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Conference | Workshop

Gestures to signs around the world

Date
Thursday 19 February 2026
Time
Address
Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden
Room
2.01

On February 19 Mariana Martins will defend her PhD thesis entitled ‘Creating a sign language out of everything  and everywhere: An example from the deaf people of Bissau’. To celebrate this festive event, a small workshop will be held on the same day.

Programme

  • Gestures as sources for aspect markers: Evidence from the CrossMoGram project - Prof. Nick Palfreyman, University of Lancashire
  • Travelling gestures to the hands of signers - Mariana Martins, Leiden University

Languages: International Sign & English

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