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# 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

[**52** papers in the proceedings](#all) · [**21** works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/2026/#works) · [**2** citations of these works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/2026/#works)

## 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 ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.25/)**Sarmad Khan, Simon McLoughlin, Irene Murtagh
2. **[A Pose-Based Pipeline for Annotation of Headshakes in Sign Language Corpora ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.21/)**Gustaf Gren, Nikolaus Riemer Kankkonen
3. **[A Small Model for Big Articulators: Sign Language Detection With a Tiny Machine Learning Model ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.8/)**Frederick Chan, Gina-Anne Levow, Qi Cheng
4. **[A Video-Based Reverse Dictionary for Sign Language Using Gesture Similarity](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/orazumbekov-2026-video-based-reverse-dictionary-sign/)**Batyrbek Orazumbekov, Daniyal Bayanov, Aruzhan Kaltay et al.*our summary*
5. **[An Annotation Formalism for a French–LSF Bilingual Corpus Supporting Sign Language Generation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.20/)**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 ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.37/)**Piotr Mostowski, Anna Kuder, Joanna Wójcicka
7. **[Beyond BLEU: Linguistic Invisibility and Interactional Repair Sequence in End-to-End Sign Language Translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2026-beyond-bleu-linguistic-invisibility-interactional/)**Zirui Wang, Mayumi Bono*our summary*
8. **[CEFR-Based Assessment in Sign Languages: The Case of LSE and Perspectives for LIS](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/marrocu-2026-cefr-based-assessment-sign-languages/)**Maria Grazia Marrocu*our summary*
9. **[Capturing Methodology for Generating Synthetic and 3D Training Data in Catalan Sign Language (LSC): The Case of Verbal Agreement ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.1/)**Gemma Barberà, Inés Broto Clemente, Xavier Vinaixa Roselló et al.
10. **[Comparing Computer Vision Instruments for Eye Blink Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/susman-2026-comparing-computer-vision-instruments-eye/)**Margaux Susman, Carla Miquel Blasco, Jan Bulla*our summary*
11. **[Comparison of Low Bitrate Quantizers for Encoding Swedish Sign Language ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.27/)**Anna Klezovich, Johanna Mesch, Gustav Eje Henter et al.
12. **[Continuous Sign Language Recognition using Multimodal Input and Handshape-aware Boundary Detection ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.52/)**Mingyu Zhao, Zhanfu Yang, Yang Zhou et al.
13. **[DGS-BIGEKO: A Dataset for Hypothetical Emergency Scenarios in German Sign Language ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.32/)**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 Sources](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/okrouhlikova-2026-designing-data-model-diachronic-sign/)**Lenka Okrouhlíková*our summary*
15. **[Diffusion-Based 3D Sign Language Motion Anonymization: A Feasibility Study on Balancing Identity Confusion and Semantic Preservation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.10/)**Zixuan Dai, Shinji Sako
16. **[Effect of Data Augmentation with Multi-View Perspectives of Signers on the DGS-Fabeln-1 Dataset](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/renner-2026-effect-data-augmentation-multi-view/)**Fabian Renner, Daksitha Withanage Don, Elisabeth Andre et al.*our summary*
17. **[Emotion Recognition in German Sign Language with Facial Action Units ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.31/)**Cristina Luna Jimenez, Lennart Eing, Sergio Esteban Romero et al.
18. **[Evaluation of Pose Estimation Systems for Sign Language Translation ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.39/)**Catherine O'Brien, Gerard Sant, Mathias Müller et al.
19. **[Exploring Aspects of Spontaneous Signing in the DGS Corpus ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.28/)**Maria Kopf, Reiner Konrad, Gabriele Langer et al.
20. **[Extracting Signs from Weakly Aligned Sign Language Corpora: A Study on LSF and LSM ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.19/)**Lorena de la Garza, Julie Halbout, Julie Lascar et al.
21. **[Feature Analysis of MoCap Data for Optimised Sign Language Processing ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.13/)**Yves A. Duppen, Mirella De Sisto, Ifigeneia Mavridou et al.
22. **[Formalising Sign Language Depiction, Characterising Categories and Measuring Iconicity with AZee ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.18/)**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 ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.17/)**Anike Fiedler, Marc Schulder, Julian Bleicken et al.
24. **[GeoQuery-LSFB: A French Belgian Sign Language Corpus with Procedural Semantic Annotations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/vos-2026-geoquery-lsfb-french-belgian-sign/)**Liesbet De Vos, Laurence Meurant, Paul Van Eecke et al.*our summary*
25. **[Grounding Sign Language Representation Learning in Phonology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/vandendriessche-2026-grounding-sign-language-representation-learning/)**Toon Vandendriessche, Mathieu De Coster, Joni Dambre*our summary*

[See all 52 papers in LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion 2026 — accepted papers →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/2026/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 CatForm](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/loy-2026-hns2cf-mapping-tool-hamnosys-sl/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Lisa Loy, Hope E. Morgan*2026 · 1 citation*
2. **[Improving phonological distance measures for signs: the CatFormCompare tool](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/morgan-2026-improving-phonological-distance-measures-signs/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Hope E. Morgan, Amy Isard, Anh Dang*2026 · 1 citation*
3. **[Leveraging Unannotated Sign Language Data via a Robust Data Augmentation Method for Contrastive Representation Learning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/madjoukeng-2026-leveraging-unannotated-sign-language-data/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Ariel Basso Madjoukeng, Pierre Poitier, Belise Edith Kenmogne, et al.*2026*
4. **[Perceptual Validation of 3D Pose, Guided Sign Language Synthesis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/maina-2026-perceptual-validation-3d-pose-guided/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Ezekiel Maina, Lilian Wanzare, James Obuhuma*2026*
5. **[The Displacement-Velocity Dissociation in Sign Language Learning: Kinematic Signatures of Event Structure in Novice ÖGS Signers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/malaia-2026-displacement-velocity-dissociation-sign-language/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Evguenia A. Malaia, Julia Krebs, Eric Harbour, et al.*2026*
6. **[CEFR-Based Assessment in Sign Languages: The Case of LSE and Perspectives for LIS](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/marrocu-2026-cefr-based-assessment-sign-languages/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Maria Grazia Marrocu*2026*
7. **[Introducing VISTA-SL: A Multilingual e-Learning Platform for Deaf and Hearing Learners of Sign Languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/murtagh-2026-introducing-vista-sl-multilingual-e/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Irene 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 Sources](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/okrouhlikova-2026-designing-data-model-diachronic-sign/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Lenka Okrouhlíková*2026*
9. **[A Video-Based Reverse Dictionary for Sign Language Using Gesture Similarity](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/orazumbekov-2026-video-based-reverse-dictionary-sign/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Batyrbek Orazumbekov, Daniyal Bayanov, Aruzhan Kaltay, et al.*2026*
10. **[Norwegian Sign Language: Overview of Resources and Experiments with Automatic SignWriting Transcription](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/othamar-2026-norwegian-sign-language-overview-resources/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Elisabeth Othamar, Yves Scherrer*2026*
11. **[Long-Term Sign Language Data Crowdsourcing Through Collaborative Lexicons](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/poitier-2026-long-term-sign-language-data/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Pierre 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 Dataset](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/renner-2026-effect-data-augmentation-multi-view/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Fabian Renner, Daksitha Withanage Don, Elisabeth Andre, et al.*2026*
13. **[Lost in Expression: Diagnosing Systemic Challenges with Non-Manual Generalization in Sign Language Understanding Tasks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sazonov-2026-lost-expression-diagnosing-systemic-challenges/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Dmitriy Sazonov, Sevgi Z. Gurbuz, Evie A. Malaia*2026*
14. **[The SignBeach Dataset of Dutch Sign Language (NGT) signs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/schiefner-2026-signbeach-dataset-dutch-sign-language/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Annika Schiefner, Gomèr Otterspeer, Beyza Sümer, et al.*2026*
15. **[The Construction of the CORALSE Corpus, Now and Beyond: A Tool for Documenting Spanish Sign Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/soneira-2026-construction-coralse-corpus-now-beyond/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Ana Fernández Soneira, María C. Bao-Fente, Rayco H. González-Montesino, et al.*2026*
16. **[Comparing Computer Vision Instruments for Eye Blink Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/susman-2026-comparing-computer-vision-instruments-eye/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Margaux Susman, Carla Miquel Blasco, Jan Bulla*2026*
17. **[Grounding Sign Language Representation Learning in Phonology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/vandendriessche-2026-grounding-sign-language-representation-learning/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Toon Vandendriessche, Mathieu De Coster, Joni Dambre*2026*
18. **[Towards Integrating Pose Estimation with Neuroimaging for the Analysis of Signed Language Video Stimuli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/vandenitte-2026-integrating-pose-estimation-neuroimaging-analysis/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Sébastien Vandenitte, Doris Hernández, Jarkko Keränen, et al.*2026*
19. **[GeoQuery-LSFB: A French Belgian Sign Language Corpus with Procedural Semantic Annotations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/vos-2026-geoquery-lsfb-french-belgian-sign/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Liesbet 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 Limitations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wahl-2026-kwic-view-constructed-action-ca/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Sabrina Wähl*2026*
21. **[Beyond BLEU: Linguistic Invisibility and Interactional Repair Sequence in End-to-End Sign Language Translation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2026-beyond-bleu-linguistic-invisibility-interactional/) [LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/signlang/)**Zirui Wang, Mayumi Bono*2026*

## Top topics

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

[Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) · [Evaluation & benchmarks (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Historical linguistics & language change (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-change/) · [French (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/french/)

## Fields

[Psychology (20)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Computer Science (17)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Arts and Humanities (13)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Engineering (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/engineering/) · [Neuroscience (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/) · [Health Professions (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/health-professions/)

## Top authors

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

[🧑‍🔬**Hope E. Morgan**2 works here · 2 citations](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hope-e-morgan/) · [🧑‍🔬**Adelaide Couplet**2 works here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/adelaide-couplet/) · [🧑‍🔬**Ariel Basso Madjoukeng**2 works here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/ariel-basso-madjoukeng/) · [🧑‍🔬**Margaux Leleu**2 works here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/margaux-leleu/) · [🧑‍🔬**Pierre Poitier**2 works here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pierre-poitier/) · [🧑‍🔬**Amy Isard**1 work here · 1 citation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/amy-isard/) · [🧑‍🔬**Cristina Luna Jimenez**1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cristina-luna-jimenez/) · [🧑‍🔬**Elisabeth Andre**1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elisabeth-andre/) · [🧑‍🔬**Joni Dambre**1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joni-dambre/) · [🧑‍🔬**Katrien Beuls**1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/katrien-beuls/) · [🧑‍🔬**Liesbet De Vos**1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/liesbet-de-vos/) · [🧑‍🔬**Mathieu De Coster**1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mathieu-de-coster/)

## Top institutions

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

[🎓**University of Namur** Namur · Belgium 4 works here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-namur/) · [🎓**Universität Hamburg** Hamburg · Germany 4 works here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universitat-hamburg/) · [🎓**University of Alabama** Tuscaloosa · United States 2 works here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-alabama/) · [🔬**Namur Digital Institute** Namur · Belgium 2 works here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/namur-digital-institute/) · [🎓**Universidade da Coruña** A Coruña · Spain 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universidade-da-coruna/) · [🎓**Universidad Complutense de Madrid** Madrid · Spain 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universidad-complutense-de-madrid/) · [🎓**Vrije Universiteit Brussel** Brussels · Belgium 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/vrije-universiteit-brussel/) · [🎓**North Carolina State University** Raleigh · United States 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/north-carolina-state-university/) · [🎓**Ca' Foscari University of Venice** Venice · Italy 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/ca-foscari-university-of-venice/) · [🎓**Universitat Pompeu Fabra** Barcelona · Spain 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universitat-pompeu-fabra/) · [🎓**University of Augsburg** Augsburg · Germany 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-augsburg/) · [🎓**Universidad Rey Juan Carlos** Madrid · Spain 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/universidad-rey-juan-carlos/)

Place and dates from the event's site or the ACL Anthology; works and citations from OpenAlex and our library.

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