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Venice FEAST Colloquium
The first meeting of the "Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign
language Theory" (FEAST) colloquium will take place at the
University of Venice on June 20-22, 2011.
The grammars of sign languages are as highly complex as the grammars of
spoken languages and share with them many universal features, despite the
difference in modality between spoken languages (which use the auditory
channel) and sign languages (which use the visual channel). Yet, sign
languages also differ from spoken languages in radical ways: morphological
information in sign languages is often conveyed simultaneously by
different articulators rather than linearly; moreover, certain aspects of
their phonological, syntactic and semantic structures are not commonly
found in spoken languages. These differences raise an interesting
challenge both for formal linguistic and experimental research
frameworks.
FEAST aims at becoming a regular forum to discuss formal approaches to
sign language grammar (in particular in the generative tradition),
experimental approaches to sign languages, and their interaction.
Tentatively, the 2012 "FEAST" should be organized by the
University of Goettingen.
Keynote speakers
Karen Emmorey (San Diego State University)
Gaurav Mathur (Gallaudet University)
Markus Steinbach (University of Goettingen)
Submissions
Submissions are now invited for Venice FEAST. Authors are asked to
submit their abstracts as e-mail attachments in .pdf format to the
following address: venicefeast@unive.it
We plan to have oral presentations (40 minutes long plus 10 minutes of
discussion) as well as a poster session. The poster session will be
preceded by a special session in which each poster presenter will be
allotted 5 minutes to introduce the topic of his/her poster.
The anonymous abstract should include the title and indicate whether it
is intended for poster or oral presentation. The title of the paper, name
of the author(s), affiliation(s), surface mail address and e-mail address
should be included in the e-mail message. Abstracts should not be longer
than two pages in length (including tables, examples and references), in
12-point type, single line spacing and 2,5 cm. margins. Abstracts will be
reviewed by an external panel and the reviewing process will be
double-blind.
Deadline for submission: February, 28 2011.
Notification of acceptance/rejection: April 6, 2011.
The official languages of the conference will be English
and ASL. ASL/English interpreting will be provided.
Conference e-mail
venicefeast@unive.it
Scientific committee
Lina Bertone (University of Venice)
Anna Cardinaletti (University of Venice)
Carlo Cecchetto (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Carlo Geraci (University of Turin / University of Venice)
Josep Quer (ICREA, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Philippe Schlenker (Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris)
Organizing committee
Lina Bertone (University of Venice)
Anna Cardinaletti (University of Venice)
Carlo Cecchetto (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Carlo Geraci (University of Turin / University of Venice)
Program back top
(download program) (download booklet)
June, 20
8.30 - 9.30 Registration
9.30 - 10.30 TBA
Markus Steinbach (Georg-August University of Goettingen)
10.30 - 11.20
Binding theory and sign languages: the role of signing space
(pdf here)
Vadim Kimmelman (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
11.20 - 11-40 Coffee break
11.40 - 12.30
A unified account of specificity in Catalan Sign
Language (pdf here)
Gemma Barberà (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
12.30 - 13.20
Event descriptions and classifier predicates in SLs
(pdf here)
Alessandro Zucchi (Università degli Studi di Milano)
13.20 - 15.00 Lunch break
15.00 - 15.50
Animacy in relative clause constructions in Turkish Sign
Language (pdf here)
Okan Kubus and Christian Rathmann (Universität Hamburg)
15.50 - 16.40
The position of fronted and postposed relative clauses in Catalan Sign
Language (pdf here)
Marta Mosella Sanz (Universitat de Barcelona)
16.40 - 17.20
Poster Presentations
17.20 - 18.10
Poster Session
18.10 - 19.00
A non-hybrid approach to sign language agreement
(pdf here)
1Roland Pfau, 2Martin Salzmann, 3Markus
Steinbach (1Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2Universität
Zürich, 3Georg-August University of Goettingen)
June, 21
9.00 - 10.00 TBA
Karen Emmorey (San Diego State University)
10.00 - 10.50
Processing spatial verbs: An ERP study to examine lexical access in sign
recognition (pdf here)
1Jana Hosemann, 1Annika Herrmann, 1Markus
Steinbach and 2Matthias Schlesewsky (1Georg-August
University of Goettingen, 2Johannes Gutenberg University
Mainz)
10.50 - 11-10 Coffee break
11.10 - 12.00
Experimental testing of an unaccusative analysis of ASL
classifiers (pdf here)
Vanja De Lint (Radboud University Nijmegen & International Max Planck
Research)
12.00 - 12.50
Simultaneous mixing in bimodals and bilinguals
(pdf here)
Chiara Branchini and Caterina Donati (Università degli Studi di
Milano-Bicocca, Università di Roma-La Sapienza)
12.50 - 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 - 15.20
Focus on Focus: A feature geometry for focus, definiteness, and
specificity (pdf here)
Ronnie Wilbur (Purdue Univeristy)
15.20 - 16.10
Wh-questions in Catalan Sign Language: Evidence for Rightward
Movement (pdf here)
Celia Alba de la Torre
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
16.10 - 16.50
Poster Presentations
16.50 – 17.40
Poster Session
17.40 - 18.30
Temporal and Modal Anaphora in ASL (pdf here)
Philippe Schlenker (Institut Jean-Nicod, CNRS and New York University)
18.30 - 19.30 Business Meeting
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Social Dinner
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June, 22
9.00 - 10.00 TBA
Gaurav Mathur (Gallaudet University)
10.00 - 10.50
H1/H2 Shift as Switch Reference in Serial Verb Construction: parametric
variation. (pdf here)
Elena Benedicto (Purdue University)
10.50 - 11.10 Coffee break
11.10 - 12.00
Null objects in ASL: The case of (indefinite) argument
ellipsis (pdf here)
Helen Koulidobrova (University of Connecticut)
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch break
13.30 - 14.20
Part-of-Speech Tests in American Sign Language
(pdf here)
Jeffrey Merrill-Bernath (University of Connecticut)
14.20 - 15.10
Handshape complexity in sign languages: Its relevance for historical
development, typology, and Acquisition (pdf here)
1Diane Brentari, 2Marie Coppola, 3Ann
Senghas (1Purdue Univeristy, 2University of
Connecticut, 3Barnard College of Columbia University)
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Poster sessions:
June, 20
The syntactic structure of nested spreading domains
(pdf here)
Asly Goksel and Meltem Kelepir (Bogaziçi University)
Why Agreement Matters: The Syntax of Relative Clauses in American Sign
Language (pdf here)
Teresa Galloway (Cornell University)
LIS: Antisymmetry and IP (pdf here)
Michele Brunelli (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia)
P in Indian Sign Language (pdf here)
Samar Sinha (Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore)
June, 21
Spatial and visual memory. Which one does signing enhances (if
any)? (pdf here)
Marta Crespi, Leonor Romero and Costanza Papagno
(Università di Milano-Bicocca)
LSE-Sign: a database tool for research into sign language
processing (pdf here)
1Brendan Costello, 2Eva Gutiérrez-Sigut ,
1,3Cristina Baus and 1,4,5Manuel Carreiras (1Basque
Center on Cognition Brain and Language, 2University of
California Davis, 3Universidad Pompeu Fabra, 4IKERBASQUE,
5UPV/EHU)
Formalism for multi-linear rules of Sign Language
grammars (pdf here)
Michael Filhol (LIMSI-CNRS)
Lexematic units and highly iconic structures in Italian Sign Language:
New methods of analysis aided by ad hoc software
(pdf here)
1,2,3C.S. Bianchini, 1A. Di Renzo, 1T.
Lucioli, 4,5F. Borgia, 1G. Gianfreda, 1P.
Rossini
(1CNR-Roma, 2Université Paris 8, 3Univeristà
di Perugia, 4Université Toulouse III, 5Università
di Roma-La Sapienza)
Info
for poster presentations and poster sessions:
Watch a video from the
conference!
As anticipated in the call for papers, following a practice introduced in
other conferences, every poster presenter will be allotted 5 to 7 minutes
to illustrate the topic of his/her poster. This presentation (in ASL or
English) should give some background to facilitate the discussion of the
poster rather than being a concise presentation of its content. As you
can see from the program, short poster presentations are scheduled in the
time-slot immediately preceding the poster session.
Here are some details about the poster sessions:
The poster stands will be located on the lateral sides of the Conference
Room. Measures of the panels are 1 by 1.5 meter portrait size. It would
be great if posters will be on their stand from the morning.
Accommodation back top
Here are some websites where you can find an accommodation:
http://www.booking.com/country/it.html
http://www.venere.com/it/
http://www.trivago.it/
Since there will be other events in the same week in Venice, we warmly
invite you to make your hotel reservations as soon as possible. Although
there is no registration fee, if you plan to attend the conference,
please inform the organizers by sending an e-mail to:
venicefeast@unive.it
Conference Venue back top
The Auditorium S. Margherita is located at the entrance of Campo S.
Margherita in the Dorsoduro quarter. It is easy to reach from either the
Marco Polo Venice Airport or the Venice Santa Lucia train station or the
Piazzale Roma Venice road taxi and bus terminal.
See the map at http://www.unive.it/phpapps/maps2/gadget.php?id=990006
From the Marco Polo Venice
Airport
You can take the ACTV road bus n° 5 (orange bus) or ATVO road bus (blue
bus) that end at Piazzale Roma road taxi and bus terminal. Both buses
leave from the platforms outside the arrival hall of the Airport. The
drive takes approx. 25 minutes. Information about the timetable and
prices is available
at ACTV website: http://www.actv.it/
and at ATVO website: http://www.atvo.it/.
From the Marco Polo Venice Airport, you can also reach the centre of
Venice by taking the Alilaguna waterbus, a direct service between the
Marco Polo Airport and the Venice centre. Further information about the
Alilaguna waterbus is available
at Alilaguna website: http://www.alilaguna.com/
From Piazzale Roma (road taxi
and bus terminal)and from the Venice Santa Lucia train station
The Auditorium S. Margherita is easy to reach by walking from Piazzale
Roma road taxi and bus terminal and from the Venice Santa Lucia train
station. The walking distance is about 15-20 minutes. Please refer to the
map. Otherwise it is possible to get to the Auditorium S. Margherita
either from the train station or from Piazzale Roma taking the ACTV
waterbus route no. 1, getting off at the stop S. Toma' or Ca' Rezzonico.
In both cases, the Auditorium is just a short 5 minute walk from the
stop. For more information and the route timetables refer to the ACTV
website.
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