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PhD Candidate at Western Norway University

Sign Languages, International Sign, Cross-signing, Multilingualism, Depiction, Iconicity, Semiotics, Lexical Borrowing

I am currently a Ph.D. Candidate in the Sign Language, Interpreting, and Communication research group at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) working on the Signed Language “Depiction as an Engine for Promoting Inclusion, Communication, and Translation” (DEPICT) project.

My research is focused on semiological meaning-making through achieving intersubjectivity using a translanguaging approach, allowing for the full use of one’s semiotic repertoire, in interactions between multilingual multimodal deaf migrants from diverse backgrounds in Norway.

In my free time, I enjoy playing games and attending festivals. I also like volunteering and have been part of the World Federation of the Deaf’s media team as an English translator and proofreader since 2020. Additionally, I organize and facilitate seminars on Sign Language, Interpreting, Linguistics and Communication (Silc Seminars) in IS, English and Norwegian Sign Language (NTS).

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Publications

Price, A. & Spruijt, D. (2023). FEAST 2023: Tagungsbericht. In: DAS ZEICHEN 37:121 – S. 188-193. https://www.das-zeichen.online/hefte/dz-121/feast-2023-tagungsbericht/

Price, A. (2023). Lives in Language: Roch-Ambroise Auguste Bebian (1789-1839). In Babel: The Language Magazine, No 45 – Winter 2023. https://babelzine.co.uk/babel-number-45-winter-2023/.

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Invited talks

The Socio-Semiotics of International Sign

Semiological approach to calibration in translanguaging

University of Hamburg | Hamburg, Germany | May 2023

Sign Language Linguistics: Minimal pairs

American University of Paris | Paris, France | May 2020

Sign Language ‘RIGHTS’ for All: Inclusion Beyond Policy

TEDXAUP | Paris, France | May 2019

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Conferences

Breakout Presenter at WFD World Congress XIX | Jeju, S. Korea | July 2023

Local Organizing Committee for FEAST 2023 | Bergen, Norway | June 2023

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Education

PhD – Socio-Semiotic Strategies of Signing Deaf Migrants in Norway
DEPICT – Norges forskningsrådProsjektkode: 315864
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
HVL (2022 – 2025)

LOT Summer School
Sign Language Emergence in Social Interaction
Affiliation: Tilburg University
Utrecht University (2023)

IAM3 Summer School
Inclusive Assessment of Multimodal Multilingual Institute
National Science Foundation under Grant No. (NSF grant 1952964)
Stockholm University (2022)

Non-Degree Seeking Student
M2 Sign Language Linguistics
Paris 8 University (2021)

Master of Arts
Global Communications
[Development Communications]
American University of Paris (2020)

MA Thesis
“Foreign Signs in India and Language Attitudes in the Indian Deaf Community”
Under Rebekah Rast and Marie-Anne Sallandre + insights from work w/ Ulrike Zeshan

Master of Social Work
with a concentration on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Populations
Gallaudet University (2018)

Bachelor of Arts
University of Washington
Society, Ethics and Human Behavior (2014)

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