Visual communication (ViCom)
Principal Investigators:
Research Grant
Project Department
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Project Sponsor
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
ViCom aims at bridging the gap between these new dynamics in theoretical linguistics and other disciplines, such as cognitive linguistics, semiotics, neurosciences, cultural studies or conversation analysis, where the investigation of visual communication phenomena has a longstanding tradition and where a substantial body of empirical data and a considerable amount of insight on the form and functions of visual communication means already exists.
The overall goal of ViCom is to investigate the special features and linguistic significance of different components of visual communication. Central fields of interest are:
1. sign languages as fully developed natural languages exclusively using the visual modality and
2. visual means that interact with and enhance spoken and written language such as co-speech gestures and emojis. With a strong focus on developing linguistic theory, ViCom strives to bring together different research foci and the joint expertise of communities which usually work on similar research objects, but without a great deal of interaction.
The scientific ambition of ViCom is best met by a broad collaboration involving researchers from different disciplines such as phonetics, semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, semiotics, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, animal communication, visual studies, computational linguistics and didactics. To accomplish its ambitious scientific goals, ViCom implements a well-balanced, extensive suite of individual measures to support diversity, networking and dissemination, and to ensure the success of female researchers, deaf researchers and researchers in early career phases in particular.
Proposal submission Deadline: 31 March 2025
Program contact:
Dr. Helga Weyerts-Schweda, phone +49 228 885-2046, helga.weyerts-schweda@dfg.de
Call Link: https://www.dfg.de/en/news/news-topics/announcements-proposals/2 024/ifr-24-96