[lg policy] call: Experimental Studies in Sign Language Research

[Harold Schiffman]

Experimental Studies in Sign Language Research

Date: 07-Mar-2012 - 07-Mar-2012
Location: Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Contact Person: Annika Herrmann
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/154157.html

Linguistic Field(s): Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics

Other Specialty: Sign Language

Call Deadline: 28-Aug-2011

Meeting Description:

Neuro- and psycholinguistic sign language research has proven beyond
doubt that the cognitive processing, acquisition and production of
sign languages equals that of spoken languages. Results such as the
left-hemispheric activation of the signing brain or findings from
studies on temporal processing have shown that sign languages are
natural languages on a par with spoken languages. There is a variety
of recent experimental studies on sign languages that address specific
empirical and theoretical questions concerning the acquisition,
production and processing of signed information from phonology up to
complex sentences and semantics. On the one hand, these studies
investigate more specific aspects of the complex language systems of
sign languages and a) confirm that the cognitive foundations of
language is independent of modality, but b) also show that there are
certain modality specific aspects that need to be addressed in more
detail. On the other hand, many studies also investigate different
groups of signers (early signers, late signers, codas, L2 learners).
The issues of deafness, language acquisition, and bilingualism have an
important impact on psycho- and neurolinguistics and place interesting
challenges on methodological approaches.

Experimental settings using methods such as EEG, fMRI, and eye
tracking among others provide tools to systematically test specific
linguistic phenomena and theories. The methodological challenges
imposed on such experimental studies in the visual-manual modality are
of particular interest and may also lead to new developments and
interesting consequences for experimental spoken language research.
The aim of this workshop is to bring together experts and younger
researchers working in the field of experimental sign language
linguistics. Some of the most challenging issues arising in this newly
established field will be discussed. We thereby intend to crosslink
different experimental results and contribute to more standardized
methodological approaches in sign language research.

Topics to be addressed at the workshop include, but are not limited to

- Neuro- and psycholinguistic research on acquisition, production and
processing of sign languages on different linguistic levels
- Experimental research with a typological and cross-modal perspective
- Methodological issues in experimental work on sign languages

Call for Papers:

Abstracts should be not more than 250 words, and contain a max. number
of 5 references. Please send your abstract (a word document incl.
affiliation and an anonymous pdf file) to:

annika.herrmannphil.uni-goettingen.de

Important Dates:

Submission of abstracts: 28 August 2011
Notification of acceptance: 20 September 2011
Workshop: 7 March 2012

Organizers:

Barbara Hänel-Faulhaber, University of Hamburg
Annika Herrmann, University of Göttingen

http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-3042.html

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