The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Seminars, Symposia, and Academic Conferences

Friday, Desember 6, 2019 ～Saturday, December 7, 2019
The 8th Meeting of Signed and Spoken Language Linguistics

  • Date: Friday, Desember 6, 2019 - Saturday, December 7, 2019
  • Venue: Conference Room 4, 2nd floor at the National Museum of Ethnology
  • Registration
    Official Site
  • Inquiries: 10-1 Senri Expo-Park, Suita, Osaka 565-8511, Japan　National Museum of Ethnology
    e-mail: SSLL2019 [at] minpaku.ac.jp
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Outline

SSLL2019 will be held for the promotion of sign language linguistics, and also for a better understanding of human language by comparing and analyzing signed and spoken languages. ASL/English, JSL/Japanese interpretation and English Captioning will be provided.

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〔ASL Video for SSLL2019〕


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Program and Abstracts

◆ Friday, Desember 6, 2019

Conference Room 3, 2nd floor at the National Museum of Ethnology

9:00 - 17:00 Interpreters and presenters meeting, PPT check
◆ Saturday, December 7, 2019

Conference Room 4, 2nd floor at the National Museum of Ethnology

10:20 - 10:40 Registration
10:40 - 10:45 Opening Remarks
Ritsuko KIKUSAWA (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan/ The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan)
JSL
10:45 - 10:55 Greetings
Kenji YOSHIDA (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan)
Japanese
10:55 - 11:00 Business Announcements
Keiko SAGARA (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan)
JSL
11:00 - 12:00 《Invited Lecture》
Sign Language Description: A Deaf Retrospective and Application of Best Practices from Language Documentation
Abstract
Julie HOCHGESANG (Gallaudet University, US)
ASL
12:05 - 12:35 Phonological Parameters and Their Effects on Phonological Variation in Hong Kong Sign Language
Abstract
Monica Xiao WEI and Yim Binh Felix SZE (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
English
12:35 - 13:40 Lunch
13:40 - 14:10 Arbitrary Signs Are More Stable Than Iconic Signs: Evidence from Taiwan Sign Language and Japanese Sign Language
Abstract
Jane TSAY*, Keiko SAGARA** and Ritsuko KIKUSAWA** (*National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, **National Museum of Ethnology, Japan)
English
14:15 - 14:45 Re-examining Iconicity as a Modality Effect
Abstract
James TAI (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan)
English
14:50 - 15:20 The mode Switching by Bimodal Children
Abstract
Eiji TAIRA (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
JSL
15:20 - 15:50 Break
15:50 - 16:50 《Invited Lecture》
Aksen tasol: Identifying & documenting sign language use in Papua New Guinea
Abstract
Samantha RARRICK (Griffith University, Australia)
English
16:55 - 17:05 Closing Remarks
17:05 - 17:10 Business Announcements
Keiko SAGARA (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan)
JSL
Entrance Hall, 1st floor at the National Museum of Ethnology
17:30 - 19:30 Conference Dinner