Call for papers: Workshop on nonmanuals

[Gladys Tang (LIN)]

Dear Markus,

Just a quick note to see if you can help me disseminate the ads about recruiting
German, Spanish and French instructors for my dept. 

I will try to write something for the workshop, sounds exciting.

Best regards,

Gladys

Quoting "Steinbach, Dr. Markus" <steinbac at uni-mainz.de>:

> Workshop on Nonmanuals in Sign Languages 
> 
> Call for papers 
> 
> Workshop: 'Nonmanuals in Sign Languages' 
> Frankfurt am Main, Germany: 04.-05. April 2009 
> 
> Linguistic Fields: Sign Language Linguistics 
> 
> Subject language: English and German Sign Language 
> 
> Submission Deadline: 1. February 2009. 
> 
> Abstracts are invited for a workshop on 'Nonmanuals in Sign Language'. It
> will take place at the University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 03.-04.
> April 2009 in cooperation with a workgroup 'Sign Languages and Interfaces'
> and the University of Mainz, Germany. 
> 
> The conference wants to 
> - discuss recent research on nonmanual features in sign languages from a
> theoretical and typological perspective
> - bring together deaf and hearing linguists and junior researchers working in
> the sign language research field
> - establish a platform for exchange and cooperation with linguists and
> institutions 
> 
> Abstract about research on the following topics are encouraged:
> - Forms and functions of nonmanuals in sign languages
> - Prosody in sign languages: rhythm, prominence and intonation patterns
> - Interaction between syntax and prosody
> - Information structure in sign languages
> - Interrelation of agreement and role shift with nonmanuals
> - Marking of sentence types
> - Marking of expressive meaning 
> - Acquisition and processing of nonmanuals
> - Typological variation with respect to form and function of nonmanuals 
> 
> 
> Meeting description 
> 
> In all Sign Languages, nonmanuals play an important role on all levels of
> grammar. Sign Languages have lexical facial expressions, nonmanual
> morphological marking, and various kinds of nonmanual markings on a
> syntactical level (i.e. negation, topicalization, sentence types, and role
> shift). In addition, semantic-pragmatic functions are often realized
> nonmanually. 
> Recent research has focused on two interesting aspects of nonmanuals, namely
> multifunctionality and simultaneity. Firstly, a specific nonmanual feature
> can express various grammatical functions. This multifunctionality seems to
> be an inherent property of all kinds of nonmanuals. Secondly, simultaneous
> layering of different articulatory channels exhibits a complex interplay
> between manuals and nonmanuals on the one hand and between different kinds of
> nonmanuals on the other. 
> The workshop aims at addressing the questions of how these components of sign
> language grammar can be formally and functionally distinguished, categorized,
> and analyzed. 
> 
> Invited speakers: 
> Dany Adone (University of Koeln) 
> Onno Crasborn (Radboud University Nijmegen) 
> Roland Pfau (University of Amsterdam) 
> Christian Rathmann (University of Hamburg) 
> 
> Please send a one-page abstract by email to
> herrmann[at]lingua[dot]uni[minus]frankfurt[dot]de no later than 1. February
> 2009 (submission deadline). 
> 
> The abstract should be anonymous and can be sent in .doc, .pdf or .tex
> format. The email should contain the author(s)' name(s), affiliation(s), and
> postal address(es). 
> 
> Notification of acceptance: 15. February 2009 
> Preliminary programme: 01. March 2009 
> Workshop: 04.-05. April 2009 
> 
> Workshop website: www.germanistik.uni-mainz.de/linguistik/nisl 
> 
> Organizers: 
> Annika Herrmann (University of Frankfurt)
> Helen Leuninger (University of Frankfurt)
> Markus Steinbach (University of Mainz)
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