Sign linguistics workshop, DGfS 2004

[Pamela Perniss]

Dear list members,

this is to inform you that there will be a sign linguistics workshop at
the Annual Meeting of the German Linguistics Society (DGfS) in Mainz,
Germany, 25-27 February, 2004.

The topic of the workshop is "Sign Languages: A cross-linguistic
perspective".
The workshop organizers are Pamela Perniss (MPI for Psycholinguistics,
Nijmegen) and Roland Pfau (University of Amsterdam).

Below please find the program of the workshop.
The talks will be interpreted in ASL and DGS.

For further information concerning registration, accomodation, etc.
please visit the DGfS 2004 homepage at
http://www.uni-mainz.de/dgfs2004/.

Please note that the information is not yet available in English.  An
English version of the homepage should be available soon.

Should you have further questions about the workshop, please contact one
of the organizers.
Pamela Perniss (pamela.perniss at mpi.nl)
Roland Pfau (r.pfau at uva.nl)

Best regards,
Pamela & Roland

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"Sign languages: a cross-linguistic perspective"

Wednesday, February 25th, 2004

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
M. Vermeerbergen (Brussels), L. Leeson (Dublin), A. Schembri, T.
Johnston (Sydney),
Considering cross-linguistic analysis of constituent ordering in sign
languages: A presentation in three parts

3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
G. Mathur (Yale), C. Rathmann (Austin)
Cross-sign-linguistic variation in the frequency of verb agreement forms

3:30 ? 4:00 p.m.
A.  ÿÿ y ÿÿ ek (Nijmegen), Deniz Ilkbasaran (Istanbul)
The use of space in transfer verbs in Turkish Sign Language (TID):
Implications for typological variation

4:00 ? 4:30 p.m.
Break

4:30 ? 5:30 p.m.
A. Nonhebel, W. Emmerik, O. Crasborn, E. van der Kooij (Nijmegen), D.
Waters, R. Sutton-Spence, B. Woll (London), J. Mesch, B. Bergman
(Stockholm)
The mouth in the sign languages of Sweden, Britain, and the Netherlands:
a comparison by means of Aesop M±  fables

5:30 ? 6:00 p.m.
M. Nadolske, R. Rosenstock (Gallaudet)
A preliminary cross-linguistic study of word pictures in ASL

6:00 ? 6:30 p.m.
D. Hara (Aichi, Japan)
Maximum syllable complexity constraint in ASL and JSL


Thursday, February 26th, 2004

9:00 ? 10:00 a.m.
S. Liddell (Gallaudet), M. Vogt-Svendsen (Oslo), B. Bergman (Stockholm)
Crosslinguistic comparison of buoys: Evidence from American, Norwegian,
and Swedish Sign Language

10:00 ? 10:30 a.m.
K. Cormier (Bristol)
Exclusive pronouns in ASL & BSL

10:30 ? 11:00 a.m.
A. Hohenberger (Munich)
Cross-linguistic variation between sign languages: UG, modality, and
typological aspects

11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Break

11:30 ? 12:00 a.m.
W. Iversen (Cologne), J. Morford (Albuquerque)
Counting on your hands: The language-dependent nature of number
processing

12:00 ? 12:30 p.m.
P. Perniss, A. Ozyurek (Nijmegen)
"How many apples in the bowl?" Number and Quantification in German (DGS)
and Turkish Sign Language (TID)


Friday, February 27th, 2004

11:30 a.m. ? 12:30 p.m.
R. Muller de Quadros (Florianopolis, Brazil), D. Lillo-Martin (Univ. of
Connecticut), D. Chen Pichler (Gallaudet)
Clause structure in LSB and ASL

12:30 ? 1:00 p.m.
B. Hendriks (Salt, Jordan)
Negation in Jordanian Sign Language: a cross-linguistic perspective

1:00 ? 1:30 p.m.
R. Pfau (Amsterdam), J. Quer (Barcelona)
On the syntax of negation and modals in DGS and LSC

1:30 ? 2:30 p.m.
N. Sarac, K. Schalber, T. Alibasic, R.B. Wilbur (Purdue)
Crosslinguistic comparison of sign language interrogatives


ALTERNATES
Barbara Haenel (Munich)
The acquisition of verb agreement in signed languages (ASL/DGS)

Adam Schembri (Sydney)
Representing motion events in three signed languages (Australian SL,
Taiwanese SL & ASL) and in gesture

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