The 16th Research Roundtable for
Bilingualism as a First Language (BiL1)
Co-sponsored by Graduate School of Intercultural Communication,
Rikkyo University
“Bilingualism and Sign Language Studies”
(I) Date: Oct. 7th 2017 (Sat.) 13:20-17:30
(II) Place: Room M301, McKim Hall (Building 15), Ikebukuro Campus, Rikkyo University
3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan 171-8501
http://english.rikkyo.ac.jp/access/ikebukuro/direction
*We have arranged sign language interpreters.
(III) Programme
M.C. MISHINA-MORI, Satomi (Rikkyo University)
1. Opening Address 13:20 YAMAMOTO, Masayo (Kwansei Gakuin University)
2. Plenary Lecture 13:30-14:30
“Sign Language Processing in the Brain”
IKARI, Yukio (Osaka City University)
Break 14:30-14:40
3. Guest Lecture 14:40-15:40
“Improvisational Signing in Sign Language Interaction: Bilingualism in Japanese Sign Language and Japanese”
BONO, Mayumi
(National Institute of Informatics & The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
Break 15:40-15:50
4. Post-graduate Presentations 1 15:50-16:25
“Cross linguistic Influence in Spontaneous Speech of a Japanese-English Bilingual Child: The Effect of Input on Subject Argument Realization”
NAGAI, Yuki (Rikkyo University)
Post-graduate Presentations 2 16:25-17:00(canceled)
“Acquisition of Japanese particles ga, o, and wa in Japanese-Portuguese bilingual children”
SHIRAKAWA, Mineko (University of Canterbury)
5. Group discussion 17:00-17:20
6. Closing address 17:20
IKARI, Yukio (Osaka City University)
(IV) Fee : 1000 yen (members : free)
(V) Participation: Simply turn up on the day. There is no need to RSVP.
(VI) Dinner party: We're planning dinner after the research roundtable at a restaurant nearby (18:00-20:00 at a cost of about 5,000 yen). Details will be announced later, but let us know by e-mail tomorisato(a)rikkyo.ac.jp by Wednesday, Sep. 27th if you'd like to come to the dinner. In the e-mail message, please write 1) your name, 2) affiliation, 3) e-mail address and put the title of the message as “Application for BiL1 dinner party”.