This week: Ann Senghas on Nicaraguan Sign Language

“Workshop on Meaning: Language and Socio-cultural Processes” co-organizers Harrison White and Corinne Kirchner are pleased to announce: Ann Senghas, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Barnard College, New York “Social Scaffolding for Language Genesis: Why Nicaraguan Sign Language Emerged When, Where and How it Did” *** Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs – Room [...]

3/31: Ann Senghas on Nicaraguan Sign Language

Co-organizers Harrison White and Corinne Kirchner are pleased to announce the latest Workshop on Meaning: Language and Socio-cultural Processes. Ann Senghas, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Barnard College, New York: “Social Scaffolding for Language Genesis: Why Nicaraguan Sign Language Emerged When, Where and How it Did” *** Nicaraguan sign language was spontaneously developed by deaf children [...]