<html><head><base href="x-msg://276/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; "><o:p>Dear all </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; ">We would like to make you aware of the international conference ‘From Hand to Mouth: A dialogue between spoken and signed language research’ which will take place <b>Sept. 5 – 7, 2013</b> at the University of Zürich.<span> </span>The purpose of the conference is to further a discussion of linguistic concepts and methodology based on a comparison of research in oral and signed languages.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">The conference pairs lectures on specific themes by spoken and signed language researchers who are all internationally well-known in their fields. Each pair of lectures will be followed by a moderated ‘synthesis’ session in which the lecturers will discuss the research similarities and differences in their fields.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; ">The official languages for the conference are English and International Sign.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">Further information (also in Swiss German Sign Language, DSGS, and International Sign) can be found on the conference website</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; "><span> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.hand-to-mouth.uzh.ch/index_de.html"><span style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#b70f0a"><b>http://www.hand-to-mouth.uzh.ch/index_de.html</b></font></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#b70f0a"><b>.</b></font><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">We hope we will be able to welcome some of you to Zürich in September!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">With best greetings,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; "><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">The Conference Organising Committee</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; ">Penny Boyes Braem, Alexandra Bünzli, Miriam Dittmar, Sarah Ebling, Tobias Haug, Agnes Kolmer, Sabine Stoll</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></body></html>