Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The Annual Blackwell/Maryland Lectures Series
Description:
Series title: The biological foundations of language: Insights from sign language.
Signed languages provide a powerful tool for investigating the nature of human language and language processing, the relation between cognition and language, and the neural organization for language.
Lecture 1 Nov. 11 from 3 to 6pm in the Md room
Sign language and the brain
Lecture 2 Nov. 12 from 3 to 6pm in the Md room
Speaking vs. signing: How the biology of linguistic expression affects language processing
Lecture 3 Nov. 13, 2009 from 10am to 12pm in the Md room
Bimodal bilingualism
FFI see website: www.ling.umd.edu/
Start Time:
3:00 PM
End Time:
12:00 PM
Room:
Maryland Room
Common Location Name:
Marie Mount
Web Address:
www.ling.umd.edu
Other Contact Information:
Kathleen M. Faulkingham
Linguistics Dept.
+1 301 405 7002
kathif@umd.edu
www.ling.umd.edu