Depiction Research Lab

The Depiction Research Lab, housed within the Department of Linguistics at Gallaudet University, investigates issues pertaining to ways signed language users iconically depict events, settings, and objects. Depiction employs one or more elements within the signer's conception of the immediate environment, which include space, the signer's body, and temporality. For more information, go to What is Depiction?

"Depiction and Signed Language Interpretation Research" was presented at the Signed Language Interpreting Research and Practice Conference at Gallaudet University, hosted by the Department of Interpretation. PDF version of presentation slides available here.

Drs. Raylene Paludneviciene, Paul Dudis, and Peter Hauser have received a Gallaudet Priority Research Grant for purposes of "Developing a Theoretical Framework for Sign Language Assessment Tests."

A poster presentation abstract (pdf) submitted to the LREC 2008 workshop on sign language corpora (June 1st, 2008) has been accepted.

Our abstracts for the Deaf Studies Today! conference (April 10-12, 2008) have been accepted. We will present a paper, "A Survey of Depiction in ASL Poetry" and a workshop on "Transcribing ASL Depiction of Events, Settings, and Entities."

A PDF of presentation slides shown during the "Analyzing ASL Descriptions of Things and Actions" workshop at the 2007 ASLTA conference is now available here. Check out other files in the Files section.