Linguistic diversity as a reflection of human diversity: cases from nordic sign language comunities
fre. 26. sep.
|Ullevål
With Norwegian Sign Language celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2025, this year's Einar Haugen lecture will focus on signed languages and explore the relationship between human diversity and linguistic diversity.
Tid og sted
26. sep. 2025, 14:15 – 16:00
Ullevål, Universitetet i Oslo, Sem Sælands vei 7, 0371 Oslo, Norge
Om arrangementet
Du finner mer informasjon her: https://www.hf.uio.no/iln/english/research/multiling/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/einar-haugen-lecture/2025/index.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawMWz-hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFyMVhjMmpCeDJCOFpWQVZGAR7v6LQglWuXzPc7g-hIwYNbiuPuFAccnEdnfLeC2FBSCV_eEkWjqf3LgGjNuA_aem_U8HNNH8uCIiA3f0V4snYGw About Lindsay Ferrara
Lindsay Ferrara is Professor of Signed Language Linguistics at NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She conducts both empirical and theoretical work on the semiotics of signed languages with a focus on the meaning-making that happens in various language ecologies and interactional settings. She is also interested in language documentation and currently holds a Young Research Talent Grant from the Research Council of Norway to create the first corpus and lexical database of Norwegian Sign Language.