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Directory         1.     Carlo Cecchetto , Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory Message 1: Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory Date: 11-May-2011 From: Carlo Cecchetto <venicefeastunive.it> Subject: Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory E-mail this message to a friend Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory Short Title: FEAST Date: 20-Jun-2011 - 22-Jun-2011 Location: Venice, Italy Contact: Carlo Cecchetto Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://virgo.unive.it/venicefeast/ Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Linguistic Theories Language Family(ies): Sign Language Meeting Description: The first meeting of the ‘Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign Language Theory’ (FEAST) colloquium will take place at the University of Venice on June 20-22, 2011. FEAST aims at becoming a regular forum to discuss formal approaches to sign language grammar (in particular in the generative tradition), experimental approaches to sign languages, and their interaction. Tentatively, the 2012 ‘FEAST’ should be organized by the University of Göttingen. The keynote speakers of Venice FEAST will be: Karen Emmorey (San Diego State University) Gaurav Mathur (Gallaudet University) Markus Steinbach (University of Göttingen) The official languages of the conference will be English and ASL. ASL/English interpreting will be provided. Scientific Committee: Lina Bertone, Anna Cardinaletti, Carlo Cecchetto, Carlo Geraci, Josep Quer and Philippe Schlenker Organizing Committee: Lina Bertone, Anna Cardinaletti, Carlo Cecchetto, Carlo Geraci June, 20 9.00 - 9.30 Registration 9.30 - 10.30 TBA Markus Steinbach (Georg-August University of Goettingen) 10.30 - 11.20 Binding Theory and Sign Languages: the Role of Signing Space Vadim Kimmelman (Universiteit van Amsterdam) 11.20 - 11-40 Coffee break 11.40 - 12.30 A Unified Account of Specificity in Catalan Sign Language Gemma Barberà (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) 12.30 - 13.20 Event Descriptions and Classifier Predicates in SLs Alessandro Zucchi (Università degli Studi di Milano) 13.20 - 15.00 Lunch break 15.00 - 15.50 Animacy in Relative Clause Constructions in Turkish Sign Language Okan Kubus and Christian Rathmann (Universität Hamburg) 15.50 - 16.40 The Position of Fronted and Postposed Relative Clauses in Catalan Sign Language Marta Mosella Sanz (Universitat de Barcelona) 16.40 - 17.20 Poster Presentations 17.20 - 18.10 Poster Session 18.10 - 19.00 A Non-hybrid Approach to Sign Language Agreement Roland Pfau, Martin Salzmann, Markus Steinbach (Universiteit van Amsterdam, Universität Zürich, Georg-August University of Goettingen) June, 21 9.00 - 10.00 TBA Karen Emmorey (San Diego State University) 10.00 - 10.50 Processing Spatial Verbs: An ERP study to Examine Lexical Access in Sign Recognition Jana Hosemann, Annika Herrmann, Markus Steinbach and Matthias Schlesewsky (Georg-August University of Goettingen, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz) 10.50 - 11-10 Coffee break 11.10 - 12.00 Experimental Testing of an Unaccusative Analysis of ASL Classifiers Vanja De Lint (Radboud University Nijmegen & International Max Planck Research) 12.00 - 12.50 Simultaneous Mixing in Bimodals and Bilinguals Chiara Branchini and Caterina Donati (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Università di Roma-La Sapienza) 12.50 - 14.30 Lunch break 14.30 - 15.20 Focus on Focus: A Feature Geometry for Focus, Definiteness, and Specificity Ronnie Wilbur (Purdue Univeristy) 15.20 - 16.10 Wh-questions in Catalan Sign Language: Evidence for Rightward Movement Celia Alba de la Torre (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) 16.10 - 16.50 Poster Presentations 16.50 – 17.40 Poster Session 17.40 - 18.30 Temporal and Modal Anaphora in ASL Philippe Schlenker (Institut Jean-Nicod, CNRS and New York University) 18.30 - 19.30 Business Meeting Social Dinner June, 22 9.00 - 10.00 TBA Gaurav Mathur (Gallaudet University) 10.00 - 10.50 H1/H2 Shift as Switch Reference in Serial Verb Construction: Parametric Variation. Elena Benedicto (Purdue University) 10.50 - 11.10 Coffee break 11.10 - 12.00 Null Objects in ASL: The Case of (Indefinite) Argument Ellipsis Helen Koulidobrova (University of Connecticut) 12.00 - 13.30 Lunch break 13.30 - 14.20 Part-of-Speech Tests in American Sign Language Jeffrey Merrill-Bernath (University of Connecticut) 14.20 - 15.10 Handshape Complexity in Sign Languages: Its Relevance for Historical Development, Typology, and Acquisition Diane Brentari, Marie Coppola, Ann Senghas (Purdue Univeristy, University of Connecticut, Barnard College of Columbia University) Poster Sessions: June, 20 The Syntactic Structure of Nested Spreading Domains Asly Goksel and Meltem Kelepir (Bogaziçi University) Why Agreement Matters: The Syntax of Relative Clauses in American Sign Language Teresa Galloway (Cornell University) LIS: Antisymmetry and IP Michele Brunelli (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia) P in Indian Sign Language Samar Sinha (Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore) June, 21 Spatial and Visual Memory. Which One Does Signing Enhances (if any)? Marta Crespi, Leonor Romero and Costanza Papagno (Università di Milano-Bicocca) LSE-Sign: a Database Tool for Research into Sign Language Processing Brendan Costello, Eva Gutiérrez-Sigut , Cristina Baus and Manuel Carreiras (Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language, University of California Davis, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, IKERBASQUE, UPV/EHU) Formalism for Multi-linear Rules of Sign Language Grammars Michael Filhol (LIMSI-CNRS) Lexematic Units and Highly Iconic Structures in Italian Sign Language: New Methods of Analysis Aided by ad Hoc Software C.S. Bianchini, A. Di Renzo, T. Lucioli, F. Borgia, G. Gianfreda, P. Rossini (CNR-Roma, Université Paris 8, Univeristà di Perugia, Université Toulouse III, Università di Roma-La Sapienza) The Official Languages of the Conference will be English and ASL. ASL/English Interpreting will be Provided. Although there is no registration fee, if you plan to attend the conference, please inform the organizers by sending an e-mail to: venicefeastunive.it Further info in the conference website. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 13-May-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.