Monthly Archives: February 2016

Brown Bag Talk– Onno Crasborn presents “Using ELAN to annotate sign corpora” 3/2 12-1p @SLCC Open Area 3rd floor

Onno Crasborn, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Radbound University, will be joining the Gallaudet Linguistics Department to share some of his extensive knowledge of ELAN and signed language corpora (see below for abstract). The presentation will start at 12:00 in the … Continue reading

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Celebrating International Mother Language Day today! (But not linguistic exclusion of signed languages)

By Audrey C. Cooper and Julie A. Hochgesang International Mother Language Day was started by UNESCO in 1999. It’s a day where local languages all over the world should be recognized and celebrated. It’s also a day where it is important to recognize … Continue reading

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Workshop – Ardavan Guity and Risa Shaw present “Deaf-Hearing Professional Interactions and Partnerships” 2/19 10a-12:30p @Georgetown University, Poulton Hall 230

Deaf-Hearing Professional Interactions and Partnerships Workshop Presented by the MA in Language and Communication  – Georgetown University Friday, February 19, 10:00am – 12:30pm Georgetown University – Poulton Hall 230 Abstract: Let’s get together to talk about how to have successful … Continue reading

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Presentation – Donna Jo Napoli presents “Reactive Effort as a Factor that Shapes Sign Language Lexicons” 2/4 12:30 @SAC1011

This Thursday (February 4th) at 12:30 in SAC 1011, Dr. Donna Jo Napoli will be talking with us about her research, which asks how linguistic patterns emerge from physical facts about the world. Abstract for her talk titled “Reactive Effort as a Factor that … Continue reading

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