online @ 4:00 pm
Language ideologies and cultural continuity in the Maya renaissance Rusty Barrett, University of Kentucky This talk discusses current trends in visual art, poetry, and (hip hop) music in Maya communities in Guatemala. I argue that …
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Davis on gesture in African American signed and spoken language
Online @ 4:00 pm
https://languageinstitute.wisc.edu/okaaay-sis-african-american-language-multimodality-and-black-womens-gesture/
“Okaaay Sis!”: African American Language, Multimodality, and Black Women’s Gesture Sovoya Davis Linguistics PhD Candidate University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Language Sciences Colloquium Series See the event page for registration and full details
Lepic on online ASL
367 Van Hise @ 4:00 pm
Studying sign distributions in American Sign Language online Ryan Lepic, Gallaudet University Language Sciences Colloquium Series In American Sign Language (ASL), four signs are commonly cited as translation equivalents of English ‘what’ (Hill et al. …
Driver on Heritage Language Education
1418 Van Hise @ 4:00 pm
https://sla.wisc.edu/an-emotional-lens-on-heritage-language-education/
An Emotional Lens on Heritage Language Education: The Positive, the Negative, and the… Complicated for Heritage Students and Educators Meagan Driver, Michigan State University See the event page for registration and full information. SLA Talk …
Deaf Fire: Finding Your Path in a Hearing World
Online @ 12:30 pm
https://mcburney.wisc.edu/antoine-hunter-2024/#panel
Panel discussion with Antoine Hunter, Zahna Simon, and Jason Antoine. Panelists are all Deaf professionals who will use American Sign Language (ASL) for the discussion. Spoken English interpretation and live professional captioning (CART) will be …
Antoine Hunter Dance performance
Shannon Hall, Memorial Union @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
https://mcburney.wisc.edu/antoine-hunter-2024/
An Evening with Antoine Hunter Antoine Hunter will be providing a dance performance, lecture, and question and answer session about his career as a deaf dancer. Open to the public, ASL interpreters, and CART will …
Font-Santiago on biological computational language modeling
367 Van Hise @ 4:00 pm
Developing a Biological Computational Model of Natural Language: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Linguistics Cristopher Font-Santiago Ambiguity, the possibility of multiple mental representations and/or interpretations for one utterance, is a necessary, intrinsic, and pervasive feature of …