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On the topic of #NoTalkTISLR started at #TISLR13 (a thread)...
I'm a hearing linguist. "Why did you get into sign languages?" is a question I get. Answer: I wanted to do linguistics, went to Stockholm Uni, got exposed to Swedish SL at the dept, got curious, enrolled in a class, got hooked, and continued parallel linguistics + sign language.
I took my first SSL class in 2007, just a tiny intro, more about structure than learning how to sign. A year later, I enrolled in a full-time class, took two semesters. After that, I was allowed to join a SL linguistics class, taught fully in SSL. I was the only hearing student.
Very excited about Hope Morgan et al.'s talk on phonological (wiggle-fingers) complexity and frequency distribution! Relevant to much of my own work! #TISLR13 
Phonological complexity can be defined by 1) markedness (frequency/economy) and 2) structure (quantity).
E.g.:
Some handshapes are easier (1). Two-handed signs with simultaneous movements have more structure (2).
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E.g.:
Some handshapes are easier (1). Two-handed signs with simultaneous movements have more structure (2).
#TISLR13
Research question: is there a maximum limit of complexity that can be packed into a sign? #TISLR13
Now exciting presentation by @AnneliesKusters, @jordanfenlonlx & @foundinblank on convergence in international sign! #TISLR13
Very relevant to current work at @SLL_Radboud!
Very relevant to current work at @SLL_Radboud!
International Sign is sometimes used in formal, more conventionalized settings (conferences, etc), but here the authors did a longitudinal study at Frontrunners, looking at language attitude and lexical convergence over time! #TISLR13
So relevant for emergence and creolists too!
So relevant for emergence and creolists too!
By the end of the Frontrunners program, the number of unique lexical signs (same item list in the beginning and end of the program) had decreased, pointing to convergence. #TISLR13
@freya_watkins_ on comprehension of signs depending on angles. Especially L2 signers have a harder task mentally rotating signs perceived from an angle (as opposed to front facing).
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I'm wondering if mouthing plays a role. 👄👀
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I'm wondering if mouthing plays a role. 👄👀
In a lexical naming task, scores for different angle representations were correlated with scores on a general mental rotation task. #TISLR13
Performance depends on frequency: you perform better with angles you were exposed to the most (yay frequency effects in language). Mental rotation a crucial skill that perhaps needs explicit training. #TISLR13
Sign language researchers, students, and geeks worldwide are traveling to Hamburg this week for #TISLR13 (tislr.de). In 2022, #TISLR14 will be in Osaka, and there'll be bids to host #TISLR15 in 2025.
Let's have a conversation about TISLR's carbon footprint? 🌍
Let's have a conversation about TISLR's carbon footprint? 🌍
Discussions about our individual and aggregate contributions to the climate emergency has changed *fast* in just the past several months. There's no reason to think the pace of change, awareness-raising, or pure panic is going to slow down between now and 2022.
It's conceivable that by 2022 that the idea of hundreds of researchers flying to Japan on carbon-spewing jets in order to share scientific research could be considered morally abhorrent.
So, at the upcoming #TISLR13 in Hamburg, let's get ahead of the conversation. 🙋♂️
So, at the upcoming #TISLR13 in Hamburg, let's get ahead of the conversation. 🙋♂️
Code-blending is the simultaneous productions of (aspects of) an utterance in sign and speech.
This is not the same as SimCom🚫, but something that can reveal the structure of and interaction between languages. #LingCologne
This is not the same as SimCom🚫, but something that can reveal the structure of and interaction between languages. #LingCologne
But what happens if one of the two languages still has an emerging grammar — as in bimodals using Nicaraguan Sign Language? #LingCologne
Presentation + poster + poster
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#tislr13
Presentation:
"True friends or false friends? Lexical similarity for predicting cross-signing success" (with @signrr & @lori_whynot)
"True friends or false friends? Lexical similarity for predicting cross-signing success" (with @signrr & @lori_whynot)
Poster:
"Spatial metaphors in antonym pairs across sign languages" (with @ryanlepic)
"Spatial metaphors in antonym pairs across sign languages" (with @ryanlepic)
