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TABLE

 OF  CONTENTS  
 
Chapter  1  -­‐  Background  ......................................................................................................................................  1  
Introduction  ........................................................................................................................................................  1  
Nonmanual  Signals  in  American  Sign  Language  .................  Error!  Bookmark  not  defined.  
Mouthing  ...........................................................................................................................................................  10  
Affect  ...................................................................................................................................................................  10  
Co-­‐occurrence  of  Nonmanual  Signals  ...................................................................................................  11  
       Previous  facial  display  technologies  ......................................................................................................  12  
Mathematical  Models  ...................................................................................................................................  12  
       Animation  Controls  .......................................................................................................................................  14  
The  Need  for  a  Representation  System  for  Nonmanual  Signals  ...............................................  17  
Design  Goals  for  a  Representation  System  for  Nonmanual  Signals  ........................................  18  
Organization  of  Chapters  ...........................................................................................................................  18  
 

Chapter  2  –  Design  .............................................................................................................................................  20  


Nonmanual  Signal  Selection  .....................................................................................................................  20  
Exemplar  Video  on  which  to  base  Animations  .................................................................................  21  
Challenges  of  a  Representation  ...............................................................................................................  23  
       Current  Software  ............................................................................................................................................  25  
Details  of  the  Representation  ...................................................................................................................  28  
 

Chapter  3  –  Validation  and  Evaluation  .....................................................................................................  32  


Experiment  Design  .......................................................................................................................................  32  
 

Chapter  4  –  Results  ............................................................................................................................................  37  


Discussion  .........................................................................................................................................................  42  
 

Chapter  5  –  Conclusion  and  Future  Work  ...............................................................................................  45  


   

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