<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span lang="EN-US">2nd Call for Papers</span><div><br><div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Workshop: Nonmanuals at the Gesture Sign Interface (NaGSI)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Location: Göttingen University<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Date: October 9-10, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Linguistic fields: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Prosody, Information Structure, Discourse Analysis, Typology, Sign Language, Gesture, Psycholinguistics, Grammaticalization<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><u><span lang="EN-US">Invited speakers</span></u><span lang="EN-US">:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; ">Diane Brentari (Chicago, USA)</div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Okan Kubus (Hamburg, Germany)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Rachel Mayberry (San Diego, USA)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Wendy Sandler (Haifa, Israel)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><u><span lang="EN-US">Meeting description:<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">In the last 10-15 years, research on sign languages has shown an increasing interest in nonmanual articulators. Nonmanuals express a variety of important linguistic functions and they</span><span lang="EN-US"> play a </span><span lang="EN-US">crucial role at all levels of the grammar of sign languages: sign languages use lexical facial expressions, various </span><span lang="EN-US">kinds of morphosyntactic nonmanual markers as well as nonmanuals expressing prosodic and semantic-pragmatic functions. Linguistic nonmanual markers typically develop from nonmanual gestures used in hearing and deaf communities. The visual-manual modality of sign languages offers the unique possibility of integrating and grammaticalizing nonmanual and manual gestures since </span>gestures use the same articulatory channel that is also active in the production of signs<span lang="EN-US">. By contrast, nonmanuals in spoken languages can only be used as co-speech gestures.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US">We welcome submissions addressing </span><span lang="EN-US">formal and functional properties of nonmanuals at the interface between gesture and language in spoken and sign languages from different perspectives such as </span><span lang="EN-US">phonology, morphosyntax, semantics, pragmatics, prosody and information structure, typology and variation, historical development and grammaticalization, processing, and language acquisition. The topics may include but are not restricted to</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Formal and functional properties of grammatical and gestural nonmanuals</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; ">- Relevance of nonmanuals in phonology, prosody, morphosyntax, semantics, and pragmatics</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Nonmanuals in discourse and narration</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Similarities and differences between grammatical and gestural nonmanuals</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Theoretical modeling of nonmanuals at the interfaces between grammar and pragmatics</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Evolution, development, and typology of nonmanuals</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Comprehension and production of nonmanuals</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Acquisition of grammatical and gestural nonmanuals in spoken and sign languages</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; ">The languages of the workshop are English and ASL. Interpretation between English and ASL will be provided. </p><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span> </div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; page-break-after: avoid; "><u><span lang="EN-US">Abstract submission:<o:p></o:p></span></u></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; page-break-after: avoid; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid; "><span lang="EN-US">We invite abstracts for 35-minute presentations (plus 10 minutes for discussion). </span><span lang="EN-US">Abstracts should be anonymous and not exceed two pages, including examples and references. Please send your abstracts electronically in pdf- or doc-format to</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid; "><a href="mailto:npendzi@gwdg.de">npendzi@gwdg.de</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid; ">and include your name, affiliation and the title of the abstract in the body of the e-mail.</div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid; ">Deadline for abstract submission: May 1, 2015</div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Notification: End of May 2015<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><u><span lang="EN-US">Workshop organizers</span></u><span lang="EN-US">:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Nina-Kristin Pendzich<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Annika Herrmann<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Markus Steinbach<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><span lang="EN-US">Göttingen University</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><u><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></u></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><u><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></u></div><div style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.1pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><u><span lang="EN-US">Contact</span></u><span lang="EN-US">:</span> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Nina-Kristin Pendzich: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:npendzi@gwdg.de">npendzi@gwdg.de</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US">General information</span></u><span lang="EN-US">:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/506248.html">https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/506248.html</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 35.4pt; text-indent: -35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><br></o:p></span></div></body></html>