Signed and Spoken Language Linguistics (SSLL) Festa at Minpaku 2013

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Signed and Spoken Language Linguistics (SSLL) Festa at Minpaku 2013

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Friday, September 27 ～Sunday, September 29, 2013
Signed and Spoken Language Linguistics (SSLL) Festa at Minpaku 2013

Core Research Project "Anthropological Studies of Materiality"

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Date: Friday, September 27 - Sunday, September 29, 2013
Venue: National Museum of Ethnology Auditorium, Conference Room 4 and 5
Hosted by: National Institutes for the Humanities, National Museum of Ethnology, Tsukuba University of Technology
Supported by: Department of Brodcasting, Osaka University of Arts, Osaka University of Arts-Television (OUA-TV) Office, CongressCorporation, The Linguistics Society of Japan, Japanese Association for Sign Language Studies, Japanese Institute for Sign Languages, Japanese Federation of the Deaf
Sponsored: The Nippon Foundation

With Lives Streaming on Ustream!

Someone will be at the main gate of the Natural and Cultural Park (near Banpaku-Kinen-Koen Station) from 8:30 - 9:30 in the morning.
Please present the proof of registration that will be sent to you when you register.

■ For Registration
For registration, please send the following information either by e-mail or regular mail: your name, address, phine or fax nimber, e-mail address,sign language requirement (if you are a signer) and the date(s) you are interested in participating.
If you are registering for Day 1 (27^th), please also indicate which of the fieldwork session you are interested in auditing: Ehime Japanese SL, Southern Chinese SL, Hawaiian SL, Thai, and Mongolian.
Inquiries and registration: SSL at idc.minpaku.ac.jp *Please replace 'at' with @ and send

Friday, September 27　International Workshops 1 & 2
Program

Saturday, September 28　International Workshops 3 & Minpaku Film Show
Program

Sunday, September 29　Second International Symposium on Signed and Spoken Language Linguistics (SSLL2) Word Order and Sentence Structures in Languages
Simultaneously translated in English in writing
Program

Friday, September 27　International Workshops 1 & 2

Time: 9:20 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
　9:20 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. ･･････Workshop 1: Word Order
　5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ･･････Workshop 2: Number Systems in Sign Languages
Venue: Conference Room 4 and 5, National Museum of Ethnology
Japanese, English, Japanese & American Sign Languages, International Sign
Open to the public (registration required, admission fee)
With Live Streaming on Ustream! click to view USTREAM

Workshop 1: Word Order

Time	Contents
9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.	Registration
9:20 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Welcome; Group Forming KIKUSAWA Ritsuko (National Museum of Ethnology) [Eng]
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	Sign Language Field Methods: Approaches, Techniques, and Concerns Susan FISCHER (CUNY Graduate Center / National Museum of Ethnology) [Eng]
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Fieldwork Method: How to Elicit Spoken Language Sentence Data INAGAKI Kazuya (Kyoto University) [Eng] Abstract
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Agent and Patient Expressions in Japanese Sign Language and Word Order (1) KIKUSAWA Ritsuko (National Museum of Ethnology) [Eng], ICHIDA Yasuhiro (College, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities / National Museum of Ethnology) [Jp]
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Conference Room 5	Fieldwork Session (1): Word Order Language Consultants: Signed Languages: Ehime JSL (YANO Uiko), S. Chinese SL (CHEN Fangfang), Hawai'i SL (Linda LAMBRECHT) Spoken Languages: Thai (Weera OSTAPIRAT), Mongolian (KUREBITO Tokusu)
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Presentations from Each Group Chair: KIRYU Kazuyuki (Mimasaka University) [Eng]
12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch break
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Agent and Patient Expressions in Japanese Sign Language and Word Order (2) KIKUSAWA Ritsuko (National Museum of Ethnology) [Eng], ICHIDA Yasuhiro (College, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities / National Museum of Ethnology) [Jp]
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Conference Room 5	Fieldwork Session (2): Word Order and Verb Types 1:30 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.‥‥‥Elicitation 2:40 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.‥‥‥Break 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.‥‥‥Summing up for Presentation
3:30 p.m. - 3:35 p.m.	Break
3:35 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.	Presentation / Discussion Chair: KIRYU Kazuyuki (Mimasaka University) [Eng]
4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Break

Workshop 2: Number Systems in Sign Languages

Time	Contents
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Mini-workshop on Number Systems in Sign Languages SAGARA Keiko (University of Central Lancashire) [IS] Abstract

Saturday, September 28　International Workshops 3 & MINPAKU Film Show

Workshops 3: Language Description and Documentation

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 4, National Museum of Ethnology
Japanese, English, Japanese & Anerican Sign Languages, International Sign
With Live Streaming on Ustream! (Workshop only) click to view USTREAM

Time	Contents
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	Creating a Language Map and Utilizing it (Japanese Dialects) KIBE Nobuko (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) [Jp] Abstract
9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Creating a Language Map and Utilizing it (Japanese Sign Language Dialects) OSUGI Yutaka (Tsukuba University of Technology / National Museum of Ethnology)[JSL] ,OKADA Tomohiro (Tsukuba University of Technology) [JSL] Abstract
10:30 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.	Questions / Discussion
11:10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.	Guidelines for Spoken Language Fieldworkers Ulrike ZESHAN (University of Central Lancashire) [Eng], Mandana SEYFEDDINIPUR (University of London) [Eng] Abstract

Minpaku Film Show: "The White Tower"

Time: 1:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Venue: Auditorium, National Museum of Ethnology
Film: Chinese and Chinese Sign Language (with English and Japanese subtitles)
Discussion: Japanese, Japanese Sign Language (with Japanese-JSL interpretation, Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation, Chinese-Japanese consecutive interpretation)

Details [in Japanese]

Sunday, September 29　Second International Symposium on Signed and Spoken Language Linguistics (SSLL2) Word Order and Sentence Structures in Languages

Time: 9:10 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Auditorium, National Museum of Ethnology
English, AmericanSign Language, International Sign, Japanese
Open to the public (registration required, admission fee)
With Live Streaming on Ustream! click to view USTREAM

English Captioning service will be available on Internet.
Please bring your own laptop or tablet to connect to our wireless LAN system.
URL: http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=CFI-NME

Time	Contents
8:40 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.	Welcome
9:10 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.	Word Order in Sign Languages Susan FISCHER (CUNY Graduate Center / National Museum of Ethnology) [Eng] Abstract
9:55 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.	Word Order in Inuit Sign Languages: Issues and Challenges Joke SCHUIT (University of Amsterdam) [Eng] Abstract
10:40 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.	Comments: Insight from Research on Word Order in Spoken/Written Languages Prashant PARDESHI (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) [Eng]
10:55 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.	Break
11:10 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.	Information Structure in Russian Sign Language and the Sign Language of the Netherlands Vadim KIMMELMAN (University of Amsterdam) [Eng] Abstract
11:55 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.	The Syntax of Negation and Completion in Indonesian Sign Language Varieties Nick PALFREYMAN (University of Central Lancashire) [IS] Abstract
12:40 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch Break
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Comments: Typolosy and Information Structure Constructions Doris PAYNE (University of Oregon) [Eng]
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Sentences and Utterances in Conversations: Similarities and Differences between Signed and Spoken Languages BONO Mayumi (National Institute of Informatics) [Eng] Abstract
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	The Language-Culture Interface: Studies on the Correlation between Eye Movements and Sentence/Gesture Production in Kaqchikel, a Mayan Language Spoken in Guatemala SAKAI Hiromu (Hiroshima University) [Eng] Abstract
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.	Break
3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Comments: (General) HOSOMA Hiromichi (University of Shiga Prefecture)
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion All the presenters