Program African SL workshop WOCAL 6
Monday, August 17th, 2009
18:00 – 20:00 Workshop International Sign - at the Institute for African Studies
20:30 - ? Informal Reception (for 10 Euros) - Location TBA
Light refreshments with some wines, juices, soft drinks and Kölch.
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
9:00 – 10:00 Sam Lutalo - Plenary Session: Keynote address 2 - "The importance of Deaf involvement in African sign language research"
10:00 – 10:30 Break
Session 1: Location TBA
Methodology & Applications Chair: Rezenet Moges
10:30 – 11:00 Kamei - DVD dictionary of Langue des Signes d’Afrique Francophone:
Descriptive study of Creole ASL in French-speaking Africa
11:00 – 11:30 Nyst & Magassouba - Constructing corpora of African sign languages – an example from Mali
11:30 – 12:00 Gilchrist & Nyst - Demonstration on using the software, ELAN
12:00 – 12:30 Tamene - BA program Ethiopian Sign Language and Deaf Culture at AAU
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
Session 2: Location TBA
Theoretical issues Chair: Henry Muzale
14:00 – 14:30 Vermeerbergen - South African signers come in many different forms
14:30 – 15:00 Hopkins - Social network theory as a predictor of sign language boundaries
15:00 – 15:30 Morgan - The role of non-dominant hand in Kenyan sign language
15:30 – 16:00 Adone & Bauer - Argument structure in emergent sign languages
16:00 – 16:30 Break
Session 3: Location TBA
Country reports Chair: Eyasu Tamene
16:30 – 17:00 Moges - Dichotomy in the community of Deaf Eritreans
17:00 – 17:30 Gilchrist (Shane), Otieno, Namasaka - Standardisation in Kenyan Sign Language Led by Deaf Teachers
17:30 – 18:00 Boison - Patterns of sign language use in Ghana and future objectives
18:00 – 18:30 Muzale - The Challenges of sign language Standardization – Lugha ya Alama ya Tanzania
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 (International Signs interpreters available only)
9:30 – 11:30 Wrap-up Session - at the Institute of African Studies
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