📰 LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion 2026 — accepted papers

LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion 2026 is the 2026 edition of the LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion, held in Palma, Mallorca (Spain), May 2026 (publisher: European Language Resources Association (ELRA)). The ACL Anthology lists 52 papers of it; our library holds 21 with our summaries. Below: the most cited papers, every accepted paper, and ours with their topics, authors and institutions.

📍 Palma, Mallorca (Spain) · 🗓 May 2026

All accepted papers (52)

The most cited first; 21 with our summary link to their page here, the others to the original.

1. A Comparative Analysis of Traditional and Contemporary Visual Features for Computational Annotation of Irish Sign Language ↗Sarmad Khan, Simon McLoughlin, Irene Murtagh
2. A Pose-Based Pipeline for Annotation of Headshakes in Sign Language Corpora ↗Gustaf Gren, Nikolaus Riemer Kankkonen
3. A Small Model for Big Articulators: Sign Language Detection With a Tiny Machine Learning Model ↗Frederick Chan, Gina-Anne Levow, Qi Cheng
4. A Video-Based Reverse Dictionary for Sign Language Using Gesture SimilarityBatyrbek Orazumbekov, Daniyal Bayanov, Aruzhan Kaltay et al.our summary
5. An Annotation Formalism for a French–LSF Bilingual Corpus Supporting Sign Language Generation ↗Sylvie Gibet, Clément Reverdy, Pierre-François Marteau
6. Assisting Corpus Annotation: Automatic BIO-Tagging of Clause-Like Units in Polish Sign Language. A Pilot Study on Corpus Data ↗Piotr Mostowski, Anna Kuder, Joanna Wójcicka
7. Beyond BLEU: Linguistic Invisibility and Interactional Repair Sequence in End-to-End Sign Language TranslationZirui Wang, Mayumi Bonoour summary
8. CEFR-Based Assessment in Sign Languages: The Case of LSE and Perspectives for LISMaria Grazia Marrocuour summary
9. Capturing Methodology for Generating Synthetic and 3D Training Data in Catalan Sign Language (LSC): The Case of Verbal Agreement ↗Gemma Barberà, Inés Broto Clemente, Xavier Vinaixa Roselló et al.
10. Comparing Computer Vision Instruments for Eye Blink AnalysisMargaux Susman, Carla Miquel Blasco, Jan Bullaour summary
11. Comparison of Low Bitrate Quantizers for Encoding Swedish Sign Language ↗Anna Klezovich, Johanna Mesch, Gustav Eje Henter et al.
12. Continuous Sign Language Recognition using Multimodal Input and Handshape-aware Boundary Detection ↗Mingyu Zhao, Zhanfu Yang, Yang Zhou et al.
13. DGS-BIGEKO: A Dataset for Hypothetical Emergency Scenarios in German Sign Language ↗Cristina Luna Jimenez, Lennart Eing, Daksitha Senel Withanage Don et al.
14. Designing a Data Model for a Diachronic Sign Language Database: A Case Study of Nineteenth-Century Bohemian SourcesLenka Okrouhlíkováour summary
15. Diffusion-Based 3D Sign Language Motion Anonymization: A Feasibility Study on Balancing Identity Confusion and Semantic Preservation ↗Zixuan Dai, Shinji Sako
16. Effect of Data Augmentation with Multi-View Perspectives of Signers on the DGS-Fabeln-1 DatasetFabian Renner, Daksitha Withanage Don, Elisabeth Andre et al.our summary
17. Emotion Recognition in German Sign Language with Facial Action Units ↗Cristina Luna Jimenez, Lennart Eing, Sergio Esteban Romero et al.
18. Evaluation of Pose Estimation Systems for Sign Language Translation ↗Catherine O'Brien, Gerard Sant, Mathias Müller et al.
19. Exploring Aspects of Spontaneous Signing in the DGS Corpus ↗Maria Kopf, Reiner Konrad, Gabriele Langer et al.
20. Extracting Signs from Weakly Aligned Sign Language Corpora: A Study on LSF and LSM ↗Lorena de la Garza, Julie Halbout, Julie Lascar et al.
21. Feature Analysis of MoCap Data for Optimised Sign Language Processing ↗Yves A. Duppen, Mirella De Sisto, Ifigeneia Mavridou et al.
22. Formalising Sign Language Depiction, Characterising Categories and Measuring Iconicity with AZee ↗Michael Filhol, Emmanuella Martinod
23. Generations in the DGS Corpus: Evolving Outreach Activities and Cross-Generational Stories on Social Media in a Long-Term Corpus Project ↗Anike Fiedler, Marc Schulder, Julian Bleicken et al.
24. GeoQuery-LSFB: A French Belgian Sign Language Corpus with Procedural Semantic AnnotationsLiesbet De Vos, Laurence Meurant, Paul Van Eecke et al.our summary
25. Grounding Sign Language Representation Learning in PhonologyToon Vandendriessche, Mathieu De Coster, Joni Dambreour summary

See all 52 papers in LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion 2026 — accepted papers →

📄 Papers with our summary in our library (21)

The most cited first (OpenAlex citations plus our library's).

1. HNS2CF: A Mapping Tool from HamNoSys to SL CatFormLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionLisa Loy, Hope E. Morgan2026 · 1 citation
2. Improving phonological distance measures for signs: the CatFormCompare toolLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionHope E. Morgan, Amy Isard, Anh Dang2026 · 1 citation
3. Leveraging Unannotated Sign Language Data via a Robust Data Augmentation Method for Contrastive Representation LearningLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionAriel Basso Madjoukeng, Pierre Poitier, Belise Edith Kenmogne, et al.2026
4. Perceptual Validation of 3D Pose, Guided Sign Language SynthesisLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionEzekiel Maina, Lilian Wanzare, James Obuhuma2026
5. The Displacement-Velocity Dissociation in Sign Language Learning: Kinematic Signatures of Event Structure in Novice ÖGS SignersLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionEvguenia A. Malaia, Julia Krebs, Eric Harbour, et al.2026
6. CEFR-Based Assessment in Sign Languages: The Case of LSE and Perspectives for LISLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionMaria Grazia Marrocu2026
7. Introducing VISTA-SL: A Multilingual e-Learning Platform for Deaf and Hearing Learners of Sign LanguagesLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionIrene Murtagh, Marc Schulder, Annika Herrmann, et al.2026
8. Designing a Data Model for a Diachronic Sign Language Database: A Case Study of Nineteenth-Century Bohemian SourcesLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionLenka Okrouhlíková2026
9. A Video-Based Reverse Dictionary for Sign Language Using Gesture SimilarityLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionBatyrbek Orazumbekov, Daniyal Bayanov, Aruzhan Kaltay, et al.2026
10. Norwegian Sign Language: Overview of Resources and Experiments with Automatic SignWriting TranscriptionLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionElisabeth Othamar, Yves Scherrer2026
11. Long-Term Sign Language Data Crowdsourcing Through Collaborative LexiconsLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionPierre Poitier, Jérôme Fink, Ariel Basso Madjoukeng, et al.2026
12. Effect of Data Augmentation with Multi-View Perspectives of Signers on the DGS-Fabeln-1 DatasetLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionFabian Renner, Daksitha Withanage Don, Elisabeth Andre, et al.2026
13. Lost in Expression: Diagnosing Systemic Challenges with Non-Manual Generalization in Sign Language Understanding TasksLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionDmitriy Sazonov, Sevgi Z. Gurbuz, Evie A. Malaia2026
14. The SignBeach Dataset of Dutch Sign Language (NGT) signsLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionAnnika Schiefner, Gomèr Otterspeer, Beyza Sümer, et al.2026
15. The Construction of the CORALSE Corpus, Now and Beyond: A Tool for Documenting Spanish Sign LanguageLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionAna Fernández Soneira, María C. Bao-Fente, Rayco H. González-Montesino, et al.2026
16. Comparing Computer Vision Instruments for Eye Blink AnalysisLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionMargaux Susman, Carla Miquel Blasco, Jan Bulla2026
17. Grounding Sign Language Representation Learning in PhonologyLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionToon Vandendriessche, Mathieu De Coster, Joni Dambre2026
18. Towards Integrating Pose Estimation with Neuroimaging for the Analysis of Signed Language Video StimuliLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionSébastien Vandenitte, Doris Hernández, Jarkko Keränen, et al.2026
19. GeoQuery-LSFB: A French Belgian Sign Language Corpus with Procedural Semantic AnnotationsLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionLiesbet De Vos, Laurence Meurant, Paul Van Eecke, et al.2026
20. KWIC view on Constructed Action (CA) and its Collocates in German Sign Language (DGS) – Possibilities and LimitationsLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionSabrina Wähl2026
21. Beyond BLEU: Linguistic Invisibility and Interactional Repair Sequence in End-to-End Sign Language TranslationLREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in MotionZirui Wang, Mayumi Bono2026

🧭 Top topics

Topics of its works in our library, with the number of works on each.

🌍Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP (1)📏Evaluation & benchmarks (1)⏳Historical linguistics & language change (1)French (1)

📚 Fields

💭Psychology (20)🖥️Computer Science (17)🎭Arts and Humanities (13)⚙️Engineering (1)🧠Neuroscience (1)🏥Health Professions (1)

🧑‍🔬 Top authors

Authors with a page who published here most often: their works here, and the citations of those works.

🏛️ Top institutions

Institutions on the bylines of its works here, by the number of works.

🎓University of NamurNamur · Belgium4 works here🎓Universität HamburgHamburg · Germany4 works here🎓University of AlabamaTuscaloosa · United States2 works here🔬Namur Digital InstituteNamur · Belgium2 works here🎓Universidade da CoruñaA Coruña · Spain1 work here🎓Universidad Complutense de MadridMadrid · Spain1 work here🎓Vrije Universiteit BrusselBrussels · Belgium1 work here🎓North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh · United States1 work here🎓Ca' Foscari University of VeniceVenice · Italy1 work here🎓Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelona · Spain1 work here🎓University of AugsburgAugsburg · Germany1 work here🎓Universidad Rey Juan CarlosMadrid · Spain1 work here

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