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Profiles
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Alysson Lepeut
- Laboratoire de Langue des Signes de Belgique francophone
- Namur Institute of Language, Text and Transmediality
Person: FNRS Scientific Staff, Unpaid Scientific Staff
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Laurence Meurant
- Laboratoire de Langue des Signes de Belgique francophone
- Namur Institute of Language, Text and Transmediality
- Plateforme methodologique pour les sciences humaines et sociales
- Observatoire des litteratures sauvages
Person: Unpaid Scientific Staff, Definitive Academic Staff of the FNRS, Unpaid Academic Staff
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SEMIA: Signed and Spoken Languages: Comparative Semiotics and Machine Learning
Meurant, L. (PI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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DiVa-LSFB: Language Distance and Variation in French Belgian Sign Language: A Mixed-Method Analysis
Meurant, L. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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Rendre les référents visibles et audibles : Comparaison des pratiques d'action construite des signeurs de la LSFB et des locuteurs du français belge
Vandenitte, S. (Researcher), Meurant, L. (Supervisor) & De Brabanter, P. (Co-supervisor)
1/10/19 → …
Project: PHD
Research output
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Challenges in sign language translation for novice translators: using LSFB-to-French corpus data to inform translator education
Heylens, A., Meurant, L. & Lefer, M.-A., Apr 2026, In: The Interpreter and Translator Trainer. 20, 2, p. 230-248 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Come on, no need to repeat yourself, come on! The composite nature of framing repetition
Meurant, L., 4 May 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Open Linguistics. Gestural elements in signed and spoken languages, OPLI-D-25-00027.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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GeoQuery-LSFB: A French Belgian Sign Language Corpus with Procedural Semantic Annotations
De Vos, L., Meurant, L., Van Eecke, P. & Beuls, K., 2026, Proceedings of the LREC2026 12th Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Language in Motion. Efthimiou, E., Fotinea, S.-E., Hanke, T., Hochgesang, J. A., Mesch, J. & Schulder, M. (eds.). Palma, Mallorca, Spain: European Language Resources Association (ELRA), p. 100-112 13 p.Research output: Contribution in Book/Catalog/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open AccessFile24 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Et donc, les langues des signes sont iconiques, les langues vocales sont linéaires ? Pour une sémiotique comparée des langues vocales et signées
Meurant, L. (Invited speaker)
19 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Signed vs. Spoken: Language Reconsidered
Meurant, L. (Keynote speaker)
5 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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AFLiCo 10: Interaction and Discourse
Cousin, H. (Contributor)
22 Jun 2026 → 24 Jun 2026Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Prizes
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Accreditation as tenure-eligible lecturer by the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU Catalunya)
Gabarró-López, S. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Other distinction
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Best Presentation by a PhD student (3rd Prize), awarded by the Societas Linguistica Europaea
VANDENITTE, S. (Recipient), 3 Sept 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Constitution d’un groupe d’informateurs pour des recherches linguistiques sur la langue des signes, liées aux besoins des enseignants signants pour enfants sourds
Meurant, L. (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Findings from University of Namur Provide New Insights into Education (Challenges In Sign Language Translation for Novice Translators: Using Lsfb-to-french Corpus Data To Inform Translator Education)
26/05/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Datasets
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LSFB Annotations - Phase 2
Meurant, L. (Creator), Bernagou, É. (Creator), Paligot, A. (Creator), Gobert, M. (Creator) & Fonze, S. (Contributor), University of Namur, 2021
Dataset
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CorMILS: Pilot Multimodal Corpus of French ― French Belgian Sign Language (LSFB) Interpreters
Gabarro Lopez, S. (Creator), University of Namur, 2018
Dataset
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LSFB Annotations - Phase 1
Meurant, L. (Creator), Bernagou, É. (Creator), Fonze, S. (Contributor), Sanchez, S. (Contributor), Raes, G. (Contributor), De Clerck, C. (Contributor) & Sinte, A. (Supervisor), University of Namur, 2015
Dataset
Student theses
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A methodologcal framework to design software factories for software product lines
Belarbi, M. (Author), Englebert, V. (Supervisor), Vanderose, B. (President), Ponsard, C. (Jury), Mens, K. (Jury), Cleve, A. (Jury) & Perrouin, G. (Jury), 26 Sept 2023Student thesis: Doc types › Doctor of Sciences
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Création d’un outil d’aide à l’apprentissage du français par la lecture pour les élèves sourds et malentendants
YE, I. (Author) & SOW, B. (Author), Cleve, A. (Supervisor), Meurice, L. (Supervisor) & Meurant, L. (Co-Supervisor), 19 Jun 2023Student thesis: Master types › Master in Computer Science Professional focus in Data Science
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Deep Learning for Sign Languages
Fink, J. (Author), Frenay, B. (Supervisor), Cleve, A. (Co-Supervisor), Meurant, L. (Jury), Vanhoof, W. (President), Dambre, J. (Jury), Braffort, A. (Jury) & Baraldi, L. (Jury), 17 Jun 2025Student thesis: Doc types › Doctor of Information and Communication
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