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.
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2012
Subjects
Education, Linguistics, Psychology

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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Professor Gert Biesta FBA

Professor Gert Biesta FBA is the Professor of Educational Theory and Pedagogy at Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh. He is also Professor of Public Education in the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy at Maynooth University, Ireland, and Visiting Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.

Professor Biesta Gert FBA

Professor Monika Schmid FBA

The psycho- and neurolinguistics of bilingual development, in particular first and second language attrition, that is, the effect of non-use on the accessibility, deterioration and maintenance of linguistic knowledge

Monika Schmid FBA

Professor Shelley Taylor FBA

The effect of psychological (e.g., optimism, mastery) and social (e.g., social support) resources on biological functioning and health outcomes

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