First Call for Paper: The Conference on Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education in Asia

[felix sze]

The Conference on Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education in Asia

Call for Paper



Date: 28 – 31 January 2010

Place: The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Shatin, Hong Kong

Organizer: The Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies, Department of 
Linguistics and Modern Languages, CUHK



Call for Paper:

Research in Sign Linguistics in the past several decades has enabled us to 
begin to unravel the properties of sign languages as natural languages, with 
all the complexity and expressive powers found in spoken languages. The 
‘Conference on Sign Linguistics, Deaf Education and Deaf Culture in Asia’, 
held in 2001 marked the beginning of an era of sign language research in 
Asia. Now, a decade later, it is time to take stock of the progress and the 
development of this field. Towards this end, the Conference on Sign 
Linguistics and Deaf Education in Asia aims at providing a forum for sign 
language researchers who work on Asian sign languages to share their 
research and to exchange information about the situation for sign 
linguistics and sign language research in their respective countries and 
regions. In addition, this conference aims at examining the development of 
models of deaf education in Asia that include sign language.  Papers of the 
following areas related to Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education in the Asian 
context are welcome:



1. Asian sign languages and linguistics:

Studies on the linguistics of individual Asian languages, for example,

- Syntax/semantics

- Phonology

- Acquisition

- Sociolinguistics

- Corpus linguistics

- Comparative studies on any linguistic structures in Asian sign languages 
or between Asian sign languages and those found in other parts of the world.

- Comparative studies on any linguistic structures between Asian sign 
languages and spoken languages.



2. Deaf Education in the Asian context:

- Sign bilingualism and sign bilingual acquisition

- The role of sign language in deaf education

- Literacy development of deaf children

- Language assessment (spoken/signed) of deaf children

- Educational technology in deaf education

- Post-secondary education for the deaf



Paper presentations:l          Each paper presentation will be 40 minutes in 
length (i.e. 30 minutes for presentation, followed by a 10-minute 
question/answer period)

l          Conference languages will be English and Hong Kong Sign Language. 
Interpretation between English and Hong Kong Sign Language will be provided. 
Presenters using other spoken or signed languages may bring their own 
interpreters with them.



Submission guidelines:

l          Abstracts need to be written in English with a maximum of 400 
words (excluding references).

l          Submissions are limited to two abstracts per person as single 
and/or joint authors.

l          Deadline for abstract submission: 31 October 2009

l          Please send your submission for paper presentation to the 
following email address, in the following manner:

n          To: cslds at arts.cuhk.edu.hk

n          Subject: Paper submission

l          In the main text of your email, please include the following 
information:

n          1. Title of paper

n          2. name(s) of author(s)

n          3. affiliations of author(s)

n          4. mailing address for contact person

n          5. email address(es) of author(s)

n          6. telephone number for contact person

n          7. keywords (about 5 words)

l          The main text of your abstract should be attached to the above 
email. Please do not include any information in your abstract which may 
reveal your identity, as the review process will be conducted anonymously.

l          Please save the file as a word file under your last name (e.g. 
Smith.pdf)

l          Notification of acceptance will be made by mid-November 2009.



Important deadlines:

Submission of abstracts: 31 October 2009

Notification of acceptance: mid-November 2009

Deadline for registration: 31 December 2009

Submission of presentation materials for interpreters: mid-January 2010



Information on registration, accommodation, etc. will be announced soon.



Organizing Committee:

Gladys Tang, Felix Sze, Scholastica Lam, Donovan Grose, Chris Yiu





Felix Sze

Post-doctoral Fellow

Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies,

Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages,

The Chinese University of Hong Kong



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