign Annotation
The annotation process of sign language corpora in terms of glosses, is a highly labor-intensive task, but a condition for a reliable quantitative analysis. During the annotation process the researcher typically defines the precise time slot in which a sign occurs and then enters the appropriate gloss for the sign. The aim of this project is to develop a set of tools to assist the annotation of the signs and their formal features in a video irres…
The depiction of size and shape in gestures accompanying object descriptions in Anyi (Côte d’Ivoire) and in Dutch (The Netherlands)
A comparison of size gestures made during object descriptions by Anyi speakers from the Ivory Coast and Dutch speakers in the Netherlands reveals considerable formational differences. Firstly, whereas all Anyi speakers make use of body parts to depict size and shape, none of the Dutch speakers do. Secondly, Dutch gestures outlining a size and shape in space are more varied than their Anyi counterparts in the number and distribution of the differe…
The impact of cross-linguistic variation in gesture on sign language phonology and morphology
A considerable body of literature points at parallels between gestural elements and sign language structures. This raises the question to what extent variation in gesture environment may lead to related variation across sign languages, or, mutatis mutandis , to what extent similarities in gesture environment may lead to similarities across (otherwise unrelated) sign languages. This article will address that question by reviewing a series of studi…
Hereditary Deafness in a Former Fishing Village on the Dutch Coast
In communities with an increased prevalence of hereditary deafness, social, and linguistic adaptations are found in response. Aulbers (1959) describes a high prevalence of deafness in a fishing village on the Dutch coast: Katwijk aan Zee. This article aims to assess the current prevalence of deafness in Katwijk, as well as the current sign language situation there. To this end, data were collected from various sources, including governmental stud…
The depiction of size and shape in gestures accompanying object descriptions in Anyi (Côte d’Ivoire) and in Dutch (The Netherlands)
A comparison of size gestures made during object descriptions by Anyi speakers from the Ivory Coast and Dutch speakers in the Netherlands reveals considerable formational differences. Firstly, whereas all Anyi speakers make use of body parts to depict size and shape, none of the Dutch speakers do. Secondly, Dutch gestures outlining a size and shape in space are more varied than their Anyi counterparts in the number and distribution of the differe…
Size and shape depictions in the manual modality
This paper presents a model of size and shape depiction in the manual modality, based on a micro-level analysis of the lexicon of Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana). The model combines strong elements of previous models, such as a dyadic labeling system separating form and meaning as suggested in
The impact of cross-linguistic variation in gesture on sign language phonology and morphology
A considerable body of literature points at parallels between gestural elements and sign language structures. This raises the question to what extent variation in gesture environment may lead to related variation across sign languages, or, mutatis mutandis , to what extent similarities in gesture environment may lead to similarities across (otherwise unrelated) sign languages. This article will address that question by reviewing a series of studi…
Object and handling handshapes in 11 sign languages
This article looks at cross-linguistic variation in lexical iconicity, addressing the question of to what extent and how this variation is patterned. More than in spoken languages, iconicity is highly frequent in the lexicons of sign languages. It is also highly complex, in that often multiple motivated components jointly shape an iconic lexeme. Recent typological research on spoken languages finds tentative iconic patterning in a large number of…
Mother left, Father right
Studies of diachronic change in sign languages are only available for a small number of sign languages, in part due to the scarcity of historical resources for sign languages. This article presents the first study of diachronic change in Nederlandse Gebarentaal ‘Dutch Sign Language’ (NGT) and Vlaamse Gebarentaal ‘Flemish Sign Language’ (VGT). It looks at the impact of an artificial sign system on the lexicons of the Gestel variant of NGT and the …
The Relationship Between Community Size and Iconicity in Sign Languages
Communication is harder in larger communities. Past research shows that this leads larger communities to create languages that are easier to learn and use. In particular, previous research suggests that spoken languages that are used by larger communities are more sound symbolic than spoken languages used by smaller communities, presumably, because sound symbolism facilitates language acquisition and use. This study tests whether the same princip…
‘A Young Virgin of Great Hopes’
This article seeks to reconstruct the life and agency of prelingually deaf Hester Koolaart (1683-1737) of Haarlem. In the literature, she is chiefly remembered as the star pupil of the early deaf educator Johann Conrad Ammann (1669-1724), leading to her objectification as a destination for scientific tourism. Beyond this, we know little about her life. By reading eyewitness accounts of scientists ‘against the grain’ and examining poems, letters, …
Towards a User-Friendly Tool for Automated Sign Annotation
The annotation process of sign language corpora in terms of glosses, is a highly labor-intensive task, but a condition for a reliable quantitative analysis. During the annotation process the researcher typically defines the precise time slot in which a sign occurs and then enters the appropriate gloss for the sign. The aim of this project is to develop a set of tools to assist the annotation of the signs and their formal features in a video irres…
Hearing Impairment and Communication (8 works) · Sign language (8 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)