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Professor Bencie Woll FBA

Sign language as a model to understand human language generally: neuroimaging studies of commonalities in processing spoken & signed languages; the influence of modality of communication on language structure; sociolinguistics of Deaf communities.

Elected 2012

Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2012
Sections
Linguistics and Philology, Psychology, Education
Website
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/people/core-team/benciewoll

10-Minute Talks: Looking at Sign Language

14 Jul 2021 Professor Bencie Woll FBA

Professor Bencie Woll FBA introduces research on the sign languages of deaf communities.

Current post

Professor of Sign Language and Deaf Studies, University College London

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