Participating in Conferences and Seminars

Participated in Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR) Conference 11

Date: 10/07/2013 - 13/07/2013

A research team compositing of 10 Deaf and hearing researchers, including Prof. Gladys Tang, Prof. Felix Sze and Prof. Scholastica Lam, participated in Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR) Conference 11 during 10-13 July, 2013 in University College London (UCL). TISLR is one of the fabulous conferences with the sign language presentations from different countries on the topics covering the linguistics structures, pragmatics, acquisition of sign language, sociolinguistics, neurolinguistics, etc. The followings are the posters presented by the researchers from CSLDS:

1. Parametric variation in H1/H2 Shift: Switch Reference in Serial Verb Constructions (Elena Benedicto and Gladys Tang)
   
2. A Universal Explanation for Code-blending and Code-switching (Cat H.-M. Fung and Gladys Tang)
   
3. Acquisition of Verb Agreement in Hong Kong Sign Language by Late Learners in the Jockey Club Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment in Deaf Education Programme (Scholastica Lam and Pippen Wong)
   
4. The Realization of Shared Argument(s) in Serial Verb Constructions in Hong Kong Sign Language (Sin Yee Prudence Lau)
   
5. Acquisition of nonmanual adverbials in Hong Kong Sign Langauge by deaf children in the Jockey Club Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment in Deaf Education Programme (Jia Li, Scholastica Lam and Cat H-M. Fung )
   
6. Lexical Variations and Diachronic Change in Hong Kong Sign Language (Felix Yim-Binh Sze, Connie Chun-Yi Lo, Lisa Sui-Wah Lo and Kenny Kwan-Ngai Chu)
   
7. Development of discourse referencing in Hong Kong Sign Language narratives by Deaf/hard-of-hearing children in the Jockey Club Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment in Deaf Education Programme (English) (Felix Yim-Binh Sze and Betty Cheung)
   
8. Sign language use and variations in Jakarta Sign Language (Felix Yim-Binh Sze, James Woodward, Adhika Irlang Suwiryo, Laura Lesmana Wijaya, Iwan Satryawan and Silva Tenrisara Pertiwi Isma)