Resent Colloquium Topics
Topic: |
Linguistics Research of The Praque Circle in The Past Five Years |
Speaker: |
Dr. S. H. Liu |
Time: |
3 Jun. 2003, a.m. 3:30-5:30 |
Topic: |
Sign Language and Cognitive Functioning in Deaf Adults and Children |
Speaker: |
Dr. James Tai |
Time: |
5 May 2003, a.m. 1:00-3:00 |
Topic: |
The Return of the Native: Teaching English Students English |
Speaker: |
Mr. Nigel Westbrook |
Time: |
16 Apr. 2003, a.m. 3:00-4:30 |
Topic: |
Language Typology by Plus-Minus Values |
Speaker: |
Dr. Robert Cheng |
Time: |
31 Mar. 2003, a.m. 1:00-3:00 |
Topic: |
Gesturing in Speaking |
Speaker: |
Dr. Kawai Chui |
Time: |
20 Mar. 2003, a.m. 1:00-3:00 |
Topic: |
Language and Cognition |
Speaker: |
Dr. C. C. Peng |
Time: |
3 Mar. 2003, a.m. 1:00-3:00 |
| 捷克地理位置位於歐洲大陸中心，境內的語言和歐洲諸多語言接觸頻繁，尤以和俄語、德語的互動最為明顯。第二次世界大戰之後，捷克和德國的邊境重劃，造成約二百八十萬德裔人口﹝約佔當時捷克境內總人口的百分之二十六、三﹞必須遷徙。
一九九三年，捷克和斯洛伐克共和國各自獨立之後，捷克對於本身的語言─捷語進行了更深入完整的研究，進而對於這群德語捷語﹝Czech Germans﹞使用者亦進行了一系列有系統的語言描述工作。 此次演講的目的主要是希望藉此研究的概況，為大家介紹現階段布拉格語言學工作者的語言學研究方法和觀點。 |
| The talk begins with a brief introduction to the nature
of sign language. It then discusses cognitive functioning in deaf adults
and children, based on Marschark & Spencer 2003. The discussion highlights
the differences between the deaf and the hearing with respect to (1) visual
attention and perception, (2) visual imagery and visual cognition, (3)
working memory, (4) long-term memory, (5) relational and individual-item processing, and (6)problem solving. It is to be pointed out that acquisition of sign language plays a crucial role in the cognitive development of the deaf children. The talk thus ends with a critical review of deaf education in Taiwan. |
| When people talk face-to-face, they often create spontaneous gestures by hands and arms, head and face, and eye gaze. These bodily movements play an important role in communication, as they cooperate with speech to express meaning. This talk will first introduce the methodological issues, including transcription and phases of gesturing. Then, two fundamental issues of gesturing in speaking will be addressed. The first is categorizing gestures into five types in face-to-face interaction: iconic gestures, metaphoric gestures, deictic gestures, spatial gestures, and beats. The second issue concerns how speech and gesture are patterned temporally in conveying information. Different timing relations were found with reference to temporal phases, gesture types, pauses, and fluency of speech. |