Mesh, K. (2020). “Here and there – Understanding communication about space.” Lund University Future Week (Framtidsveckan), October 12-18.
Mesh, K. (2018). “Gestural analogues & the origins of signs in San Juan Quiahije Chatino Sign Language.” Invited Talk. Tel Aviv University Linguistics Department Colloquium. October 25. [slides]
Mesh, K. (2018). “When grammaticalization is seen & not heard: Pointing in signed language emergence.” Invited Talk. Dartmouth College Linguistics Department Colloquium. February 7. [slides]
Mesh, K. & Hou, L. (2015). “La Convencionalización del Señalamiento y Más en Una Ecología de Habla Chatina.” Invited talk. Workshop: Primer Coloquio Internacional sobre lenguas de señas emergentes en las Américas. Mexico City, Mexico. Sept 10–11. [slides]
Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University: Emerging Sign Languages & The Big Picture Workshop (2015): Conventionalization of pointing & gestural motion descriptors in a Chatino speech ecology. (with Lynn Hou.)
Mesh, K. (2014). “Classifying Signed Languages: ‘Urban Sign’, ‘Village Sign’, ‘Home Sign’ and an Instructive Border Case”, Invited Talk. Deaf Studies Speaker Series, Charles University. Prague, Czech Republic & Austin, Texas. October 24.
Mesh, K. “Cómo la ‘descripción abierta’ impacta la documentación: Un caso de estudio en el chatino de San Juan Quiahije.” Paper presentation at the CILLA 2019 Meeting. Austin, TX. October 10-12. [abstract] [slides]
Mesh, K. “Open Description Impacts Documentation: A Case Study from San Juan Quiahije Chatino.” Paper presentation at the SSILA 2019 Meeting. New York, NY. January 3–7. [abstract] [slides]
Mesh, K., Dachkovsky, S., Stamp, S., & Sandler, W. (2019.) Gaze Delinks from Pointing as a Result of Grammaticalization: Evidence from Israeli Sign Language. Paper presentation at the 93rd Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting. New York, NY. January 3–7. [slides]
Mesh, K. (2018.) Points of Comparison: What Pointing Gestures tell Us About the Origins of Signs in San Juan Quiahije Chatino Sign Language. Paper presentation at the 8th conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies. Cape Town, South Africa, July 4–8. [slides]
Hou, L., & Mesh, K.(2018.) From Emblems to Grammar: Gestural contributions to an emerging sign language in Mexico. Paper presentation at the 8th conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies. Cape Town, South Africa, July 4–8. [slides]
Mesh, K., Dachkovsky, S., Stamp, R., & Sandler, W. (2018.) Changes in the Compositionality of Indicating Signals in the Course of Grammaticalization. Contribution to the workshop, “What is Compositional About Language,” EVOLANG 12. April 16–19. Torun, Poland. [slides]
Hou, L., & Mesh, K. (2018). Gestural foundations of an emerging Language: How signers adopt and adapt gestures. Paper presentation at the 2018 Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Austin, TX. Feb. 16. [slides]
Mesh, K. (2017.) This Uphill: How Manual Gestures Supplement Fixed Bearing Descriptions in San Juan Quiahije Chatino. Paper presentation at the 91st LSA Annual Meeting. Austin, TX. January 5–8. [slides]
Mesh, K. (2016.) Universal Features of Manual Pointing: Candidates and Concerns. Invited position paper. Specialist Meeting on Universals and Variation in Spatial Referencing across Cultures and Languages. Sponsored by the Center for Spatial Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, CA. December 7–9. [slides]
Mesh, K. (2016.) One Emblem in Two Types of Talk: How Speakers and Signers use the ‘Go’ Gesture in a Chatino Community. Paper presentation at the 7th conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies. Paris, France, July 18–23. [slides]