PURPOSE There are well-established guidelines for the recording, transcription, and analysis of spontaneous oral language samples by researchers, educators, and speech pathologists. In contrast, there is presently no consensus regarding methods for the written documentation of sign language samples. The Handshape Analysis Recording Tool (HART) is an innovative method for documenting and analyzing word level samples of signed languages in real time. Fluent sign language users can document the expressive sign productions of children to gather data on sign use and accuracy. METHOD The HART was developed to document children's productions in Australian Sign Language (Auslan) in a bilingual-bicultural educational program for the Deaf in Australia. This written method was piloted with a group of fluent signing Deaf educational staff in 2014-2016, then used in 2022-2023 with a group of fluent signing professionals to examine inter- and intrarater reliability when coding parameters of sign accuracy. RESULTS Interrater reliability measured by Gwet's Agreement Coefficient, was "good" to "very good" across the four phonological parameters that are components of every sign: location, movement, handshape, and orientation. CONCLUSIONS The findings of this study indicate that the HART can be a reliable tool for coding the accuracy of location, orientation, movement, and handshape parameters of Auslan phonology when used by professionals fluent in Auslan. The HART can be utilized with any sign language to gather word level sign language samples in a written form and document the phonological accuracy of signed productions.

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记录学校手语作品的新方法。


目的 研究人员、教育工作者和言语病理学家对自发口语样本的记录、转录和分析有完善的指南。相比之下，目前关于手语样本的书面记录方法尚未达成共识。手形分析记录工具 (HART) 是一种实时记录和分析手语词级样本的创新方法。流利的手语用户可以记录儿童富有表现力的手语制作，以收集有关手语使用和准确性的数据。方法 HART 的开发目的是记录澳大利亚聋人双语双文化教育项目中用澳大利亚手语 (Auslan) 制作的儿童作品。这种书面方法于 2014 年至 2016 年由一组手语流利的聋人教育人员进行了试点，然后在 2022 年至 2023 年与一组手语流利的专业人士一起使用，以在编码手语准确性参数时检查评估者之间和评估者内部的可靠性。结果 通过 Gwet 一致性系数衡量，评估者间的可靠性在四个语音参数（位置、动作、手形和方向）上从“好”到“非常好”不等，这四个语音参数是每个手势的组成部分。结论 本研究的结果表明，当精通 Auslan 的专业人士使用时，HART 可以成为对 Auslan 音韵学的位置、方向、运动和手形参数的准确性进行编码的可靠工具。 HART 可与任何手语一起使用，以书面形式收集单词级手语样本并记录签名作品的语音准确性。