Victoria Nyst
Universitair hoofddocent
- Naam
- Dr. V.A.S. Nyst
- Telefoon
- 071 5272208
- v.a.s.nyst@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4671-5349
Victoria Nyst is universitair hoofddocent gebarentaalwetenschap. Haar onderzoek richt zich op historische gebarentaalstudies, documentatie en beschrijving van gebarentaal, gebarentaaltechnologie, lexicografie, linguïstische iconiciteit en de interface tussen gebaren en gebarentaal. Ze is verbonden aan het Leiden University Center for Linguistics (LUCL) en het Afrika Studies Centrum Leiden (ASCL).
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Universitair hoofddocent
- Afrika-Studiecentrum
- Afrika-Studiecentrum hoogleraren/onderzoekers
Universitair Hoofddocent
- Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen
- Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
- Lev-Ari S., Stamp R., Vos C. de , Yano U., Nyst V.A.S. & Emmorey K. (2025), The relationship between community size and iconicity in sign languages, Cognitive Science 49(6): 1-27 (e70074).
- Shterionov D., De Sisto M., Vanroy B., Vandeghinste V., Nyst V.A.S., Vermeerbergen M., Roelofsen F., Lepp L. & Strasly I. (red.) (2025), Proceedings of the third international workshop on Automatic Translation for Signed and Spoken Languages (AT4SSL). Geneva: European Association for Machine Translation.
- Fragkiadakis M., Nyst V.A.S. & Putten P.W.H. van der (2021), Towards a user-friendly tool for automated sign annotation: identification and annotation of time slots, number of hands, and handshape, Digital Humanities Quarterly 15(1): .
- Fragkiadakis M., Nyst V.A.S. & Nyarco M. (2021), Ghanaian Sign Language Lexicon. [dataset].
- Nyst V.A.S. (2020), Sign languages in Africa. In: Vossen R. (red.), Handbook of African languages. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Wal G.J. van der, Smits H.J., Petrollino S., Nyst V.A.S. & Kossmann M.G. (red.) (2020), Essays on African languages and linguistics : in honour of Maarten Mous. ASC occasional publication nr. 41. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL).
- Fragkiadakis M., Nyst V.A.S. & Putten P.W.H. van der (2020), Signing as input for a dictionary query: matching signs based on joint positions of the dominant hand, Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages. The 12th Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC) 2020 11 mei 2020 - 16 mei 2020. Marseille: European Language Resources Association (ELRA). 69-74.
- Nyst V.A.S. & Smits H.J. (2020), Equal addenda numerals in Kordofanian: Lumun gesture number words and gestures. In: Wal G.J. van der, Smits H.J., Petrollino S., Nyst V.A.S. & Kossmann M.G. (red.), Essays on African languages and linguistics in honour of Maarten Mous. Leiden: Africa studies Center Leiden. 335-353.
- Nyst V.A.S. (2019), The impact of cross-linguistic variation in gesture on sign language phonology and morphology: The case of size and shape specifiers, Gesture 18(2-3): 343 - 369.
- Nyst V.A.S. (2018), Cross-linguistic variation in space-based distance for size depiction in the lexicons of six sign languages, Sign Language & Linguistics 21(2): 350-379.
- Nyst V.A.S. (2018), Cross-linguistic variation in space-based distance for size depiction in the lexicons of six sign languages, Sign Language & Linguistics 21(2): 350-379.
- Nyst V.A.S. & Tano A.J.J. (2018), Comparing body-part size and shape constructions in village sign languages with co-speech gesture, Sign Language Studies 18(4): 517-545.
- Vos C. de & Nyst V.A.S. (2018), The Time Depth and Typology of Rural Sign Languages, Sign Language Studies 18(4): 477-487.
- Nyst V.A.S. (2016), Hereditary Deafness in a Former Fishing Village on the Dutch Coast, Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 21(1): 94-103.
- Nyst V. (2016), The depiction of size and shape in iconic gestures accompanying object descriptions in Anyi (Côte d’Ivoire) and in Dutch (The Netherlands), Gesture : .
- Nyst V. (2016), Size and shape depictions in the manual modality: a taxonomy of iconic devices in Adamorobe Sign Language, Semiotica : .
- Nyst V.A.S. (2015), Sign language fieldwork. In: Orfanidou E., Woll B. & Morgan G. (red.), Research methods in sign language studies: a practical guide. Malden: Wiley Blackwell. 107-122.
- Nyst V.A.S. (2015), The Sign Language Situation in Mali, Sign Language Studies 15(2): 126-150.
- Nyst V.A.S. (2014), The significance of African sign languages for African linguistics and sign language studies. Orie O.O. & Sanders K.W. (red.), Selected proceedings of the 43rd annual conference on African Linguistics: Linguistic interfaces in African languages. Annual Conference on African Linguistics. Somerville MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project. 77-81.
- Brookes H. & Nyst V.A.S. (2014), Gesture in Sub Saharan Africa. In: Müller C., Fricke E., Cienki A. & McNeill D. (red.), Body – language – communication. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
- Nyst V.A.S. (2013), The Significance of African Sign Languages for African Linguistics and Sign Language Studies. In: Orie O.O. & Sanders K.W. (red.), Selected Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference on African Linguistics: Linguistic Interfaces in African Languages. Somerville, MA, USA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project. 77-81.
- Nyst V.A.S. (2013), Sign language fieldwork. In: Orfanidou E., Woll B. & Morgan G. (red.), Research Methods in Sign Language Studies: A Practical Guide. Malden: Wiley Blackwell.
- Nyst V.A.S., Moustapha M.M. & Sylla K. (2012), Deaf signers in the Dogon, a rural area in Mali. In: , Sign languages in village communities: anthropological and linguistic insights. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
- Nyst V.A.S. (2012), Shared sign languages. In: Pfau M., Steinbach M. & Woll B. (red.), Sign language. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 552-574.
- Nyst V.A.S. (2012), A Reference Corpus of Adamorobe Sign Language. A digital, annotated video corpus of the sign language used in the village of Adamorobe, Ghana. [overig].
- Nyst V.A.S., Magassouba M.M. & Sylla K. (2012), Un Corpus de reference de la Langue des Signes Malienne II. A digital, annotated video corpus of local sign language use in the Dogon area of Mali. [overig].
- Nyst V.A.S., Magassouba M.M. & Sylla K. (2011), Un Corpus de Reference de la Langues des Signes Malienne I. A digital, annotated video corpus of the local sign language used in Bamako and Mopti, Mali. [overig].
- Nyst V.A.S. (2010), Sign languages in West Africa. In: Brentari D. (red.), Sign languages - a Cambridge language survey. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Nyst V.A.S. (2009), Pointing out possession in Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana). In: , Possessive constructions in sign languages. Nijmegen: Ishara Press.
- Nyst V.A.S. (2008), Documenting an Endangered Sign Language: Constructing a Corpus of Langue des Signes Malienne (CLaSiMa), Proceedings of the LREC 2008. .
- Nyst V.A.S. (2007), Simultaneous constructions in Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana). In: Vermeerbergen M., Leeson L. & Crasborn O.A. (red.), Simultaneity in signed languages. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: Benjamins.
- Nyst V.A.S. (30 maart 2007), A descriptive analysis of Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana) (Dissertatie, Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, University of Amsterdam) LOT dissertation series. Utrecht: LOT. Promotor(en): Baker A.E., Mous M.P.G.M. & Pfau R.
- Nyst V.A.S. & Baker A.E. (2003), The phonology of name signs: a comparison between the Sign Languages of Uganda, Mali, Adamorobe and The Netherlands. Baker A.E., Bogaerde B. van den & Crasborn O.A. (red.), Cross-linguistic perspectives in sign language research. Selected papers from TISLR 2000. 7th International Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 22 juli 2000 - 27 juli 2000. Hamburg: Signum. 71-80.
- Blench R. & Nyst V.A.S. (30 november 2003), An unreported African sign language in Northeast Nigeria. Ogmios Newsletter.