International Conference on Current Issues in Sign Language Research
Objectives of the International Conference on Current Issues in Sign Language Research
- an interdisciplinary event to establish a main research focus in sign language at University of Cologne -genesis of sign language in relation to gesture from an evolutionary perspective -psycho- and neurolinguistic aspects of sign language, especially acquisition of sign language as a first language and the analysis of ''slips of the tongue'' -structural description of sign languages -bring together teachers, researchers and students (hearing and deaf)