Category Archives: Linguistics

SHARE: Job announcement: Full-time Tenure-track faculty, Department of Linguistics at Gallaudet University

Posted on November 30, 2018 by

Please share widely. New job announcement for full-time tenure-track faculty in the Department of Linguistics at Gallaudet University Responsibilities: 1. Teach graduate courses in the MA and PhD programs in linguistics. 2. Teach undergraduate courses in the undergraduate minor in … Continue reading →

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SHARE: Job announcement: Tenure-track faculty, Dept of Linguistics at Gallaudet

Posted on November 11, 2017 by

Please share widely. New job announcement for full-time tenure-track faculty in the department of linguistics at Gallaudet University Responsibilities: 1. Teach graduate courses in the MA and PhD programs in linguistics. 2. Teach undergraduate courses in the undergraduate minor in … Continue reading →

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“The Dept of Linguistics: How We Got Here” – Brown Bag by Professor Emeritus Robert E Johnson 11/3, 12:30-1:30 @SLCC3233

Posted on October 30, 2017 by

what: Open House/Brown Bag Lunch Presentation by Bob Johnson topic:  “The Department of Linguistics: How we got here.” presenter: Robert E. Johnson, PhD when:Friday, November 3, 12:30 pm where: , LIN Open Area (SLCC 3233) Summary of presentation: Which people and principles … Continue reading →

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“Do Sign Languages Have Accents?” Video collaboration between Department of Linguistics at Gallaudet and Mental Floss

Posted on September 16, 2017 by

Link to our video made in collaboration with Mental Floss on whether sign languages have accent (spoiler: of course!). Continue reading →

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SLAAASh, ASL Signbank, ASL-LEX oh my! Interested in learning more? Join us Friday, Aug 18 from 1 to 6 (Gallaudet, SLCC 3rd floor open area)

Posted on August 7, 2017 by

The Sign Language Acquisition: Annotation, Archiving & Sharing (SLAAASh) project involves the construction of machine-readable annotated videos of Deaf children acquiring ASL interacting with their Deaf parents and/or researchers using ASL. The videos were collected in the 1990’s and are … Continue reading →

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Dissertation defense – Casey Thornton “The status of palm orientation in the phonological representation of American Sign Language” 3/23/17, 2 pm LLRH6 101

Posted on March 10, 2017 by

Casey Thornton, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Linguistics, will defend her dissertation on “The status of palm orientation in the phonological representation of American Sign Language” on Thursday, March 23, at 2 p.m. in Living and Learning Residence … Continue reading →

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News: register now for FEAST 2017 June 21-22 in Reykjavík

Posted on March 8, 2017 by

Via SLLS FEAST 2017 Local organizing committee ———————————————————————— Dear all. Registration is now open for FEAST (Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory) in Reykjavík, June 21-22. Please consult the conference website for further information: https://sites.google.com/site/feastconference/home/conferences/feast_reykjavik_2017 We will post … Continue reading →

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