SLLA Lab

Sign Linguistics & Language Acquisition Lab at the University of Connecticut

[SLLA Lab @SllaLab]

News on research and other interesting stuff about #signlanguage #languageacquisition #bilingualism #linguistics #UConn

[SLLA Lab @SllaLab]

@Vijay_Ramjattan Also how they want their surname listed. People have different ways to do it. Publishers need to respect this

[Ben Braithwaite @benbraithwaite]

I'm extremely excited to share that the SIGN10 conference will be hosted by the University of the West Indies, here in Trinidad and Tobago, 9th-12th December 2024! The call for papers is out on our website here: https://t.co/yh4oWq9DYY
Please share widely, and please come!

[Adam Schembri @AdamCSchembri]

Hey spoken language linguistics colleagues: tomorrow is the International Day of Sign Languages (https://t.co/RCNLEIZC41).
Please consider how you might use it to highlight signed languages in your teaching and/or research.

[BostonU ConfLangDev @TheBUCLD]

#BUCLD48 Full Schedule and Abstracts are now live on our website! Check them out here: https://t.co/LiD9oF6H81

[Dr Gerald Roche @GJosephRoche]

As part of Global Language Advocacy Day #GLAD23, I’m really happy to launch the @GlobLangRights statement on understanding and defending language rights: a 🧵

[DCAL @DCAL_UCL]

UCL is seeking a Research Assistant for a 3-year role in Psychology and Language Sciences, focusing on deaf children's reading development. This role could lead to a PhD opportunity. BSL or similar language knowledge required. Apply now: https://t.co/UtQlQ7vUzp

[Linguistic Society of America @LingSocAm]

Applications for the Victoria Fromkin Memorial Prize for Student Excellence in Phonology are now open for the 2024 LSA Annual Meeting. Apply for your chance to receive financial support to attend the 2023 LSA Annual Meeting. ➡️https://t.co/CVym6i3tNH

[Motion Light Lab @MotionLightLab]

It’s official – “Count With Us! A Nursery Rhyme Story” is now out for free on iPads and Android tablets! This amazing story is designed for kiddos from infants to five year olds (0-5), and merges numbers and animals in a captivating rhythmic prose in both American Sign Language

[SLLA Lab @SllaLab]

@rain_bosworth @fiotch @NIH @museumofplay What great news!!

[SLLA Lab @SllaLab]

@ShappLing @AdamCSchembri Summarize a public instance of linguistic discrimination, why it is unjustified, and how to do better

[PLAYlab @NTIDplaylab]

View the full recording of Dr. Rain Bosworth's @rain_bosworth presentation at the Psychonomic Society's One World Cognitive Psychology Seminar Series:

https://t.co/v7FjnYCrTh

[SLLA Lab @SllaLab]

@ejacobsp @lornaquandt Excellent work!

[Elana Pontecorvo @ejacobsp]

New paper! “Learning a Sign Language does not Hinder Acquisition of a Spoken Language.” This study provides evidence that families with deaf children can pursue ASL without concern of negative impact on spoken English development. 🧵
https://t.co/0tkQKqb6CK

[Deaf Studies, Sign Languages & Interpreting Berlin @Deaf_Studies]

The video-book on "International Sign Language:Sociolinguistic Aspects" (co-authored by @RoniceQ and @crathmann) will be released on April 3, 2023. You are cordially invited to attend the event (online via Zoom or at UFSC).

[DCAL @DCAL_UCL]

Have a look at our research explaining the effect of visual language in the brain & cochlear implant (CI) success. This review highlights that early access to language, including sign language, is fundamental for CI outcomes https://t.co/3AbMCi66Wp

[Rain Bosworth, PhD @rain_bosworth]

"Concerns were raised regarding the use of inappropriate language and incorrect statements regarding the deaf community and sign language users. There was a lack of collaboration between the authors and the community described in the article."...

[SLLA Lab @SllaLab]

@rain_bosworth Good to see this. There are so many of these problematic articles - they need to know the problems

[Kelly Stevens @kellystevenslab]

Just sat on a panel designed to give advice to first-year Assistant Profs @UW. Here's the advice I gave. (side note, while reading remember #3! Not all advice works for all people)...