SIGN CAFÉ 2

University of Catania, School of Foreign Language and Literature in Ragusa; the Language and Communication Across Modalities Lab ISTC-CNR

Workshop on Cognitive and Functional Approaches to Sign Language Linguistics

School of Foreign Language and Literature - Auditorium of Santa Teresa

With Covid-19 conditions improving after well over a year, the University of Catania, the Department of Humanities, the School of Foreign Language and Literature in Ragusa and the Language and Communication Across Modalities Lab (LaCAM) of the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC) of the CNR are now in a position to proudly hold the second edition of the Workshop on Cognitive and Functional Approaches to Sign Language Linguistics.Sign Café 2 will take place on October 13-15, 2022, at the University of Catania, in Ragusa.This workshop has been set up by Adam Schembri of the University of Birmingham as a regular forum to discuss approaches toward sign language linguistics in the cognitive and functional linguistics tradition. These approaches frame language as a type of social action in relation to other cognitive systems. A wide range of theoretical approaches are included in this definition: they all have in common the importance they ascribe to the role of communication and cognition in linguistic theory and in descriptions of language structure. Invited speakers will be:<ul><li> Gabrielle Hodge (Australian National University, Australia)</li><li> Marie-Anne Sallandre and Brigitte Garcia (Université Paris 8, CNRS, France)</li><li> Erin Wilkinson (University of New Mexico, USA)</li><li> Virginia Volterra (ISTC, CNR, Italy)</li></ul> Conference LanguageThe official languages of the conference will be English and International Sign (IS), with Italian Sign Language (LIS) as additional language.Authors who submit abstracts that are accepted will be required to pay the registration fee for the conference that all attendees are required to pay. Since only the abstracts of registered presenting authors will be included in the final program, we expect that the first author (or co-author) of the accepted abstract will register for the conference within 31 July 2022 (i.e., the deadline of the Early Bird fee). Registration fee include 4 coffee break, 1 light lunch and a welcome bag.Eventbrite's payment service fees are not included and are approximately 7-8%.Important Dates13 June: Registration Opens 30 September: Registration Ends 13- 15 October: Conference Conference e-mail and web site signcafe2.unict@gmail.com <a href="http://www.sdslingue.unict.it/it/signcafetwo" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.sdslingue.unict.it/it/signcafetwo</a>  Organizing committee:University of CataniaSabina FontanaGaia CaligioreClaudio FerraraErika RanioloLACAM, ISTC, CNROlga CapirciChiara BonsignoriAlessio Di RenzoMorgana ProiettiCristiana SanalitroGRUPPO SILIS

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