Workshop SignNonmanuals in Klagenfurt 2014

The workshop 'SignNonmanuals' on cross-linguistic comparison of linguistic functions coded by nonmanuals took place at the Centre for Sign Language and Deaf Communication (ZGH), Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria, on April 11-12, 2014.

The workshop focused on the following three topis:

• comparison of functions coded by nonmanuals among different sign languages (SLs)
• discussion on methodological approaches for identifying nonmanuals in SLs
• exchange of experiences regarding translation work within the scope of linguistic projects

The workshop was part of the project “Segmentation and structuring of texts in Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS)” which is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF); the workshop was co-funded by the Austrian Research Association (ÖFG) and the Forschungsrat (FR) of Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt.