جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

• Sign Language Studies
• Deaf Culture
• Comparative Linguistics
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Liona Paulus is a Researcher and doctoral student at the Department of German Philology, University of Göttingen. Her work focuses on sign language studies, deaf culture, and educational policy for the deaf. She also teaches German Sign Language (DGS) for beginners through the 'SignTimes' association since 2010. Education: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (B.A. in Book Studies, Art History, Portuguese Romance Studies); Erasmus semester at Università di Bologna; Advanced training at University of Hamburg's Institute for German Sign Language. Her research interests emphasize comparative studies between German Sign Language (DGS) and Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS), inspired by her year-long volunteer work at Escola Frei Pacífico in Porto Alegre, Brazil. She highlights Brazil's progressive educational policies for the deaf and integrates this perspective into her academic work.

• Sign language linguistics
• German Sign Language (DGS) grammar
• Syntax and word order
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Sina Proske is a researcher in German Sign Language (DGS) linguistics at the Department of German Philology, University of Göttingen, since April 2015. Their work focuses on syntactic structures and information-structural aspects of sign languages, particularly analyzing w-movement and word order patterns. Education : Master's degree in linguistics (2015) from University of Göttingen, with studies in German Philology and Political Science (2009-2012) Proske's research explores how sign languages, despite their visual-spatial modality, share fundamental linguistic properties with spoken languages while exhibiting unique structural features. They emphasize the comparative analysis of syntactic phenomena across modalities.

Barbara Hänel-Faulhaberمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Deaf Education
• Sign Language Acquisition
• Educational Psychology
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Prof. Dr. Barbara Hänel-Faulhaber is a Professor of Education, specializing in sign language and audio pedagogy, and serves as Vice Dean for Research and Academic Career Paths at the University of Hamburg's Faculty of Education. Her research focuses on the acquisition and processing of German and German Sign Language (DGS), particularly among diverse learner groups, with interdisciplinary collaborations in biological psychology and neuropsychology. She leads the Deafness, Language and Learning Lab (D2L) and is affiliated with the Institute for German Sign Language and Communication of Deaf People (IDGS). Her work emphasizes bilingual approaches, inclusive education, and cognitive development in deaf and hearing-impaired populations. Education: PhD in Linguistics (2003), University of Hamburg Master's in Deaf Education (1999), LMU Munich Research Interests: Sign language acquisition and literacy Inclusive education strategies Cognitive and linguistic development in deaf children Labs/Teams: Deafness, Language and Learning Lab (D2L) Her funded projects explore visual communication in early childhood settings and the impact of sign language on learning outcomes. She has held academic positions since 2000, including professorships at the University of Cologne and the Hochschule Rhein-Waal, and has received research stipends from institutions like the Wilhelm-Stiftung.

Anna Kuderمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Sign Language Linguistics
• Corpus Methodology
• Multimodal Communication
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Anna Kuder is a sign language linguist at the University of Cologne 's Department of Linguistics (Faculty of Human Sciences). She completed her PhD in 2020 at the University of Warsaw with a focus on negation in Polish Sign Language. Her current research in the GeSi ("Gestures or Signs?") project investigates overlapping manual/nonmanual elements across Polish, German, and Russian sign languages. Specializes in corpus methodology and nonmanual features Expertise in multimodal communication , gesture studies , and comparative sign language analysis Her recent work reveals trends in multimodal feedback mechanisms across sign languages, with methodological innovations in data collection frameworks. Publications demonstrate deep engagement with corpus development, gesture-sign distinctions, and phonetic analysis of interactional elements. Connect via email: akuder@uni-koeln.de

Verena Frankمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Early Childhood Language Acquisition
• Pre-Linguistic Communication
• Language Prevention and Early Intervention
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Dr. Verena Frank is a Scientific Associate at the Chair of Pedagogy and Intervention for Language and Communication Impairments within the Institute for Special Education at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. She contributes to research in the Focus research laboratory IkoGeWo project and teaches in academic speech therapy and teacher training programs. Her research focuses on Early childhood language acquisition Pre-linguistic communication Preventative language strategies Cross-cultural infant vocal development with particular emphasis on multimodal approaches in inclusive settings. Recent publications highlight trends in Iconic gesture applications for vocabulary expansion German Sign Language (DGS) integration Infant comfort sound analysis Preterm infant communication development Acoustic vocal research Early intervention frameworks spanning academic speech therapy, developmental linguistics, and special education. She supervises bachelor's theses in academic speech therapy and participates in state examination committees. Active in the Deutscher Bundesverband der akademischen Sprachtherapeuten (dbs), her work connects academia with practical implementation in Sprach-Kitas and schools.