IDGS
Institute of
German Sign Language and
Communication of the Deaf
German Sign Language and
Communication of the Deaf
Sarah Schwarzenberg at the 21st ICL Congress in Poznań, Poland
16 September 2024, by Pamela Sundhausen
Photo: IDGS
The ICL (International Congress of Linguists) takes place every five years and is one of the largest international meetings of linguists. The program is open to all areas and sub-disciplines of linguistics, and interdisciplinary topics are also covered. This year, the congress took place from 8 to 14 September in Poznań, Poland, and our PhD student Sarah Schwarzenberg was there! Sarah presented a poster with the title “Is 4 the same as 4? Number signs and finger gestures in bimodal-bilingual settings”. The study was developed in collaboration with Annika Herrmann (IDGS) and Barbara Hänel-Faulhaber (Faculty of Education). Among other things, it deals with number gestures and number gestures when counting objects as well as the interaction of these in bimodal-bilingual communication. It was a good opportunity to present the study in this setting.
