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mail.utexas.edu>Conference Announcement The 2000 Texas Linguistic Society will hold a conference on THE EFFECTS OF MODALITY ON LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTIC THEORY to be held at the University of Texas at Austin, February 25-27, 2000. The work of many linguists and psycholinguists has revealed profound similarities between signed and spoken languages in their structure, acquisition, and processing. However, there may also be interesting differences between signed and spoken languages; a close examination of modality differences may offer particular insights into the factors that shape the nature of language and contribute to linguistic theory. The aim of this conference is to explore the extent to which current linguistic theory can account for signed languages and the ways in which linguistic theories may need to be revised to accommodate both signed and spoken languages. Conference languages: American Sign Language (ASL) and English Invited Keynote Speakers: Diane Brentari, Purdue University Modality Differences in Sign Language Phonology and Morphophonemics David Corina, University of Washington Is ASL Phonology Psychologically Real? Diane Lillo-Martin, University of Connecticut Modality and Modularity: Where are the Effects? Registration for the conference will be: Students: $25 Non-Students: $40 Tentative Schedule of Presentations: Friday, Feb. 25 Flawn Academic Center, 4th floor Atrium 8:30 Registration & coffee 9:30 Opening remarks 9:40 Why different, why the same: Explaining effects and non-effects of modality on the structure of signed and spoken languages Richard P. Meier, The University of Texas at Austin Session 1: Deixis 10:50 A typological study of pronominal reference Susan McBurney, University of Washington 11:20 Deixis in the visual/gestural and tactile modalities David Quinto, The University of Texas at Austin 11:50 Modality effects in the verb agreement morphology of signed languages Gaurav Mathur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Session 2: Acquisition 1:40 Individual differences cross modalities in language acquisition Paula Marentette, Augustana University College 2:10 There must be more to natural signed languages: Insights from the processing problems in the acquisition and use of Manually Coded English Sam Supalla & Cecile McKee, University of Arizona Session 3: Syntax 2:50 When is a modality effect not a modality effect? Aspectual marking in signed and spoken languages Sandra K. Wood & Ronnie Wilbur, Purdue University 3:20 Accessing nonmanual features in phonological readjustment: Sentential negation in German Sign Language Roland Pfau, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University 4:00 Keynote: Modality and modularity: Where are the effects? Diane Lillo-Martin, University of Connecticut Saturday, Feb. 26 Flawn Academic Center, Room 21 9:00 Keynote: Is ASL phonology psychologically real? David Corina, University of Washington Session 4: Psycholinguistics 10:10 The effect of language modality on the architecture of the mental lexicon Klaudia Grote, University of Cologne 10:40 The effects of modality on British Sign Language Development in exceptional and normal learners Gary Morgan & Neil Smith, University College London Ianthi Tsimpi, University of Cambridge Bencie Woll, City University, London 11:10 Modality-dependent aspects of sign language production: evidence from slips of the hand and their repairs in German Sign Language (DGS) Helen Leuninger, Annette Hohenberger & Daniela Happ, University of Frankfurt Session 5: Space & Gesture 1:00 The effects of modality on spatial language: How signers and speakers talk about space Karen Emmorey, The Salk Institute 1:30 A modality independent notion of gesture and how it can help us answer the morpheme vs. gesture question in sign language linguistics (or at least give us some criteria to work with) Arika Okrent, University of Chicago 2:00 Gesture as the substrate in the process of ASL grammaticization Terry Janzen, University of Manitoba Barbara Shaffer, University of New Mexico Session 6: Languages in Contact 2:40 A cross-linguistic examination of Mexican Sign Language (MSL) to French (LSF), Spanish (LSE), and Japanese (JSL) Sign Languages Anne-Marie Currie & Amanda Holzrichter, The University of Texas at Austin 3:10 Analysis of preverbal nominal expressions in signed and spoken languages: A case between Hong Kong Sign Language and spoken Cantonese Gladys Tang & Felix Sze, Chinese University of Hong Kong 3:40 The role of Japanese mouthing in Japanese Sign Language Daisuke Sasaki, The University of Texas at Austin Sunday, Feb 27 Flawn Academic Center, Room 21 9:00 Keynote: Modality Differences in Sign Language Phonology and Morphophonemics Diane Brentari, Purdue University Session 7: Phonology/Phonetics 10:10 Phonological similarity in American Sign Language Ursula Hildebrant & David Corina, University of Washington 10:40 Temporal characteristics in sign and speech Rachel Channon, University of Maryland 11:10 On the balance between phonological specification and phonetic implementation: Register variation in Sign Language of the Netherlands Onno Crasborn, Leiden University For further information, see http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~tls/2000tls/index.html, or contact tlsMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue