Category Archives: Linguistics

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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CFP: The 6th Meeting of Signed and Spoken Language Linguistics (SSLL2017) Dates: 22-24 September 2017 in Osaka, Japan

Posted on March 7, 2017 by

Conference Announcement via Keiko Sagara on SLLS list Conference: The 6th Meeting of Signed and Spoken Language Linguistics (SSLL2017) Dates: 22-24 September 2017 Location: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan Organizers: HARA Daisuke (H), IIZUMI Naoko (H), IKEDA Masumi (D), … Continue reading →

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SHARE: Media piece on Pro-Tactile ASL in Quartz, “A language for the DeafBlind”

Posted on November 3, 2016 by

  Quartz wrote about Pro-Tactile ASL, link below, featuring faculty member Terra Edwards, her colleague and a DeafBlind user of PT Oscar Serna, and PEN faculty Clifton Langdon. DeafBlind Americans developed a language that doesn’t involve sight or sound “Pro-tactile … Continue reading →

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“The Dept of Linguistics: How We Got Here” – Brown Bag by Professor Emeritus Robert E Johnson 11/4, 12-1 @SAC1011

Posted on October 24, 2016 by

topic:  “The Department of Linguistics: How we got here.” presenter: Robert E. Johnson, PhD when: Friday, November 4th 2016, 12 to 1 pm where: SAC1011 Summary of presentation: Which people and principles drove the creation and growth of the department. Bio: Robert E. (Bob) Johnson, … Continue reading →

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CFP: FEAST 2017 (Reykjavík, June 21-22)

Posted on October 20, 2016 by

Call for papers FEAST 2017 (Reykjavík, June 21-22) (shared from the SLLS-LIST, SLLS@lists.slls.eu http://lists.slls.eu/mailman/listinfo/slls) The sixth meeting of the “Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign language Theory” (FEAST) will take place at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, June 21-22, 2017. FEAST … Continue reading →

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News: ASL education represented at recent Community-Based Heritage Languages Schools conference

Posted on October 4, 2016 by

Miako Rankin, professor in our department, reported… “Such a great group representing ASL education at the Community-Based Heritage Language Schools conference! So wonderful to share ideas across our various perspectives. And an absolute pleasure to meet Dr. Kim Potowski of University … Continue reading →

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