German Sign Language and
Communication of the Deaf
Photo: UHH/Denstorf
22 September 2025
Photo: UHH/IDGS
On September 18 and 19, 2025, the third Sign Café Conference took place in Warsaw, Poland. The IDGS was represented with contributions on various sign languages – from DGS to Kenyan Sign Language to Uruguayan Sign Language. Felicitas Otte gave a presentation on referential expressions in the DGS corpus. Hope Morgan and Margaret Odhiambo reported on color signs in Kenyan Sign Language in a poster presentation, and Cornelia Loos' poster looked at with phonological restrictions of two-handed signs. Pierogi and borscht provided the backdrop for exciting discussions with researchers from all over the world.