28.5253, Calls: Sign Language, Gen Ling, Lang Acquisition, Lang Doc, Socioling, Text/Corpus Ling/Poland

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Subject: 28.5253, Calls: Sign Language, Gen Ling, Lang Acquisition, Lang Doc, Socioling, Text/Corpus Ling/Poland

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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:52:29
From: Paweł Rutkowski [p.rutkowski at uw.edu.pl]
Subject: SIGN9

Full Title: SIGN9 

Date: 22-Aug-2018 - 25-Aug-2018
Location: Warsaw, Poland 
Contact Person: Paweł Rutkowski
Meeting Email: sign9 at uw.edu.pl
Web Site: http://sign9.uw.edu.pl/en/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Language Family(ies): Sign Language 

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2018 

Meeting Description:

The Section for Sign Linguistics, Faculty of Polish Studies, University of
Warsaw is very pleased to announce that it will host the SIGN9 conference, to
be held on 22-25 August 2018 at the University of Warsaw. Organized in a
number of countries all over the world, the SIGN conference has a long
tradition as an event dedicated to the issues of Deaf people, their languages
and culture.

About the conference

The SIGN conference has provided a platform for thought-provoking gatherings
for sharing research results and experience among sign-language scholars from
all over the world. It is the only conference in the world using only signed
languages, with all presentations delivered either in International Sign or
the sign language used in the hosting country. Presentations deal with issues
of deaf individuals, their culture and language.

Objectives of the SIGN conference include:

- Expanding the international network of linguists dealing with sign
linguistics and Deaf studies; fostering international cooperation,
- Providing a venue for international encounters between experienced scholars
and beginner researchers in the field of sign languages and Deaf studies
- Focusing on the topics related to the country hosting the conference
- Ensuring full participation for Deaf attendants
- Combining typically academic presentations with other kinds of creative
activities, such as workshops

Call for Papers:

The organizing committee of the SIGN9 conference invites submissions of
conference presentation proposals. There will be three types of presentations:

1. Signed presentations
2. Posters
3. Interactive workshops

Issues that will be in focus of the upcoming conference include:

- Structural aspects of sign languages – both studies of individual languages
and comparative cross-linguistic studies),
- Tools, technology and methods applied for investigating sign language
(issues such as corpora, transcription tools, databases, etc.),
- Ethical issues involved in collecting sign data,
- The psycholinguistics of signed communication (language acquisition,
processing and production),
- The sociolinguistics of signed communication (e.g. linguistic contact,
multilingualism, attitudes towards language, language variants, languages
under threat of extinction),
- The neurolinguistics of signed communication (e.g. research involving the
use of fMRI and EEG),
- Language teaching (e.g. teaching sign language as a foreign language,
teaching a language of the hearing majority to Deaf individuals),
- Linguistic, social and educational aspects of interpreting between a spoken
language and a sign language,
- Social situation of signing individuals in various parts of the world,
- Ethnography and anthropology of Deaf communities,
- Language policies with respect to signed languages,
- Education of Deaf individuals,
- The situation of Deaf individuals in Central and Eastern Europe.

Signed presentations:

Each time slot will be 40 mins long (30 mins for a presentation followed by 10
mins for questions and discussion). Each presentation must be signed in
International Sign (IS) or Polish Sign Language (PJM). Other sign languages
can also be used as long as the presenter provides an interpreter into IS or
PJM.

Posters:

Each poster session will have 1.5 hours of slotted time, although the posters
will additionally remain on display throughout the conference time. Poster
sessions will be carried out in sign languages, with participants required to
use IS or PJM to present their research. Posters must be printed in English or
Polish.

Interactive workshops:

Participants are also invited to submit proposals for workshops featuring
prominent interactive elements. Elements of this sort may include practicing a
skill or holding a panel discussion, workgroup or similar activities.
Workshops should be related to the conference topics, but we are also open to
other ideas. The time slots allocated for workshops are 40 or 80 mins. Please
select the preferred duration of the workshop and describe its structure in
your submission proposal. Workshops may be conducted by more than one person –
teamwork is most welcome. The working languages for workshops are IS and PJM.

Important deadlines:

Proposal Submission Deadline: 31 January 2018
Notification of Acceptance: 28 February 2018

Please note that the working languages of the conference are International
Sign and Polish Sign Language (PJM). The languages of written communication
are English and Polish. Presentations must be delivered in IS or PJM. Other
sign languages may also be used if the presenter provides an interpreter into
IS or PJM.

Submissions should be short (max. 5 mins) video recordings signed in IS or
PJM. Please send them to the following address: sign9 at uw.edu.pl 

by 31 January 2018, writing “SIGN9 submission” as the subject of the email. In
the main body of your email please specify a presentation type (signed
presentation, poster or workshop).

In cases when submitting such a video recording is not possible, candidates
may also submit a written abstract in English or in Polish. Such abstracts
must not exceed 500 words.

Each candidate may be author or co-author of maximally two submissions.

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