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- Convenor:
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Victoria Nyst (Leiden University Center for Linguistics)
- Format:
- Workshop
- Sessions:
- Thursday 10 June, 16:00-18:00 (UTC+2)
Short Abstract:
This five-day workshop (plus the HANDS! Festival) is the fifth consecutive one dedicated to African sign languages at WOCAL. The workshop at WOCAL10 will feature around 30 presentations, both 5-minute and 15-minute presentations. Papers on the following themes are featured: African sign languages in use: across borders and in the classroom (Monday); Lexical variation and new methods (Tuesday); Documentation and language comparison (Wednesday); Language origins and language of expression (Thursday); African sign languages and deaf students in the classroom (Friday); and Sentential structure and processing (Friday). Research is presented on sign languages and/or signers from 15 different African countries, as well as diaspora and refugee communities. The workshop will be accessible in both English and International Sign (African-oriented IS). The workshop closes on Saturday, June 12th with the HANDS!Festival featuring the work of deaf artists from various parts of Africa. Interpretation in International Sign by Lissa Zeviar and Leonida Kaula, and live text captioning by Daniel Tuijnman.
Accepted papers:
Author:
Ingeborg GroenKeywords:
Ghanaian Sign Language, metaphors, anger language, sign languages, semantics, emotions
Authors:
Hope Morgan (Leiden University)Evans Burichani (Garissa school for the Deaf)
Jared O Osome (St.Sylus special primary school)
Keywords:
SILA, sign language, Kenyan Sign Language, emphatics, intensifiers, lexicon, lexicalization
Authors:
Mariana Martins (Leiden University)Amaré Soares (Escola de Surdos MARIPOSA)
Marcos de Barros (Associação de Surdos da Guiné-Bissau (AS-GB))
Keywords:
emblems, gestures, emerging sign language, west African sign language
Author:
Nargess Asghari (Leiden University)Keywords:
emerging sign languages, family sign languages, iconicity, iconic image, iconic strategy, non-arbitrary, semantic domains, language universals, animals, fauna, animal names, nomenclature
Author:
Marta Morgado (Leiden University)Keywords:
sign language literature, personal experience narrative, narrative structure, size and shape depictions, village sign language
Author:
Steve Parkhurst (Wits University, DIU)Keywords:
SILA, Paper, Sign Language, Deaf Song, Phonology, South Africa