28.2952, Confs: Cog Sci, Discourse Analysis, Lang Acquisition, Pragmatics, Socioling/South Africa

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-2952. Thu Jul 06 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.2952, Confs: Cog Sci, Discourse Analysis, Lang Acquisition, Pragmatics, Socioling/South Africa

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Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 15:18:07
From: Gale Stam [galestam at yahoo.com]
Subject: 8th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies: Gesture and Diversity

 
8th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies: Gesture and Diversity 
Short Title: ISGS8 

Date: 04-Jul-2018 - 08-Jul-2018 
Location: Cape Town, South Africa 
Contact: Heather Brookes 
Contact Email: ISGS8thconference at gmail.com 
Meeting URL: http://www.isgs8conference.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

The first conference on gesture on the African continent will focus on the
rich diversity of human gestural communication. Gestures and gestural
behaviour are dynamic and changing - varying not only across languages and
cultures but also within cultural groups according to social levels, age,
gender and situation. The main aim of this conference will be to examine the
wide range of linguistic and cultural phenomena and other factors that
influence and shape gestural diversity. Special emphasis will be on
comparative work looking at, but not limited to:

- Studies on gestural form, meaning and function
- The relationship of gesture to language, whether spoken or signed
- Gesture in language development and learning among children in
different cultures and multilingual contexts
- Gesture in language learning and conceptual development
- Studies of gestural forms and practices across languages and cultures
- Gesture and its role in sign language variation
 






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