Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., Midgley, K. J., Holcomb, P. J., & Emmorey, K. (2023, in press). Orthographic ERP priming effects between English print and American Sign Language fingerspelling fonts. Neurobiology of Language.
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., & Emmorey, K. (2022). Contribution of lexical quality and sign language variables to reading comprehension. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. [Article URL authors copy]
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2021). The effects of multiple linguistic variables on picture naming in American Sign Language. Behavior Research Methods. doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01751-x
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., Cohen-Goldberg, A., Emmorey, K., & Caselli, N. (2021). An interactive visual database for American Sign Language reveals how signs are organized in the mind. The Conversation, April 6, 2021. [Article URL link]
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., Caselli, N., Cohen-Goldberg, A. M., & Emmorey, K. (2021). The ASL-LEX 2.0 Project: A Database of Lexical and Phonological Properties for 2,723 Signs in American Sign Language. Journal of Deaf Studies & Deaf Education, 26(2), 263-277. doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enaa038 [Database is available as open access on ASL-LEX.org & supplementary materials available on Project's OSF page]
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., Midgley, K. J., Holcomb, P. J., Emmorey, K., Plaut, D. C., & Behrmann, M. (2020). Unique N170 signatures to words and faces in deaf ASL signers reflect experience-specific adaptations during early visual processing. Neuropsychologia, 141, 107414. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107414 [uncorrected proof]
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. & Emmorey, K. (2019). The perceived mapping between form and meaning in American Sign Language depends on linguistic knowledge and task: Evidence from iconicity and transparency judgments. Language and Cognition, 1-27. Published online July 12, 2019. doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2019.18
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., Giezen, M. R., & Emmorey, K. (2018). Comparing Semantic Fluency in American Sign Language and English. Journal of Deaf Studies & Deaf Education. doi.org/10.1093/deafed/eny013
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. & Emmorey, K. (2018) Referring strategies in American Sign Language and English (with co-speech gesture): The role of modality in referring to non-nameable objects. Applied Psycholinguistics (39)5. 961-987. doi.org/10.1017/S0142716418000061
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., Petrich, J., & Emmorey, K. (2016) Fingerspelled and printed words are recoded into a speech-based code for short-term memory. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 22 (1), 72-87. doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enw068
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., & Cormier, K. (2015) Perceptual categorization of handling handshapes in British Sign Language. Language and Cognition, 8(4), pp. 501-532. doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2015.4
Sevcikova, Z. (2013) Categorical versus gradient properties of handling handshapes in British Sign Language (BSL). Doctoral dissertation, University College London. [PDF] This dissertation was supported by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Grant 119630.
Co-authored publications:
Kezar, L., Thomason, J. & Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., (2023). Improving Sign Recognition with Phonology. Proceedings of the EACL: European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics.
Schaller, F., Lee, B., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., O'Grady Farnady, C., & Emmorey, K. (2020). Cross-linguistic metaphor priming in ASL-English bilinguals: Effects of the Double Mapping Constraint. Sign Language & Linguistics, 23 (1-2): 96-111. doi.org/10.1075/sll.00045.sch. [authors' private PDF]
Thompson, B., Perlman, M., Lupyan, G., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2020). A Data-driven approach to the semantics of iconicity in American Sign Language and English. Language & Cognition 12 (1): 182-202. doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2019.52 [open access]
Weisberg, J., Casey, S., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2019). Second language acquisition of American Sign Language influences co-speech gesture production. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728919000208
Emmorey, K., Midgley, K., Cohen, K., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. & Holcomb, P. (2017) The N170 ERP component differs in laterality, distribution, and association with continuous reading measures for deaf and hearing readers. Neuropsychologia 106: 298–309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.10.001
Keane, J., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Emmorey, K., & Brentari, D. (2017). A Theory-Driven Model of Handshape Similarity. Phonology 34 (2).
Meade, G., Midgley, K., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Holcomb, P., & Emmorey, K. (2017) Implicit co-activation of American Sign Language in deaf readers: An ERP study. Brain and Language 170, pp. 50-61. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2017.03.004
Caselli, N., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Cohen-Goldberg, A., & Emmorey, K. (2016). ASL-LEX: A lexical database of American Sign Language. Behavior Research Methods. link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-016-0742-0 Visit: ASL-LEX.org
Cormier, K., Smith, S. & Sevcikova, Z. (2016) Rethinking Constructed Action. Sign Language and Linguistics 18:2, 167-204. doi: 10.1075/sll.18.2.01cor [pdf]
Cormier, K., Smith, S. & Sevcikova, Z. (2013) Predicate structures, gesture and simultaneity in the representation of action in British Sign Language: Evidence from deaf children and adults. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 18 (3): 370-390. doi: 10.1093/deafed/ent020. [full-text: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943391/]
Cormier, K., Quinto-Pozos, D., Sevcikova, Z., & Schembri, A. (2012) Lexicalisation and de-lexicalisation processes in sign languages: Comparing depicting constructions and viewpoint gestures. Language and Communication, 32 (4): 329–348, doi: 10.1016/j.langcom.2012.09.004 [full text: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3688355/]
Invited lectures and plenaries:
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z. (2022). Mapping the signed language lexicon: How are signs organized in the mind? Invited talk given at the CNRS LPL Speech & Language Laboratory, Aix-Marseille University, France.
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z. (2022). Mapping the mental lexicon: How are signs organized in the mind? Invited talk given at the Edinburgh University Linguistics Society (EULingSoc)
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. (2021). Give me a sign: Finding rhymes in ASL. A public talk presented at “Peers’n’Pubs” Taste of Science Festival, June 25th, 2021 [online]. Event recording available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJrhSt1QqGY
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. (2018, 2019, 2020). Sign Language Aphasia. Invited lecture given to the Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences (SLHS539), San Diego State University. Invited by Dr. Stephanie Ries. [Lecture slides here]
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. (2017). ASL-LEX: A Lexical database for American Sign Language. Paper presented at 2017 Linguistic Institute, Language Across Space and Time: Workshop on American Sign Language (ASL) Research Resources. LSA Summer Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, July 2017. Invited by Dr. Diane Lillo-Martin.
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., Petrich, J., & Emmorey, K. (2017). Fingerspelled and printed words are recoded into a speech-based code in short-term memory. Presented at Symposium: The Phonology of Sign Language Fingerspelling: Beyond Handshape Sequences. Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. (2016) Hemispheric lateralization of early ERP components in deaf and hearing individuals. Department of Linguistics Seminar Series, UBC, Vancouver, Canada, May 18. http://linguistics.ubc.ca/events/event/zed-sehyrs-research-seminar/
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. (2016) Is the lateralization of early visual encoding of words and faces affected by sign language expertise and deafness? VL2 Student Network webinar, Nov 4.
Sevcikova, Sehyr, Z. (2012) Report on DCAL research activities and postgraduate study at UCL. Department of Deaf Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University Prague, Apr 13. http://ujkn.ff.cuni.cz/?q=en/node/652
Sevcikova, Z. (2010) Categorical perception and production of handling handshapes in BSL: evidence from BSL signing and hearing gesture. Plenary lecture presented at “Gesture – Evolution, Brain and Linguistic Structures” international conference, ISGS, European University of Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, Jul 2010
Sevcikova, Z. (2011) Handshapes in BSL and gesture. Language and Cognition Speaker Series, University of Birmingham, UK, May, 19.
Sevcikova, Z. (2009) Introduction to Sign Language Acquisition, Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK, Dec 8.
Sevcikova, Z. (2009) Introduction to Deaf Community, Sign Language & Communication. Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK, Nov 25.
Sevcikova, Z. (2009) Subtitling: theory & practice. Professional Skills for Linguists module. Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK, Mar 23
Conference presentations:
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. & Villwock, A. (2022). How does knowledge of one sign language influence perception of iconicity in another sign language? Evidence from deaf signers of German and American Sign Languages. Paper presented at the 13th International Colloquium on Iconicity in Language & Literature, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. May 31–Jun 2, 2022.
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., Terhune-Cotter, B. P., Farnady, L. & Emmorey, K. (2021). Iconic Structure Mapping Between Semantic Features and Phonology in American Sign Language (ASL). Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Nov 4-7, 2021.
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. (2021). Mapping the semantic structure of American Sign Language lexicon using the ASL-LEX Database. Paper presented at the Center for Research in Language (CRL) Colloquium, University of California, San Diego, 23rd Feb.
Saunders, E., Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z. (2021) Examining spelling error patterns in ASL Fingerspelling and English. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), Online, July 13-16, 2021.
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2021) Assessing the contribution of lexical quality and sign language variables to reading comprehension in deaf readers. Presented as part of Symposium on Reading and Visual Recognition Skills in Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Signers at the Twenty-Eight Annual Meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), Online, July 13-16, 2021
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2019). Lexical factors that influence sign retrieval: A large-scale ASL picture-naming study. Poster presented at the 13th Conference in Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR13), Hamburg, Germany, 26-28 Sep, 2019.
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., Edinger, R. & Emmorey, K. (2019). Quantifying the spatial and temporal properties of nouns and verbs in American Sign Language using Microsoft Kinect. Poster presented at the 13th Conference in Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR13), Hamburg, Germany, 26-28 Sep, 2019.
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., (2019) The nature of spelling errors in deaf and hearing adults. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 14-17, 2019, Montréal, QC, Canada. [Slides PDF]
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2018). Assessing the contribution of lexical quality variables to reading comprehension in deaf and hearing readers. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Nov 15-18, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., Renna, J., Osmond, S., Midgley, K.J., Holcomb, P.J., & Emmorey, K. (2018). Priming effects between fingerspelled fonts and printed letters. Poster presented at The Tenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Québec City, Canada, Aug 16–18, 2018. *awarded NIH / SNL Travel Award
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Fisher, D., & Emmorey, K. (2017) The influence of sign language experience on iconicity judgments. Psychonomic Society’s 58th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Nov 8-12.
Cormier, K. and Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. (2017). Viewpoint constructions in British Sign Language, co-speech gesture and silent gesture. Presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Austin, TX, January 5-8.
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Emmorey, K., Midgley, K., & Holcomb, P. (2016). Hemispheric Lateralization of Early ERP Components in Deaf and Hearing Readers With Low and High Vocabulary Size. Poster presented at the Psychonomic Society 57th Annual Meeting, Boston, November 17-20.
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Emmorey, K., Midgley, K., & Holcomb, P. (2016). Hemispheric lateralization of early ERP components in deaf and hearing readers with low and high vocabulary size. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Meeting for the Neurobiology of Language, London, England, UK, August 17-20, 2016
Cormier, K., & Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. (2016). Viewpoint strategies: manual and non-manual articulators in co-speech gesture and silent gesture. Paper to be presented at the 7th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, Paris, 18-22 July 2016.
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. Midgley, K. J., Emmorey, K., Holcomb, P. J., Behrmann, M., Plaut, D. C. (2016). Lateralization of the N170 for word and face processing in deaf ASL signers. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, April 2-5 2016. [pdf]
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. and Emmorey, K. (2016) Representation of print and fingerspelling in short-term memory. Paper presented at The 12th Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR), Melbourne, Jan 4-7.
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Caselli, N., Cohen-Goldberg, A., & Emmorey, K. (2016). ASL-LEX: A lexical database of American Sign Language. Poster presented at The 12th Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR), Melbourne, Jan 4-7
*awarded Early Career Award by the Sign Language Linguistics Society*
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. and Emmorey, K. (2014). Representation of print and fingerspelling in short-term memory. Poster presented at Psychonomic Society’s 55th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, USA, Nov 20-23, 2014. [pdf]
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. & Emmorey, K. (2014) Short-term memory for ASL fingerspelling and print. Paper presented at the Center for Research in Language colloquium, UCSD, San Diego, April 29th 2014. [pdf_]
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. & Emmorey, K. (2014) The role of co-speech gesture in description of non-nameable shapes. Paper presented at The 6th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, University of California, San Diego, July 8-11, 2014.
Sevcikova, Z. (2013) Are handling constructions in BSL conventional? Evidence from encoding of graspable object sizes in handling constructions. Paper presented at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR11), London, July 11.
Sevcikova, Z. (2012) Structural complexities of handling handshapes in BSL: experimental evidence from deaf signers and hearing gesturers. 34th DGfS Meeting, Language as a Complex System; Experimental Studies in Sign Language workshop, Frankfurt, Mar 7.
*awarded 2nd place in Best Student Paper Competition by the International Society for Gesture Studies*
Sevcikova, Z. (2010) Categorical perception & production of handling handshapes in BSL. Paper presented at 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, U. of Hertfordshire.
Sevcikova, Z. (2010) Categorical vs. Gradient Properties of Handling Signs in BSL. Poster presented at TISLR conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., & Emmorey, K. (2022). Contribution of lexical quality and sign language variables to reading comprehension. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. [Article URL authors copy]
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2021). The effects of multiple linguistic variables on picture naming in American Sign Language. Behavior Research Methods. doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01751-x
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., Cohen-Goldberg, A., Emmorey, K., & Caselli, N. (2021). An interactive visual database for American Sign Language reveals how signs are organized in the mind. The Conversation, April 6, 2021. [Article URL link]
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., Caselli, N., Cohen-Goldberg, A. M., & Emmorey, K. (2021). The ASL-LEX 2.0 Project: A Database of Lexical and Phonological Properties for 2,723 Signs in American Sign Language. Journal of Deaf Studies & Deaf Education, 26(2), 263-277. doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enaa038 [Database is available as open access on ASL-LEX.org & supplementary materials available on Project's OSF page]
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., Midgley, K. J., Holcomb, P. J., Emmorey, K., Plaut, D. C., & Behrmann, M. (2020). Unique N170 signatures to words and faces in deaf ASL signers reflect experience-specific adaptations during early visual processing. Neuropsychologia, 141, 107414. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107414 [uncorrected proof]
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. & Emmorey, K. (2019). The perceived mapping between form and meaning in American Sign Language depends on linguistic knowledge and task: Evidence from iconicity and transparency judgments. Language and Cognition, 1-27. Published online July 12, 2019. doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2019.18
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., Giezen, M. R., & Emmorey, K. (2018). Comparing Semantic Fluency in American Sign Language and English. Journal of Deaf Studies & Deaf Education. doi.org/10.1093/deafed/eny013
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. & Emmorey, K. (2018) Referring strategies in American Sign Language and English (with co-speech gesture): The role of modality in referring to non-nameable objects. Applied Psycholinguistics (39)5. 961-987. doi.org/10.1017/S0142716418000061
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., Petrich, J., & Emmorey, K. (2016) Fingerspelled and printed words are recoded into a speech-based code for short-term memory. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 22 (1), 72-87. doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enw068
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., & Cormier, K. (2015) Perceptual categorization of handling handshapes in British Sign Language. Language and Cognition, 8(4), pp. 501-532. doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2015.4
Sevcikova, Z. (2013) Categorical versus gradient properties of handling handshapes in British Sign Language (BSL). Doctoral dissertation, University College London. [PDF] This dissertation was supported by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Grant 119630.
Co-authored publications:
Kezar, L., Thomason, J. & Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., (2023). Improving Sign Recognition with Phonology. Proceedings of the EACL: European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics.
Schaller, F., Lee, B., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., O'Grady Farnady, C., & Emmorey, K. (2020). Cross-linguistic metaphor priming in ASL-English bilinguals: Effects of the Double Mapping Constraint. Sign Language & Linguistics, 23 (1-2): 96-111. doi.org/10.1075/sll.00045.sch. [authors' private PDF]
Thompson, B., Perlman, M., Lupyan, G., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2020). A Data-driven approach to the semantics of iconicity in American Sign Language and English. Language & Cognition 12 (1): 182-202. doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2019.52 [open access]
Weisberg, J., Casey, S., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2019). Second language acquisition of American Sign Language influences co-speech gesture production. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728919000208
Emmorey, K., Midgley, K., Cohen, K., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. & Holcomb, P. (2017) The N170 ERP component differs in laterality, distribution, and association with continuous reading measures for deaf and hearing readers. Neuropsychologia 106: 298–309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.10.001
Keane, J., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Emmorey, K., & Brentari, D. (2017). A Theory-Driven Model of Handshape Similarity. Phonology 34 (2).
Meade, G., Midgley, K., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Holcomb, P., & Emmorey, K. (2017) Implicit co-activation of American Sign Language in deaf readers: An ERP study. Brain and Language 170, pp. 50-61. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2017.03.004
Caselli, N., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Cohen-Goldberg, A., & Emmorey, K. (2016). ASL-LEX: A lexical database of American Sign Language. Behavior Research Methods. link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-016-0742-0 Visit: ASL-LEX.org
Cormier, K., Smith, S. & Sevcikova, Z. (2016) Rethinking Constructed Action. Sign Language and Linguistics 18:2, 167-204. doi: 10.1075/sll.18.2.01cor [pdf]
Cormier, K., Smith, S. & Sevcikova, Z. (2013) Predicate structures, gesture and simultaneity in the representation of action in British Sign Language: Evidence from deaf children and adults. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 18 (3): 370-390. doi: 10.1093/deafed/ent020. [full-text: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943391/]
Cormier, K., Quinto-Pozos, D., Sevcikova, Z., & Schembri, A. (2012) Lexicalisation and de-lexicalisation processes in sign languages: Comparing depicting constructions and viewpoint gestures. Language and Communication, 32 (4): 329–348, doi: 10.1016/j.langcom.2012.09.004 [full text: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3688355/]
Invited lectures and plenaries:
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z. (2022). Mapping the signed language lexicon: How are signs organized in the mind? Invited talk given at the CNRS LPL Speech & Language Laboratory, Aix-Marseille University, France.
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z. (2022). Mapping the mental lexicon: How are signs organized in the mind? Invited talk given at the Edinburgh University Linguistics Society (EULingSoc)
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. (2021). Give me a sign: Finding rhymes in ASL. A public talk presented at “Peers’n’Pubs” Taste of Science Festival, June 25th, 2021 [online]. Event recording available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJrhSt1QqGY
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. (2018, 2019, 2020). Sign Language Aphasia. Invited lecture given to the Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences (SLHS539), San Diego State University. Invited by Dr. Stephanie Ries. [Lecture slides here]
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. (2017). ASL-LEX: A Lexical database for American Sign Language. Paper presented at 2017 Linguistic Institute, Language Across Space and Time: Workshop on American Sign Language (ASL) Research Resources. LSA Summer Institute, University of Kentucky, Lexington, July 2017. Invited by Dr. Diane Lillo-Martin.
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., Petrich, J., & Emmorey, K. (2017). Fingerspelled and printed words are recoded into a speech-based code in short-term memory. Presented at Symposium: The Phonology of Sign Language Fingerspelling: Beyond Handshape Sequences. Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. (2016) Hemispheric lateralization of early ERP components in deaf and hearing individuals. Department of Linguistics Seminar Series, UBC, Vancouver, Canada, May 18. http://linguistics.ubc.ca/events/event/zed-sehyrs-research-seminar/
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. (2016) Is the lateralization of early visual encoding of words and faces affected by sign language expertise and deafness? VL2 Student Network webinar, Nov 4.
Sevcikova, Sehyr, Z. (2012) Report on DCAL research activities and postgraduate study at UCL. Department of Deaf Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University Prague, Apr 13. http://ujkn.ff.cuni.cz/?q=en/node/652
Sevcikova, Z. (2010) Categorical perception and production of handling handshapes in BSL: evidence from BSL signing and hearing gesture. Plenary lecture presented at “Gesture – Evolution, Brain and Linguistic Structures” international conference, ISGS, European University of Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, Jul 2010
Sevcikova, Z. (2011) Handshapes in BSL and gesture. Language and Cognition Speaker Series, University of Birmingham, UK, May, 19.
Sevcikova, Z. (2009) Introduction to Sign Language Acquisition, Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK, Dec 8.
Sevcikova, Z. (2009) Introduction to Deaf Community, Sign Language & Communication. Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK, Nov 25.
Sevcikova, Z. (2009) Subtitling: theory & practice. Professional Skills for Linguists module. Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK, Mar 23
Conference presentations:
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. & Villwock, A. (2022). How does knowledge of one sign language influence perception of iconicity in another sign language? Evidence from deaf signers of German and American Sign Languages. Paper presented at the 13th International Colloquium on Iconicity in Language & Literature, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. May 31–Jun 2, 2022.
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z., Terhune-Cotter, B. P., Farnady, L. & Emmorey, K. (2021). Iconic Structure Mapping Between Semantic Features and Phonology in American Sign Language (ASL). Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Nov 4-7, 2021.
Sehyr, Sevcikova Z. (2021). Mapping the semantic structure of American Sign Language lexicon using the ASL-LEX Database. Paper presented at the Center for Research in Language (CRL) Colloquium, University of California, San Diego, 23rd Feb.
Saunders, E., Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z. (2021) Examining spelling error patterns in ASL Fingerspelling and English. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), Online, July 13-16, 2021.
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2021) Assessing the contribution of lexical quality and sign language variables to reading comprehension in deaf readers. Presented as part of Symposium on Reading and Visual Recognition Skills in Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Signers at the Twenty-Eight Annual Meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), Online, July 13-16, 2021
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2019). Lexical factors that influence sign retrieval: A large-scale ASL picture-naming study. Poster presented at the 13th Conference in Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR13), Hamburg, Germany, 26-28 Sep, 2019.
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., Edinger, R. & Emmorey, K. (2019). Quantifying the spatial and temporal properties of nouns and verbs in American Sign Language using Microsoft Kinect. Poster presented at the 13th Conference in Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR13), Hamburg, Germany, 26-28 Sep, 2019.
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., (2019) The nature of spelling errors in deaf and hearing adults. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, November 14-17, 2019, Montréal, QC, Canada. [Slides PDF]
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., & Emmorey, K. (2018). Assessing the contribution of lexical quality variables to reading comprehension in deaf and hearing readers. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Nov 15-18, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Sehyr, Sevcikova, Z., Renna, J., Osmond, S., Midgley, K.J., Holcomb, P.J., & Emmorey, K. (2018). Priming effects between fingerspelled fonts and printed letters. Poster presented at The Tenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Québec City, Canada, Aug 16–18, 2018. *awarded NIH / SNL Travel Award
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Fisher, D., & Emmorey, K. (2017) The influence of sign language experience on iconicity judgments. Psychonomic Society’s 58th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Nov 8-12.
Cormier, K. and Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. (2017). Viewpoint constructions in British Sign Language, co-speech gesture and silent gesture. Presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Austin, TX, January 5-8.
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Emmorey, K., Midgley, K., & Holcomb, P. (2016). Hemispheric Lateralization of Early ERP Components in Deaf and Hearing Readers With Low and High Vocabulary Size. Poster presented at the Psychonomic Society 57th Annual Meeting, Boston, November 17-20.
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Emmorey, K., Midgley, K., & Holcomb, P. (2016). Hemispheric lateralization of early ERP components in deaf and hearing readers with low and high vocabulary size. Poster presented at the 8th Annual Meeting for the Neurobiology of Language, London, England, UK, August 17-20, 2016
Cormier, K., & Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. (2016). Viewpoint strategies: manual and non-manual articulators in co-speech gesture and silent gesture. Paper to be presented at the 7th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, Paris, 18-22 July 2016.
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. Midgley, K. J., Emmorey, K., Holcomb, P. J., Behrmann, M., Plaut, D. C. (2016). Lateralization of the N170 for word and face processing in deaf ASL signers. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, April 2-5 2016. [pdf]
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. and Emmorey, K. (2016) Representation of print and fingerspelling in short-term memory. Paper presented at The 12th Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR), Melbourne, Jan 4-7.
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Caselli, N., Cohen-Goldberg, A., & Emmorey, K. (2016). ASL-LEX: A lexical database of American Sign Language. Poster presented at The 12th Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR), Melbourne, Jan 4-7
*awarded Early Career Award by the Sign Language Linguistics Society*
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. and Emmorey, K. (2014). Representation of print and fingerspelling in short-term memory. Poster presented at Psychonomic Society’s 55th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, USA, Nov 20-23, 2014. [pdf]
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. & Emmorey, K. (2014) Short-term memory for ASL fingerspelling and print. Paper presented at the Center for Research in Language colloquium, UCSD, San Diego, April 29th 2014. [pdf_]
Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. & Emmorey, K. (2014) The role of co-speech gesture in description of non-nameable shapes. Paper presented at The 6th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, University of California, San Diego, July 8-11, 2014.
Sevcikova, Z. (2013) Are handling constructions in BSL conventional? Evidence from encoding of graspable object sizes in handling constructions. Paper presented at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR11), London, July 11.
Sevcikova, Z. (2012) Structural complexities of handling handshapes in BSL: experimental evidence from deaf signers and hearing gesturers. 34th DGfS Meeting, Language as a Complex System; Experimental Studies in Sign Language workshop, Frankfurt, Mar 7.
*awarded 2nd place in Best Student Paper Competition by the International Society for Gesture Studies*
Sevcikova, Z. (2010) Categorical perception & production of handling handshapes in BSL. Paper presented at 4th UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, U. of Hertfordshire.
Sevcikova, Z. (2010) Categorical vs. Gradient Properties of Handling Signs in BSL. Poster presented at TISLR conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.
