Benjamin Anible
About
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9755-8398
I am an Associate Professor in the Institute for Languages and Literature at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) where I teach linguistics to interpreting students.
Here's how I pronounce my name and my namesign: https://namedrop.io/benanible
Competencies
Research
I am interested in the acquisition of signed languages by adult learners and the psycholinguistic factors that affect signed language processing in multilinguals. More recently I have become involved in documentation and corpus development of Norwegian Sign Language.
Areas for peer review in no particular order: reference, gesture, sound symbolism, iconicity, depiction, bilingualism, multilingualism, sign language, interpreting, bimodal language acquisition.
DEPICT
Signed Language Depiction as an Engine for Promoting Inclusion, Communication, and Translation (DEPICT) investigates how depiction supports and enhances Norwegian sign language.
Language use in the Norwegian Deaf community: reflections of a signed language ecology
The goal of the project is to research how deaf signers use this language, and how this use reflects the specific physical, social, historical and emerging characteristics of the Norwegian deaf community.
Publications
2025
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Hernández, Doris;
Puupponen, Anna;
Keränen, Jarkko;
Vandenitte, Sébastien;
Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Ortega, Gerardo.
(2025)
Neuroelectrical and behavioral correlates of constructed action recognition in Finnish Sign language.
Neuroscience
Academic article
2024
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Puupponen, Anna;
Hodge, Gabrielle;
Anible, Benjamin;
Salonen, Juhana;
Wainio, Tuija;
Keränen, Jarkko.
(2024)
Opening up Corpus FinSL: enriching corpus analysis with linguistic ethnography in a study of constructed action.
Linguistics
Academic article
2023
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Ferrara, Lindsay Nicole;
Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Anda, Lena Mei Kalvenes.
(2023)
Exploring sign-writing contact and multilingualism in the Norwegian deaf community.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2022
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Ferrara, Lindsay Nicole;
Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Hodge, Gabrielle;
Jantunen, Tommi;
Leeson, Lorraine;
Mesch, Johanna.
(2022)
A cross-linguistic comparison of reference across five signed languages.
Linguistic Typology
Academic article
2020
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Haualand, Hilde;
Bø, Vibeke;
Vonen, Arnfinn Muruvik;
Hjulstad, Johan;
Ringsø, Torill;
Nilsson, Anna-Lena.
(2020)
Når fagfolks manglende kunnskap om språk hindrer hørselshemmede barns utviklingsmuligheter – et tilsvar til Skaug (2020).
Norsk tidsskrift for logopedi
Article in business/trade/industry journal
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Occhino, Corrine;
Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Morford, Jill P..
(2020)
The role of iconicity, construal, and proficiency in the online processing of handshape.
Language and Cognition
Academic article
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Anible, Benjamin Donald.
(2020)
Iconicity in American Sign Language-English Translation Recognition.
Language and Cognition
Academic article
2019
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Hodge, Gabrielle;
Ferrara, Lindsay Nicole;
Anible, Benjamin Donald.
(2019)
The semiotic diversity of doing reference in a deaf signed language.
Journal of Pragmatics
Academic article
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Anible, Benjamin Donald.
(2019)
Review of Lackner, Andrea (2017) “Functions of head and body movements in Austrian Sign Language”.
Sign Language and Linguistics
Book review
2017
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Occhino, Corrine;
Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Erin, Wilkinson;
Morford, Jill.
(2017)
Iconicity is in the eye of the beholder: How language experience affects perceived iconicity.
Gesture
Academic article
2016
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Anible, Benjamin Donald.
(2016)
Iconicity effects in translation direction: Bimodal bilingual lexical processing.
Linguistics ETDs
Linguistics ETDs
Doctoral dissertation
2015
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Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Twitchell, Paul;
Waters, Gabriel Saul;
Dussias, Paola E.;
Piñar, Pilar;
Morford, Jill P..
(2015)
Sensitivity to Verb Bias in American Sign Language-English Bilinguals.
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Academic article
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Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Jill, Morford.
(2015)
Look both ways before crossing the street: Perspectives on the intersection of bimodality and bilingualism.
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Academic article
Journal publications
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Hernández, Doris;
Puupponen, Anna;
Keränen, Jarkko;
Vandenitte, Sébastien;
Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Ortega, Gerardo.
(2025)
Neuroelectrical and behavioral correlates of constructed action recognition in Finnish Sign language.
Neuroscience
Academic article
-
Puupponen, Anna;
Hodge, Gabrielle;
Anible, Benjamin;
Salonen, Juhana;
Wainio, Tuija;
Keränen, Jarkko.
(2024)
Opening up Corpus FinSL: enriching corpus analysis with linguistic ethnography in a study of constructed action.
Linguistics
Academic article
-
Ferrara, Lindsay Nicole;
Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Hodge, Gabrielle;
Jantunen, Tommi;
Leeson, Lorraine;
Mesch, Johanna.
(2022)
A cross-linguistic comparison of reference across five signed languages.
Linguistic Typology
Academic article
-
Haualand, Hilde;
Bø, Vibeke;
Vonen, Arnfinn Muruvik;
Hjulstad, Johan;
Ringsø, Torill;
Nilsson, Anna-Lena.
(2020)
Når fagfolks manglende kunnskap om språk hindrer hørselshemmede barns utviklingsmuligheter – et tilsvar til Skaug (2020).
Norsk tidsskrift for logopedi
Article in business/trade/industry journal
-
Occhino, Corrine;
Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Morford, Jill P..
(2020)
The role of iconicity, construal, and proficiency in the online processing of handshape.
Language and Cognition
Academic article
-
Anible, Benjamin Donald.
(2020)
Iconicity in American Sign Language-English Translation Recognition.
Language and Cognition
Academic article
-
Hodge, Gabrielle;
Ferrara, Lindsay Nicole;
Anible, Benjamin Donald.
(2019)
The semiotic diversity of doing reference in a deaf signed language.
Journal of Pragmatics
Academic article
-
Anible, Benjamin Donald.
(2019)
Review of Lackner, Andrea (2017) “Functions of head and body movements in Austrian Sign Language”.
Sign Language and Linguistics
Book review
-
Occhino, Corrine;
Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Erin, Wilkinson;
Morford, Jill.
(2017)
Iconicity is in the eye of the beholder: How language experience affects perceived iconicity.
Gesture
Academic article
-
Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Twitchell, Paul;
Waters, Gabriel Saul;
Dussias, Paola E.;
Piñar, Pilar;
Morford, Jill P..
(2015)
Sensitivity to Verb Bias in American Sign Language-English Bilinguals.
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Academic article
-
Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Jill, Morford.
(2015)
Look both ways before crossing the street: Perspectives on the intersection of bimodality and bilingualism.
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Ferrara, Lindsay Nicole;
Anible, Benjamin Donald;
Anda, Lena Mei Kalvenes.
(2023)
Exploring sign-writing contact and multilingualism in the Norwegian deaf community.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
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Anible, Benjamin Donald.
(2016)
Iconicity effects in translation direction: Bimodal bilingual lexical processing.
Linguistics ETDs
Linguistics ETDs
Doctoral dissertation
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2025
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PosterAnible, Benjamin. (2025) Depiction drives effective and inclusive communication in the NTS ecology. Nasjonal forskningskonferanse om tegnspråk og tegnspråklige , Oslo 2025-06-15 - 2025-06-16
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Academic lectureAnible, Benjamin Donald; Ferrara, Lindsay Nicole; Anda, Lena Mei. (2025) Exploring sign-writing contact and multilingualism in NTS. Nordic Innovations in Linguistics: Multi-method approaches for understanding language (LINNORD) , Jyvaskyla, Finland 2025-03-20 - 2025-03-21
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LectureBisnath, Felicia; Anible, Benjamin Donald. (2025) “There is no such thing as a fish” Do depictive & descriptive forms in Norwegian Sign Language (NTS) differ in morphosyntactic integration?. The 17th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference , Buenos Aires, Argentina 2025-07-14 - 2025-07-18
2024
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LectureAnible, Benjamin Donald. (2024) Høydepunkter fra nåværende og pågående tegnspråkforskning ved NTNU. Tegnspråk-konferanse 25. mars 2024 , Oslo 2024-03-25 - 2024-03-25
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Academic lectureOcchino, Corrine; Anible, Benjamin; Kimmelman, Vadim. (2024) Language specific perceptions of lexically depicting signs. 16th High Desert Linguistics Society Conference , Albuquerque, NM 2024-11-02 - 2024-11-02
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Academic lectureAnible, Benjamin Donald; Occhino, Corrine; Kimmelman, Vadim. (2024) Language specific perceptions of lexically depicting signs. 21st International Congress of Linguists , Poznan, Poland 2024-09-15 - 2024-09-20
2023
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LectureAnible, Benjamin Donald. (2023) Choose your own adventure: Quantitative methods in Signed Language Corpus Linguistics. Invited keynote at the third NSLCN workshop , Trondheim 2023-10-12 - 2023-10-12
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LectureUrdal, Gro Hege Saltnes; Anible, Benjamin; Torbjørnsen, Inger Birgitte; Trengereid-Olsen, Elisabet; Zorzi, Giorgia; Price, Julie Anna. (2023) DEPICT - Avbilding i tegnede språk, som en drivkraft for å fremme inkludering, kommunikasjon og oversettelse. Tegnspråkcafe , Bergen 2023-02-09 - 2023-02-09
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LectureFerrara, Lindsay Nicole; Anible, Benjamin Donald; Anda, Lena Mei Kalvenes. (2023) Exploring sign-writing contact and multilingualism in the Norwegian deaf community. Norsk forskningskonferanse om tegnspråk og døvesamfunn , Trondheim, Norway 2023-02-06 - 2023-02-07
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Academic lectureAnible, Benjamin Donald; Ferrara, Lindsay Nicole. (2023) Referent tracking in conversation with diverse semiotics. 16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC 16) , Düsseldorf, Germany 2023-08-07 - 2023-08-11
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Academic lectureAnible, Benjamin; Kimmelman, Vadim; Occhino, Corrine. (2023) Språkspesifikke oppfatninger av leksikalske, avbildende tegn. Norsk forskningskonferanse om tegnspråk og døvesamfunn , NTNU 2023-02-06 - 2023-02-06
2022
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Academic lectureFerrara, Lindsay Nicole; Anible, Benjamin Donald; Hodge, Gabrielle; Jantunen, Tommi; Leeson, Lorraine; Mesch, Johanna. (2022) A cross-linguistic comparison of reference across different signed languages. Sign CAFE 2 , Ragusa, Sicily 2022-10-13 - 2022-10-15
2021
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InterviewLøvereide, Elise Adeleine; Anible, Benjamin; Urdal, Gro Hege Saltnes. (2021) 12 millioner til tegnspråkmiljø ved Høgskulen på Vestlandet. www.hvl.no/aktuelt/ www.hvl.no/aktuelt/ [Internet] 2021-02-24
2020
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Academic lectureOcchino, Corrine; Alecrim, E; Anible, Benjamin Donald; Xavier, Andre. (2020) Understanding movement repetition in Libras, variation, patterns & motivations. 14th High Desert Linguistics Society Conference , Virtual 2020-11-12 -
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Academic lectureFerrara, Lindsay Nicole; Anible, Benjamin Donald; Hodge, Gabrielle; Jantunen, Tommi; Leeson, Lorraine; Mesch, Johanna. (2020) A cross-linguistic comparison of reference across different signed languages. HDLS , Virtual 2020-11-21 - 2020-11-23
2019
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LectureFerrara, Lindsay Nicole; Ringsø, Torill; Anible, Benjamin Donald. (2019) Forskning på tegnspråk. Presentation at the Bergen Deaf Association , Bergen 2019-02-21 - 2019-02-21
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LectureAnible, Benjamin Donald; Ferrara, Lindsay Nicole. (2019) Language use, documentation, and empowerment: What a sign language corpus means for Norway. Tolkeforbundets fagdag , Bergen 2019-03-16 - 2019-03-16
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PosterAnible, Benjamin Donald; Ferrara, Lindsay Nicole. (2019) Depicting new referents in Norwegian Sign Language. The Fifteenth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-15) , Nishinomiya 2019-08-06 - 2019-08-11
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LectureFerrara, Lindsay Nicole; Anible, Benjamin Donald. (2019) Promoting a Norwegian minority language community through documentation and research. How Sign Language Matters , Oslo 2019-06-13 - 2019-06-14
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Academic lectureAnible, Benjamin Donald. (2019) Does iconicity in bimodal bilingual processing function as a gestural cognate?. Gesture-Sign Workshop Prague 2019 , Prague 2019-05-16 - 2019-05-17
2018
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Academic lectureHodge, Gabrielle; Anible, Benjamin Donald; Ferrara, Lindsay Nicole. (2018) The in/visibleness of doing reference in a deaf signed language. Sign CAFE 1 , Birmingham 2018-07-30 - 2018-07-31
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Academic lectureHodge, Gabrielle; Ferrara, Lindsay Nicole; Anible, Benjamin Donald. (2018) The semiotic diversity of doing reference in a deaf signed language. Workshop on Information structure, referential status and referent type in discourse and grammar , Manchester 2018-06-27 - 2018-06-28
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LectureOlsen, Elisabet Trengereid; Urdal, Gro Hege Saltnes; Torbjørnsen, Inger Birgitte; Skaten, Ingeborg; Anible, Benjamin Donald; Tiselius, Elisabet. (2018) Fagdag tegnspråk og tolking. Fagdag , Bergen 2018-09-27 -
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LectureAnible, Benjamin Donald. (2018) Sign Language Interpreting in the United States and Interpreters' preference for interpreting into sign from speech. Program fagdag 12.oktober 2018 , Oslo 2018-10-12 - 2018-10-12
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LectureAnible, Benjamin Donald. (2018) When looks count: The function and distribution of LOOK-AT in American Sign Language. MultiLing seminar on sign language and interpreting , Oslo 2018-06-04 - 2018-06-04