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title = "{H}e{SLE}x: A novel online questionnaire for heritage sign language research",
author = "Khristoforova, Evgeniia and
Poryadin, Roman",
editor = "Efthimiou, Eleni and
Fotinea, Stavroula-Evita and
Hanke, Thomas and
Hochgesang, Julie A. and
Mesch, Johanna and
Schulder, Marc",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the {LREC} 2026 12th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion",
month = may,
year = "2026",
address = "Palma, Mallorca (Spain)",
publisher = "ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA)",
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.26/",
doi = "10.63317/586e6zxs948g",
pages = "248--255",
abstract = "In this paper, we present Heritage Sign Language Experience (HeSLEx), a novel online sociolinguistic questionnaire adapted from the heritage spoken language survey HeLEx (Tomi{\'c} et al., 2023) to provide a standardized community profile prior to data collection. Heritage sign languages are minority sign languages used by Deaf signers in migration contexts and thus offer a unique window on bilingualism in the visual modality. HeSLEx is designed to be visual-first: most content is delivered as videos featuring signing in Russian Sign Language (RSL) by community member in a JavaScript/jsPsych interface. To accommodate heterogeneous RSL comprehension, each video includes optional Russian and German text hidden behind a ``Show text'' button. HeSLEx adds sign-specific modules, including participant and parental hearing status; modality-appropriate proficiency ratings (signing/comprehension for RSL and German Sign Language; reading/writing for Russian and German); educational histories and language(s) of instruction; interactional contexts central to Deaf life (including Deaf clubs); and Deaf-centered identity and language-attitude measures. Many items use slider scales to yield continuous predictors. The tool is designed to be adaptable to other sign language pairs in the framework of heritage language research and beyond."
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%A Khristoforova, Evgeniia
%A Poryadin, Roman
%Y Efthimiou, Eleni
%Y Fotinea, Stavroula-Evita
%Y Hanke, Thomas
%Y Hochgesang, Julie A.
%Y Mesch, Johanna
%Y Schulder, Marc
%S Proceedings of the LREC 2026 12th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion
%D 2026
%8 May
%I ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA)
%C Palma, Mallorca (Spain)
%F khristoforova-poryadin-2026-heslex
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%P 248-255
Markdown (Informal)
[HeSLEx: A novel online questionnaire for heritage sign language research](https://aclanthology.org/2026.signlang-1.26/) (Khristoforova & Poryadin, SignLang 2026)
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