From elliotthoey at gmail.com Sat Dec 1 17:56:22 2012 From: elliotthoey at gmail.com (Elliott Hoey) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 09:56:22 -0800 Subject: CFP: 19th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Social Organization Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE, INTERACTION, AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION "POWER, CONFLICT, INEQUALITY" UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA MAY 10-12, 2013 * * The LISO conference promotes interdisciplinary research and discussion in the analysis of naturally occurring human interaction. Papers will be presented by national and international scholars on a variety of topics in the study of language, interaction, and culture. The papers primarily employ analysis of naturally occurring data drawing from methodologies that include conversation analysis, discourse analysis, ethnographic methods, ethnomethodology, interactional linguistics, and interactional sociolinguistics. We welcome abstracts from graduate students and faculty working in the areas of Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Communication, Education, Linguistics, Psychology, and Sociology. Featured plenary speakers: - Marjorie Harness Goodwin (UCLA, Linguistic Anthropology) - Kira Hall (CU Boulder, Linguistics) - Susan Speer (University of Manchester, Psychology) - Kathryn Woolard (UCSD, Anthropology) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Abstracts must be submitted via email to lisoconference at gmail.com. The body of the email should include name(s) of author(s), affiliation, and contact information. The attached abstract must be in doc, docx, or pdf format only, and must not include the author's name or any other identifying information. Abstracts have a 500 word maximum; those longer than 500 words may not be read in full by reviewers. The abstract should include the following: 1. a clear statement of the main point or argument of the paper 2. a brief discussion of the problem or research question with reference to previous research and the work's relevance to the area of study 3. a short piece of data to support the main point or argument 4. conclusions and/or implications of the research, however tentative Deadline for submission of abstracts is January 15, 2013. Late submissions will not be accepted. Notification of (non-)acceptance will be sent no later than March 31, 2013. Accepted abstracts will have either* (a) 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion; or (b) 25 minutes for a data session (small group presentation/discussion of research and data). *to be determined by the abstract review committee Conference presented by The Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (LISO) Graduate Student Organization at UCSB, and The Center for Language, Interaction and Culture (CLIC) Graduate Student Association at UCLA. For additional information, please visit our website: https://sites.google.com/a/ucsblinguist.org/liso/ From language at sprynet.com Sun Dec 9 09:28:50 2012 From: language at sprynet.com (alex gross) Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 04:28:50 -0500 Subject: Documentary Message-ID: Thanks enormously for letting me see this truly remarkable film, which I will be showing to others. This comes belatedly as I have been busy recovering from open heart surgery. Very best! alex gross ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Everett" To: "A. Katz" Cc: "Funknet List" ; "Mike Morgan" Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Documentary The documentary won the Jackson Hole Film Festival Award for the best human science film of 2012. It just won the Gold 'Australian Cinematographers Society' Award at the ACS awards ceremony and the final award of the night - the prestigious 2012 Judges Award for Best Cinematography. It has won several other awards. It was a finalist at the Paris Science Film Festival. It premiers on Arte France/Germany and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in December. (GOH was produced and originated completely by Essential Media and I had zero to do with the process, except to answer hours of questions.) -- Dan On Nov 20, 2012, at 9:57 AM, A. Katz wrote: > I watched it yesterday, and I shared it on FB and on my blog in many > places. > > It is a very profound piece, as it not only highlights the academic > conflict over turf, but the way that local governments want to erase the > evidence of the lack of numeracy by enforcing education and modern living > on a people who do not want these things. > > There are many, many conflicting points of view being represented in this > one documentary. I initially watched it with Bow, a chimpanzee, and he > was upset by something completely different: > > http://notesfromthepens.blogspot.com/2012/11/different-points-of-view-grammar-of.html > > --Aya > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Morgan" > To: "Funknet List" > Cc: dan at daneverett.org > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 8:48:26 AM > Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Documentary > > Yes, was able to download the youtube posted video even here in Nepal > with our turtle-slow download speeds ;-) > > Haven't had time to watch it all yet, but watched segments throughout > to see that it all downlaoded okay... looks to be a very good piece. > > > > On 11/19/12, Alex Walker wrote: >> Wonderful piece. I'll be playing it for my students tomorrow. Thanks for >> the link! >> >> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Lachlan Mackenzie < >> lachlan_mackenzie at hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, the YouTube works just fine here in Spain. Looking forward to >>> watching >>> it. >>> Best wishes, >>> Lachlan >>> >>>> From: jrubba at calpoly.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:16:49 -0800 >>>> To: dan at daneverett.org >>>> CC: funknet at mailman.rice.edu >>>> Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Documentary >>>> >>>> Dan, >>>> >>>> The YouTube doesn't work. It's been taken down by Smithsonian. I had no >>> trouble getting the original, though. >>>> >>>> Jo >>>> >>>> Dr. Johanna Rubba, Professor, Linguistics >>>> Linguistics Minor Advisor >>>> English Department >>>> Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo >>>> Tel. 805.756.2184 >>>> Dept. Tel 805.756.2596 >>>> E-mail: jrubba at calpoly.edu >>>> URL: http://cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba >>>> ******************************************* >>>> "Justice is what love looks like in public." >>>> - Cornel West >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 19, 2012, at 7:24 AM, Daniel Everett wrote: >>>> >>>>> http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/show.do?show=141519 >>>>> >>>>> In case anyone is interested in a documentary about the Pirahas, the >>> Smithsonian Channel has just placed the entire program on the internet. >>>>> >>>>> Dan Everett >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > mwm || *U*C> || mike || माईक || мика || マイク (aka Dr Michael W Morgan) > sign language linguist / linguistic typologist > academic adviser, Nepal Sign Language Training and Research > NDFN, Kathmandu, Nepal From bdc3 at rice.edu Mon Dec 10 13:07:08 2012 From: bdc3 at rice.edu (Benjamin Chauvette) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:07:08 -0600 Subject: Final CfP: Rice Working Papers in Linguistics. Deadline this Friday. Message-ID: RICE WORKING PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS, VOLUME 4 FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: Friday, December 14, 2012 Rice Working Papers in Linguistics is currently soliciting submissions for its fourth volume. Please see the guidelines below and consider submitting your work to the editors at . =============== Rice Working Papers in Linguistics (RWPL; ISSN 1944-0081) is a refereed, open-access online publication of the Rice Linguistics Society, with support from the Department of Linguistics at Rice University in Houston, TX. RWPL publishes working papers and squibs that emphasize functional, usage-based approaches to the study of language. The publication focuses on issues related to empirical aspects of linguistics. To that end, we especially welcome methodological and ethical discussions, sociolinguistic and areal survey reports, field reports, and project post-mortems. Presentations of intriguing or difficult data, particularly ones that merit further research, are also encouraged. With the exception of ESL/TESOL and speech-language pathology, submissions in almost all subfields of linguistics will be considered for publication. Acceptable subfields include, but are not limited to cognitive/ functional linguistics, documentary and descriptive linguistics, language revitalization, sociolinguistics (including sociophonetics), discourse and corpus linguistics, language typology and universals, language change and grammaticalization, laboratory phonetics and phonology, language processing, and psycholinguistics. Information about past volumes of the working papers is available at . --------------- Submissions must meet the following minimum style requirements: * Maximum 30 pages in length, not including references, appendices, tables, and figures * 12pt font size, using one of the following typefaces: - Linux Libertine - FreeSerif - Liberation Serif - Times New Roman * One inch (1”) margins on all sides * Letter sized paper (8.5”x11”) * Double spaced throughout In addition, to ensure a fair review process, all information that could reveal a paper's authorship must be removed from both its content and metadata prior to its submission. Accepted submissions will be required to follow the RWPL Style Sheet, available at . --------------- RWPL accepts only electronic submissions, which must be emailed to the editors at . The body of the email must contain the following information: * Title of paper * Author name(s) * Author affiliation(s) * Author contact information * Acknowledgments (if desired) All submissions must also attach the following items as separate files to the email: * A document containing the title of the paper, at least 3 keywords, and a maximum 350 word abstract * A copy of the paper in one of the following formats: - Word 97/2000/XP/2003 (.doc) - Word 2007/2010 (.docx) - OpenDocument (.odt) - LaTeX (.tex) * A copy of the paper as a PDF The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 14, 2012. Questions regarding the submissions process or style requirements may be addressed to the editors via email at . From marja.nenonen at uef.fi Tue Dec 11 13:29:33 2012 From: marja.nenonen at uef.fi (Marja Nenonen) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:29:33 +0200 Subject: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS The Fourth Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition Message-ID: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS for The Fourth Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition The Fourth Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC IV) will take place on the Joensuu campus of the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), June 12–14, 2013. The conference will be organized by the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC), the Finnish Cognitive Linguistics Association (FiCLA) and the UEF language departments. Keynote speakers: Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen, University of Copenhagen: Forces that shape linguistic structure in sign languages Raymond Gibbs, University of California, Santa Cruz: What does metaphor in language reveal about metaphor in thought? Irene Mittelberg, RWTH Aachen University: The exbodied mind: Cognitive-semiotic principles as motivating forces in gesture Anatol Stefanowitsch, Freie Universität Berlin: Quantitative corpus linguistics and the Usage-Based Model: Natural allies or uneasy partners? Emile van der Zee, Lincoln University: Word learning in Canis Familiaris: What does word learning in other species such as the dog tell us about word learning mechanisms in humans? The conference is aimed at covering all areas of linguistics with a cognitive flavour, including, for instance, · Cognitive impairment and language use · Language acquisition and cognition · Language and cognitive development and evolution · Language and consciousness · Language and gesture · Language change and cognition · Language structure and cognition · Language use and cognition · Linguistic relativity · Linguistic typology and cognition · Multicultural communication and cognition · Psycholinguistic approaches to language and cognition · Translation and cognition We invite submissions of abstracts for paper, workshop and poster presentations. The language of the conference is English. The deadline for abstract submission is January 1, 2013. Section papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. Organizers of workshops should submit a one-page general abstract of their workshop as well as enclose one (one-page) abstract for each workshop presentation. The abstracts should be sent by email attachment to salc4 at uef.fi (format of message title: SALC2013Abstract: author last name(s): format of attachment name: salc2013abstract_author last name(s)). The document should contain author information (including author name(s), affiliation and contact email address), presentation title, abstract and your preference for oral or poster presentation (if applicable). Notification of acceptance will be communicated by February 1, 2013. Conference fee: Faculty: 180 € Faculty SALC/FiCLA members: 150 € Students: 90 € Student SALC/FiCLA members: 60 € The fees include coffee/tea and other refreshments, the reception on June 12, and a conference dinner on June 13. Travel grants: There will be two travel grants, of 400 euro each, awarded by the board of SALC, for junior researchers who do not have independent funding. If you wish to apply, please send a letter of motivation to professor Carita Paradis, Chair of SALC, at: Carita.Paradis at englund.lu.se, when you submit your abstract to the conference organizers at: salc4 at uef.fi. Decisions will be announced in personal email by February 1, 2013. The meeting begins on Wednesday, June 14th at 10.00, and ends on Friday, June 16th at 16.15. A preliminary program can be found on the conference website: https://www.uef.fi/salc2013 Conference email address SALC4 at uef.fi For SALC, see: http://www.salc-sssk.org/ For FiCLA, see: http://www.protsv.fi/ficla/index_english.html From g.philip.polidoro at gmail.com Fri Dec 14 17:45:26 2012 From: g.philip.polidoro at gmail.com (Gill Philip) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:45:26 +0100 Subject: CFP: Corpus-Based Approaches to Figurative Language Message-ID: with apologies for cross-posting CALL FOR PAPERS "METAPHOR AND AUSTERITY" Fifth Interdisciplinary Workshop on Corpus-Based Approaches to Figurative Language (held in conjunction with Corpus Linguistics 2013) Monday 22nd July 2013 Lancaster University, UK METAPHOR AND AUSTERITY The West is settling into a new age of austerity: the “NICE”(‘non-inflationary consistent expansion’, Kitson et al. 2011) economy has turned “VILE” (‘volatile inflation, little expansion’, ibid.), and the economic and social fall-out is now becoming visible. Unemployment, redundancy, inflation, recession, insecurity, and poverty all loom, causing governments, businesses and individuals to re-evaluate their priorities. A changing world changes attitudes, and the earliest manifestations of such change can often be found in figurative language. Political rhetoric attempts to sweeten the bitter pill that nations have no choice but to swallow; all are invited to share the pain, make sacrifices for the common good, and weather the storm. But more sinister undertones can also be perceived. In times of social and financial dire straits, scapegoats are sought and mercilessly pursued in the press. The elderly, unemployed, and disabled are under fire for “sponging off the state”; and as jobs become scarcer and the tax bill rises, migrant populations and asylum seekers are viewed with increasing suspicion and resentment. Calls for a “big society” fall on deaf ears. Society, it seems, is shrinking as self-preservation takes hold. This fifth Interdisciplinary Workshop on Corpus-Based Approaches to Figurative Language will consist of a day-long colloquium including oral presentations (20 + 10 minutes), a poster session, plus a round-table discussion chaired by members of the organizing committee. It is the organizers’ intention to showcase original research into the figurative language associated with Austerity in its many guises and in various spheres of life, and to stimulate interdisciplinary debate between established and early-career researchers who are investigating Austerity in corpus data. Proposals are therefore welcome on any aspect of figurative language relevant to the central theme of Austerity, including, but not limited to, the economy, work and unemployment, immigration and asylum seeking, social inclusion and exclusion. Given the dominance of English in the literature on metaphor, research dealing with other languages will be particularly welcome, whether contrastive or otherwise. -- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Extended abstracts for 20 minute talks (1500-2000 words, excluding references) and for posters (1000-1250 words, excluding references) should be sent in an email attachment to Gill Philip by 31 January 2013. Following notification of acceptance, participants will be invited to resubmit their abstracts for inclusion in the peer-reviewed workshop proceedings which will be published concurrently with the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 January 2013 Notification of acceptance: 5 March 2013 Deadline for revised abstracts: 14 May 2013 Workshop: 22 July 2013 References M. Kitson, R. Martin & P. Tyler. 2011. The geographies of austerity. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 4. 289–302. ********************************* Dr. Gill Philip Università degli Studi di Macerata Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, dei Beni Culturali, e del Turismo Piazzale L. Bertelli Contrada Vallebona 62100 Macerata Italy From fg-fgw at uva.nl Tue Dec 18 15:15:38 2012 From: fg-fgw at uva.nl (fg-fgw) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:15:38 +0000 Subject: Reminder: International workshop on The Lexicon in Functional Discourse Grammar, Vienna, 5-6 September 2013. Message-ID: Dear colleague, This is to remind you of the upcoming deadline of January 1st, 2013, for the submission of abstracts for the international workshop on The Lexicon in Functional Discourse Grammar, to be held at the University of Vienna, 5-6 September 2013. Further details are given in de attached document. Best wishes, Kees Hengeveld From grvsmth at panix.com Wed Dec 26 06:22:06 2012 From: grvsmth at panix.com (Angus Grieve-Smith) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:22:06 -0500 Subject: Like the Millennium Falcon Message-ID: > Change often occurs at the margins in response to specific problems > that are solved imperfectly. ... Moving > pictures of the Hollywood kind often help us see the world > differently. Lucas' vision of a "used future" reminds us that the > present is really an accretion of many pasts, and we shouldn't ignore > those origins in our theories of political development. ... Nor, I would argue, in our theories of language. http://dartthrowingchimp.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/states-are-like-the-millennium-falcon/ -- -Angus B. Grieve-Smith Saint John's University grvsmth at panix.com From randy.lapolla at gmail.com Sat Dec 29 15:42:18 2012 From: randy.lapolla at gmail.com (Randy LaPolla) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:42:18 +0800 Subject: Post-doc positions available Message-ID: Hi All, The College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, has a number of post-doctoral positions available, including some for linguists: http://cohass.ntu.edu.sg/Research/Pages/PostdoctoralFellowships2013.aspx One that I am responsible for is for someone to work on the project "Communication difficulties in healthcare" as part of the Medical Humanities focus. The idea would be for the person to do multi-modal analysis of doctor-patient interactions with the goal of understanding and eventually improving clinical communication, to improve clinical evaluations and results. The person would work with collaborators in NTU's Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, including possibly helping in the development of their Clinical Communication course. Applicants should possess a doctoral degree issued no more than 3 years prior to the time of application (i.e. the degree must have been obtained after Jan 1, 2010). Successful candidates must have been conferred their doctoral degrees prior to starting their fellowships in July or August of 2013. Applications must be submitted in one single document (Microsoft Word format) using the official application form, available on the web site given above. Randy ----- Prof. Randy J. LaPolla, PhD FAHA （罗仁地）| Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Nanyang Technological University HSS-03-45, 14 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637332 | Tel: (65) 6592-1825 GMT+8h | Fax: (65) 6795-6525 | http://tibeto-burman.net/rjlapolla/ From randy.lapolla at gmail.com Sat Dec 29 15:48:20 2012 From: randy.lapolla at gmail.com (Randy LaPolla) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:48:20 +0800 Subject: Position in Sociolinguistics available Message-ID: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore School of Humanities and Social Sciences Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies The School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor in the Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, with specialization in Sociolinguistics. While the research specialization within Sociolinguistics is open, preference would be given to candidates who work in Interactional Sociolinguistics. This position is newly created as part of the School’s strategic initiative to build selected areas of strength into centres of teaching and research excellence. Candidates should have a Ph.D., and demonstrate a commitment to excellence in research as well as teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Currently, the division has a strength of thirteen full-time faculty members, several part-time lecturers and tutors, four postdoctoral fellows, and about ten Ph.D. students. As one of the youngest divisions in the School, Linguistics and Multilingual Studies has been making rapid progress in all aspects of its work, including the development of programmes of study and new areas of research. For more information about the School and the Division, please visit the following website: http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/default.aspx NTU is a research university committed to providing a comprehensive educational experience in a multicultural environment. It offers competitive annual salaries, strong research support, and is committed to nurturing faculty development. To apply, please refer to the Guidelines for Submitting an Application for Faculty Appointment (http://www.ntu.edu.sg/ohr/Career/SubmitApplications/Pages/Faculty.aspx), and send your application letter, curriculum vitae (including records of competitive grants and graduate supervision, if any), teaching statement, research statement, writing samples, and the names and contact details of at least three referees to: Chair, Search Committee C/O Head, Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies School of Humanities and Social Sciences Nanyang Technological University 14 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637332 Email: H-LMS at ntu.edu.sg Applications sent via email should include a reference to “Assistant Professor in Sociolinguistics, LMS” in the subject line. Enquiries about the position can be addressed Associate Professor Francesco Cavallaro at CFCavallaro at ntu.edu.sg . Closing Date: 28 February 2013. Review of the application will commence after the closing date and will continue until the position is filled. From ARCoupe at ntu.edu.sg Sun Dec 30 04:24:29 2012 From: ARCoupe at ntu.edu.sg (Alexander Coupe) Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:24:29 +0800 Subject: PhDs in language documentation Message-ID: Apologies for multiple postings PhDs in Language documentation and description Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore The Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies (LMS)at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, invites suitably qualified people to apply to undertake doctoral research on an Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman, or Papuan language in one of four regional hotspots of multilingualism (fieldwork sites have been identified in north-east India, northern Thailand, peninsular Malaysia and eastern Indonesia), leading to a comprehensive grammatical description of that language. Prior knowledge of Hindi/Assamese, Thai or Malay would be a distinct advantage. These grammatical descriptions will contribute data to a major interdisciplinary research project titled 'Exploring the crossroads of linguistic diversity: language contact in South-East Asia' funded by the Singaporean Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 2 Research Grant Scheme. For a brief description, see http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/AboutLMS/newsevents/Documents/ACTier2news.pdf. Ideal applicants will have a solid grounding in general linguistics and already hold an MA, or a BA with a good Honours grade. PhD candidates can anticipate doing one year of graduate coursework, followed by three years of empirically-based research. After completion of the coursework year, candidates will undertake a 9-12 month period of fieldwork that will involve living in a speech community to record and analyse linguistic data. S/he will then return to Singapore to complete the first draft of a grammar and prepare the corpus of materials for archiving. A second trip of approximately 4 months will be made in the final year to check the analysis. While based in Singapore, graduates will be given the opportunity to develop their teaching skills by assisting faculty members in running undergraduate courses. Outstanding applicants will be offered the NTU Research Scholarship. This starts at SGD $2000/mth for international students, rising to SGD $2500/mth after confirmation. The duration of the scholarship is for four years subject to satisfactory performance, and the above-mentioned research project will provide PhD candidates with additional funding to cover their related fieldwork and travel expenses. Interested applicants should contact Dr. Alexander Coupe arcoupe at ntu.edu.sg to discuss a possible research project in north-east India or Mainland Southeast Asia. Applicants interested in working in eastern Indonesia should contact Dr. František Kratochvíl fkratochvil at ntu.edu.sg. The deadline for receipt of applications is 31 January 2013. Applicants receiving offers of scholarships and candidature will be expected to start in August, 2013. For further information pertaining to graduate study at NTU and research scholarships, see: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics/Graduate/Pages/default.aspx. Alec --- Dr. Alexander R. Coupe, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Nanyang Technological University HSS-03-56, 14 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 637332 Tel: (65) 6592-1567 GMT+8h | Fax: (65) 6795-6525 | Email: arcoupe at ntu.edu.sg | Web: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics Editor Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area http://stedt.berkeley.edu/ltba/ ltba.email at gmail.com ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY:This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged.If you are not the intended recipient,please delete it,notify us and do not copy,use,or disclose its content. Towards A Sustainable Earth:Print Only When Necessary.Thank you. From FKRATOCHVIL at ntu.edu.sg Sun Dec 30 07:09:48 2012 From: FKRATOCHVIL at ntu.edu.sg (Frantisek Kratochvil (Asst Prof)) Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:09:48 +0800 Subject: PhD position in sociolinguistics - focus on language contact among endangered languages of SE Asia - NTU, Singapore Message-ID: Hi all, apologies for multiple postings. We are offering a single doctoral position (4 years, full grant, starting from August 1, 2013) in linguistics focusing on the study of multilingualism, language contact and language shift in historical linguistic contact zones of Southeast Asia. Further details can be found below. Frantisek Kratochvil, PhD Assistant Professor Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies Nanyang Technological University, Singapore =================================================================================================================== University or Organization: Nanyang Technological University Department: Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies (School of Humanities and Social Sciences) Job Location: Singapore Web Address: http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/default.aspx Job Rank: PhD Position in Linguistics Specialty Areas: Sociolinguistics, Multilingualism, Endangered Languages, Language Contact, Southeast Asian languages Required Language(s): Malay/Indonesian, Thai, or Hindi an advantage Topic: Multilingualism and Language Shift in Historical Linguistic Contact Zones of Southeast Asia Description: We are offering a single doctoral position (4 years, full grant, starting from August 1, 2013) in linguistics focusing on the study of multilingualism, language contact and language shift in historical linguistic contact zones of Southeast Asia. The PhD candidate will work within the project entitled 'Exploring the crossroads of linguistic diversity: language contact in South-East Asia' funded by the Singaporean Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 2 Research Grant Scheme. For a brief description, see http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/AboutLMS/newsevents/Documents/ACTier2news.pdf. The project will map three sites of long-standing language contact: northeast India and northern Thailand, southern peninsular Malaysia, and eastern Indonesia, where minority communities speak languages belonging to several distinct language families. All these areas are under pressure of the dominant national languages such as Hindi, Thai or Malay/Indonesian and are undergoing language shift. The task of the PhD student will be to investigate the traditional multilingualism and the construction of multilingual identity in these areas as well as the current language shift. Applicants should have a strong undergraduate or Masters degree in linguistics and be willing to conduct traditional fieldwork. We are looking for candidates with: - Previous experience in language description of urban fieldwork (both methodology and technology), - Interest in social interaction, identity and multilingualism, and - (some) knowledge of Hindi, Thai, or Malay/Indonesian. The successful applicant will join the project team at the Nanyang Technological University and will be expected to conduct sociolinguistic fieldwork in the abovementioned areas of Southeast Asia for about a year in total. For more information about the project, please contact Dr. Francesco Cavallaro CFCavallaro at ntu.edu.sg, or Dr. František Kratochvíl fkratochvil at ntu.edu.sg. See also the project website at http://diha.ntu.edu.sg/projects_diha.html. For more information about our graduate program, and for detailed information about the application, please visit http://www.hss.ntu.edu.sg/ProspectiveStudents/Graduate/Pages/GraduateProgrammes(ByResearch).aspx Application deadline is January 31, 2013. CONFIDENTIALITY:This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged.If you are not the intended recipient,please delete it,notify us and do not copy,use,or disclose its content. Towards A Sustainable Earth:Print Only When Necessary.Thank you. From elliotthoey at gmail.com Sat Dec 1 17:56:22 2012 From: elliotthoey at gmail.com (Elliott Hoey) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 09:56:22 -0800 Subject: CFP: 19th Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Social Organization Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE, INTERACTION, AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION "POWER, CONFLICT, INEQUALITY" UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA MAY 10-12, 2013 * * The LISO conference promotes interdisciplinary research and discussion in the analysis of naturally occurring human interaction. Papers will be presented by national and international scholars on a variety of topics in the study of language, interaction, and culture. The papers primarily employ analysis of naturally occurring data drawing from methodologies that include conversation analysis, discourse analysis, ethnographic methods, ethnomethodology, interactional linguistics, and interactional sociolinguistics. We welcome abstracts from graduate students and faculty working in the areas of Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Communication, Education, Linguistics, Psychology, and Sociology. Featured plenary speakers: - Marjorie Harness Goodwin (UCLA, Linguistic Anthropology) - Kira Hall (CU Boulder, Linguistics) - Susan Speer (University of Manchester, Psychology) - Kathryn Woolard (UCSD, Anthropology) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Abstracts must be submitted via email to lisoconference at gmail.com. The body of the email should include name(s) of author(s), affiliation, and contact information. The attached abstract must be in doc, docx, or pdf format only, and must not include the author's name or any other identifying information. Abstracts have a 500 word maximum; those longer than 500 words may not be read in full by reviewers. The abstract should include the following: 1. a clear statement of the main point or argument of the paper 2. a brief discussion of the problem or research question with reference to previous research and the work's relevance to the area of study 3. a short piece of data to support the main point or argument 4. conclusions and/or implications of the research, however tentative Deadline for submission of abstracts is January 15, 2013. Late submissions will not be accepted. Notification of (non-)acceptance will be sent no later than March 31, 2013. Accepted abstracts will have either* (a) 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion; or (b) 25 minutes for a data session (small group presentation/discussion of research and data). *to be determined by the abstract review committee Conference presented by The Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (LISO) Graduate Student Organization at UCSB, and The Center for Language, Interaction and Culture (CLIC) Graduate Student Association at UCLA. For additional information, please visit our website: https://sites.google.com/a/ucsblinguist.org/liso/ From language at sprynet.com Sun Dec 9 09:28:50 2012 From: language at sprynet.com (alex gross) Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 04:28:50 -0500 Subject: Documentary Message-ID: Thanks enormously for letting me see this truly remarkable film, which I will be showing to others. This comes belatedly as I have been busy recovering from open heart surgery. Very best! alex gross ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Everett" To: "A. Katz" Cc: "Funknet List" ; "Mike Morgan" Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Documentary The documentary won the Jackson Hole Film Festival Award for the best human science film of 2012. It just won the Gold 'Australian Cinematographers Society' Award at the ACS awards ceremony and the final award of the night - the prestigious 2012 Judges Award for Best Cinematography. It has won several other awards. It was a finalist at the Paris Science Film Festival. It premiers on Arte France/Germany and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in December. (GOH was produced and originated completely by Essential Media and I had zero to do with the process, except to answer hours of questions.) -- Dan On Nov 20, 2012, at 9:57 AM, A. Katz wrote: > I watched it yesterday, and I shared it on FB and on my blog in many > places. > > It is a very profound piece, as it not only highlights the academic > conflict over turf, but the way that local governments want to erase the > evidence of the lack of numeracy by enforcing education and modern living > on a people who do not want these things. > > There are many, many conflicting points of view being represented in this > one documentary. I initially watched it with Bow, a chimpanzee, and he > was upset by something completely different: > > http://notesfromthepens.blogspot.com/2012/11/different-points-of-view-grammar-of.html > > --Aya > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Morgan" > To: "Funknet List" > Cc: dan at daneverett.org > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 8:48:26 AM > Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Documentary > > Yes, was able to download the youtube posted video even here in Nepal > with our turtle-slow download speeds ;-) > > Haven't had time to watch it all yet, but watched segments throughout > to see that it all downlaoded okay... looks to be a very good piece. > > > > On 11/19/12, Alex Walker wrote: >> Wonderful piece. I'll be playing it for my students tomorrow. Thanks for >> the link! >> >> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Lachlan Mackenzie < >> lachlan_mackenzie at hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, the YouTube works just fine here in Spain. Looking forward to >>> watching >>> it. >>> Best wishes, >>> Lachlan >>> >>>> From: jrubba at calpoly.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:16:49 -0800 >>>> To: dan at daneverett.org >>>> CC: funknet at mailman.rice.edu >>>> Subject: Re: [FUNKNET] Documentary >>>> >>>> Dan, >>>> >>>> The YouTube doesn't work. It's been taken down by Smithsonian. I had no >>> trouble getting the original, though. >>>> >>>> Jo >>>> >>>> Dr. Johanna Rubba, Professor, Linguistics >>>> Linguistics Minor Advisor >>>> English Department >>>> Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo >>>> Tel. 805.756.2184 >>>> Dept. Tel 805.756.2596 >>>> E-mail: jrubba at calpoly.edu >>>> URL: http://cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba >>>> ******************************************* >>>> "Justice is what love looks like in public." >>>> - Cornel West >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 19, 2012, at 7:24 AM, Daniel Everett wrote: >>>> >>>>> http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/show.do?show=141519 >>>>> >>>>> In case anyone is interested in a documentary about the Pirahas, the >>> Smithsonian Channel has just placed the entire program on the internet. >>>>> >>>>> Dan Everett >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > mwm || *U*C> || mike || ???? || ???? || ??? (aka Dr Michael W Morgan) > sign language linguist / linguistic typologist > academic adviser, Nepal Sign Language Training and Research > NDFN, Kathmandu, Nepal From bdc3 at rice.edu Mon Dec 10 13:07:08 2012 From: bdc3 at rice.edu (Benjamin Chauvette) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:07:08 -0600 Subject: Final CfP: Rice Working Papers in Linguistics. Deadline this Friday. Message-ID: RICE WORKING PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS, VOLUME 4 FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: Friday, December 14, 2012 Rice Working Papers in Linguistics is currently soliciting submissions for its fourth volume. Please see the guidelines below and consider submitting your work to the editors at . =============== Rice Working Papers in Linguistics (RWPL; ISSN 1944-0081) is a refereed, open-access online publication of the Rice Linguistics Society, with support from the Department of Linguistics at Rice University in Houston, TX. RWPL publishes working papers and squibs that emphasize functional, usage-based approaches to the study of language. The publication focuses on issues related to empirical aspects of linguistics. To that end, we especially welcome methodological and ethical discussions, sociolinguistic and areal survey reports, field reports, and project post-mortems. Presentations of intriguing or difficult data, particularly ones that merit further research, are also encouraged. With the exception of ESL/TESOL and speech-language pathology, submissions in almost all subfields of linguistics will be considered for publication. Acceptable subfields include, but are not limited to cognitive/ functional linguistics, documentary and descriptive linguistics, language revitalization, sociolinguistics (including sociophonetics), discourse and corpus linguistics, language typology and universals, language change and grammaticalization, laboratory phonetics and phonology, language processing, and psycholinguistics. 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The body of the email must contain the following information: * Title of paper * Author name(s) * Author affiliation(s) * Author contact information * Acknowledgments (if desired) All submissions must also attach the following items as separate files to the email: * A document containing the title of the paper, at least 3 keywords, and a maximum 350 word abstract * A copy of the paper in one of the following formats: - Word 97/2000/XP/2003 (.doc) - Word 2007/2010 (.docx) - OpenDocument (.odt) - LaTeX (.tex) * A copy of the paper as a PDF The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 14, 2012. Questions regarding the submissions process or style requirements may be addressed to the editors via email at . From marja.nenonen at uef.fi Tue Dec 11 13:29:33 2012 From: marja.nenonen at uef.fi (Marja Nenonen) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:29:33 +0200 Subject: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS The Fourth Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition Message-ID: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS for The Fourth Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition The Fourth Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC IV) will take place on the Joensuu campus of the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), June 12?14, 2013. The conference will be organized by the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC), the Finnish Cognitive Linguistics Association (FiCLA) and the UEF language departments. Keynote speakers: Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen, University of Copenhagen: Forces that shape linguistic structure in sign languages Raymond Gibbs, University of California, Santa Cruz: What does metaphor in language reveal about metaphor in thought? Irene Mittelberg, RWTH Aachen University: The exbodied mind: Cognitive-semiotic principles as motivating forces in gesture Anatol Stefanowitsch, Freie Universit?t Berlin: Quantitative corpus linguistics and the Usage-Based Model: Natural allies or uneasy partners? Emile van der Zee, Lincoln University: Word learning in Canis Familiaris: What does word learning in other species such as the dog tell us about word learning mechanisms in humans? The conference is aimed at covering all areas of linguistics with a cognitive flavour, including, for instance, ? Cognitive impairment and language use ? Language acquisition and cognition ? Language and cognitive development and evolution ? Language and consciousness ? Language and gesture ? Language change and cognition ? Language structure and cognition ? Language use and cognition ? Linguistic relativity ? Linguistic typology and cognition ? Multicultural communication and cognition ? Psycholinguistic approaches to language and cognition ? Translation and cognition We invite submissions of abstracts for paper, workshop and poster presentations. The language of the conference is English. The deadline for abstract submission is January 1, 2013. Section papers will be allocated 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. Organizers of workshops should submit a one-page general abstract of their workshop as well as enclose one (one-page) abstract for each workshop presentation. The abstracts should be sent by email attachment to salc4 at uef.fi (format of message title: SALC2013Abstract: author last name(s): format of attachment name: salc2013abstract_author last name(s)). The document should contain author information (including author name(s), affiliation and contact email address), presentation title, abstract and your preference for oral or poster presentation (if applicable). Notification of acceptance will be communicated by February 1, 2013. Conference fee: Faculty: 180 ? Faculty SALC/FiCLA members: 150 ? Students: 90 ? Student SALC/FiCLA members: 60 ? The fees include coffee/tea and other refreshments, the reception on June 12, and a conference dinner on June 13. Travel grants: There will be two travel grants, of 400 euro each, awarded by the board of SALC, for junior researchers who do not have independent funding. If you wish to apply, please send a letter of motivation to professor Carita Paradis, Chair of SALC, at: Carita.Paradis at englund.lu.se, when you submit your abstract to the conference organizers at: salc4 at uef.fi. Decisions will be announced in personal email by February 1, 2013. The meeting begins on Wednesday, June 14th at 10.00, and ends on Friday, June 16th at 16.15. A preliminary program can be found on the conference website: https://www.uef.fi/salc2013 Conference email address SALC4 at uef.fi For SALC, see: http://www.salc-sssk.org/ For FiCLA, see: http://www.protsv.fi/ficla/index_english.html From g.philip.polidoro at gmail.com Fri Dec 14 17:45:26 2012 From: g.philip.polidoro at gmail.com (Gill Philip) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:45:26 +0100 Subject: CFP: Corpus-Based Approaches to Figurative Language Message-ID: with apologies for cross-posting CALL FOR PAPERS "METAPHOR AND AUSTERITY" Fifth Interdisciplinary Workshop on Corpus-Based Approaches to Figurative Language (held in conjunction with Corpus Linguistics 2013) Monday 22nd July 2013 Lancaster University, UK METAPHOR AND AUSTERITY The West is settling into a new age of austerity: the ?NICE?(?non-inflationary consistent expansion?, Kitson et al. 2011) economy has turned ?VILE? (?volatile inflation, little expansion?, ibid.), and the economic and social fall-out is now becoming visible. Unemployment, redundancy, inflation, recession, insecurity, and poverty all loom, causing governments, businesses and individuals to re-evaluate their priorities. A changing world changes attitudes, and the earliest manifestations of such change can often be found in figurative language. Political rhetoric attempts to sweeten the bitter pill that nations have no choice but to swallow; all are invited to share the pain, make sacrifices for the common good, and weather the storm. But more sinister undertones can also be perceived. In times of social and financial dire straits, scapegoats are sought and mercilessly pursued in the press. The elderly, unemployed, and disabled are under fire for ?sponging off the state?; and as jobs become scarcer and the tax bill rises, migrant populations and asylum seekers are viewed with increasing suspicion and resentment. Calls for a ?big society? fall on deaf ears. Society, it seems, is shrinking as self-preservation takes hold. This fifth Interdisciplinary Workshop on Corpus-Based Approaches to Figurative Language will consist of a day-long colloquium including oral presentations (20 + 10 minutes), a poster session, plus a round-table discussion chaired by members of the organizing committee. It is the organizers? intention to showcase original research into the figurative language associated with Austerity in its many guises and in various spheres of life, and to stimulate interdisciplinary debate between established and early-career researchers who are investigating Austerity in corpus data. Proposals are therefore welcome on any aspect of figurative language relevant to the central theme of Austerity, including, but not limited to, the economy, work and unemployment, immigration and asylum seeking, social inclusion and exclusion. Given the dominance of English in the literature on metaphor, research dealing with other languages will be particularly welcome, whether contrastive or otherwise. -- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Extended abstracts for 20 minute talks (1500-2000 words, excluding references) and for posters (1000-1250 words, excluding references) should be sent in an email attachment to Gill Philip by 31 January 2013. Following notification of acceptance, participants will be invited to resubmit their abstracts for inclusion in the peer-reviewed workshop proceedings which will be published concurrently with the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 January 2013 Notification of acceptance: 5 March 2013 Deadline for revised abstracts: 14 May 2013 Workshop: 22 July 2013 References M. Kitson, R. Martin & P. Tyler. 2011. The geographies of austerity. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society 4. 289?302. ********************************* Dr. Gill Philip Universit? degli Studi di Macerata Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, dei Beni Culturali, e del Turismo Piazzale L. Bertelli Contrada Vallebona 62100 Macerata Italy From fg-fgw at uva.nl Tue Dec 18 15:15:38 2012 From: fg-fgw at uva.nl (fg-fgw) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:15:38 +0000 Subject: Reminder: International workshop on The Lexicon in Functional Discourse Grammar, Vienna, 5-6 September 2013. Message-ID: Dear colleague, This is to remind you of the upcoming deadline of January 1st, 2013, for the submission of abstracts for the international workshop on The Lexicon in Functional Discourse Grammar, to be held at the University of Vienna, 5-6 September 2013. Further details are given in de attached document. Best wishes, Kees Hengeveld From grvsmth at panix.com Wed Dec 26 06:22:06 2012 From: grvsmth at panix.com (Angus Grieve-Smith) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 01:22:06 -0500 Subject: Like the Millennium Falcon Message-ID: > Change often occurs at the margins in response to specific problems > that are solved imperfectly. ... Moving > pictures of the Hollywood kind often help us see the world > differently. Lucas' vision of a "used future" reminds us that the > present is really an accretion of many pasts, and we shouldn't ignore > those origins in our theories of political development. ... Nor, I would argue, in our theories of language. http://dartthrowingchimp.wordpress.com/2012/12/02/states-are-like-the-millennium-falcon/ -- -Angus B. Grieve-Smith Saint John's University grvsmth at panix.com From randy.lapolla at gmail.com Sat Dec 29 15:42:18 2012 From: randy.lapolla at gmail.com (Randy LaPolla) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:42:18 +0800 Subject: Post-doc positions available Message-ID: Hi All, The College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, has a number of post-doctoral positions available, including some for linguists: http://cohass.ntu.edu.sg/Research/Pages/PostdoctoralFellowships2013.aspx One that I am responsible for is for someone to work on the project "Communication difficulties in healthcare" as part of the Medical Humanities focus. The idea would be for the person to do multi-modal analysis of doctor-patient interactions with the goal of understanding and eventually improving clinical communication, to improve clinical evaluations and results. The person would work with collaborators in NTU's Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, including possibly helping in the development of their Clinical Communication course. Applicants should possess a doctoral degree issued no more than 3 years prior to the time of application (i.e. the degree must have been obtained after Jan 1, 2010). Successful candidates must have been conferred their doctoral degrees prior to starting their fellowships in July or August of 2013. Applications must be submitted in one single document (Microsoft Word format) using the official application form, available on the web site given above. Randy ----- Prof. Randy J. LaPolla, PhD FAHA ?????| Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Nanyang Technological University HSS-03-45, 14 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637332 | Tel: (65) 6592-1825 GMT+8h | Fax: (65) 6795-6525 | http://tibeto-burman.net/rjlapolla/ From randy.lapolla at gmail.com Sat Dec 29 15:48:20 2012 From: randy.lapolla at gmail.com (Randy LaPolla) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:48:20 +0800 Subject: Position in Sociolinguistics available Message-ID: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore School of Humanities and Social Sciences Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Multilingual Studies The School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor in the Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, with specialization in Sociolinguistics. While the research specialization within Sociolinguistics is open, preference would be given to candidates who work in Interactional Sociolinguistics. This position is newly created as part of the School?s strategic initiative to build selected areas of strength into centres of teaching and research excellence. Candidates should have a Ph.D., and demonstrate a commitment to excellence in research as well as teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Currently, the division has a strength of thirteen full-time faculty members, several part-time lecturers and tutors, four postdoctoral fellows, and about ten Ph.D. students. As one of the youngest divisions in the School, Linguistics and Multilingual Studies has been making rapid progress in all aspects of its work, including the development of programmes of study and new areas of research. For more information about the School and the Division, please visit the following website: http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/default.aspx NTU is a research university committed to providing a comprehensive educational experience in a multicultural environment. It offers competitive annual salaries, strong research support, and is committed to nurturing faculty development. To apply, please refer to the Guidelines for Submitting an Application for Faculty Appointment (http://www.ntu.edu.sg/ohr/Career/SubmitApplications/Pages/Faculty.aspx), and send your application letter, curriculum vitae (including records of competitive grants and graduate supervision, if any), teaching statement, research statement, writing samples, and the names and contact details of at least three referees to: Chair, Search Committee C/O Head, Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies School of Humanities and Social Sciences Nanyang Technological University 14 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637332 Email: H-LMS at ntu.edu.sg Applications sent via email should include a reference to ?Assistant Professor in Sociolinguistics, LMS? in the subject line. Enquiries about the position can be addressed Associate Professor Francesco Cavallaro at CFCavallaro at ntu.edu.sg . Closing Date: 28 February 2013. Review of the application will commence after the closing date and will continue until the position is filled. From ARCoupe at ntu.edu.sg Sun Dec 30 04:24:29 2012 From: ARCoupe at ntu.edu.sg (Alexander Coupe) Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:24:29 +0800 Subject: PhDs in language documentation Message-ID: Apologies for multiple postings PhDs in Language documentation and description Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore The Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies (LMS)at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, invites suitably qualified people to apply to undertake doctoral research on an Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman, or Papuan language in one of four regional hotspots of multilingualism (fieldwork sites have been identified in north-east India, northern Thailand, peninsular Malaysia and eastern Indonesia), leading to a comprehensive grammatical description of that language. Prior knowledge of Hindi/Assamese, Thai or Malay would be a distinct advantage. These grammatical descriptions will contribute data to a major interdisciplinary research project titled 'Exploring the crossroads of linguistic diversity: language contact in South-East Asia' funded by the Singaporean Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 2 Research Grant Scheme. For a brief description, see http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/AboutLMS/newsevents/Documents/ACTier2news.pdf. Ideal applicants will have a solid grounding in general linguistics and already hold an MA, or a BA with a good Honours grade. PhD candidates can anticipate doing one year of graduate coursework, followed by three years of empirically-based research. After completion of the coursework year, candidates will undertake a 9-12 month period of fieldwork that will involve living in a speech community to record and analyse linguistic data. S/he will then return to Singapore to complete the first draft of a grammar and prepare the corpus of materials for archiving. A second trip of approximately 4 months will be made in the final year to check the analysis. While based in Singapore, graduates will be given the opportunity to develop their teaching skills by assisting faculty members in running undergraduate courses. Outstanding applicants will be offered the NTU Research Scholarship. This starts at SGD $2000/mth for international students, rising to SGD $2500/mth after confirmation. The duration of the scholarship is for four years subject to satisfactory performance, and the above-mentioned research project will provide PhD candidates with additional funding to cover their related fieldwork and travel expenses. Interested applicants should contact Dr. Alexander Coupe arcoupe at ntu.edu.sg to discuss a possible research project in north-east India or Mainland Southeast Asia. Applicants interested in working in eastern Indonesia should contact Dr. Franti?ek Kratochv?l fkratochvil at ntu.edu.sg. The deadline for receipt of applications is 31 January 2013. Applicants receiving offers of scholarships and candidature will be expected to start in August, 2013. For further information pertaining to graduate study at NTU and research scholarships, see: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics/Graduate/Pages/default.aspx. Alec --- Dr. Alexander R. Coupe, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies | Nanyang Technological University HSS-03-56, 14 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 637332 Tel: (65) 6592-1567 GMT+8h | Fax: (65) 6795-6525 | Email: arcoupe at ntu.edu.sg | Web: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics Editor Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area http://stedt.berkeley.edu/ltba/ ltba.email at gmail.com ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY:This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged.If you are not the intended recipient,please delete it,notify us and do not copy,use,or disclose its content. Towards A Sustainable Earth:Print Only When Necessary.Thank you. From FKRATOCHVIL at ntu.edu.sg Sun Dec 30 07:09:48 2012 From: FKRATOCHVIL at ntu.edu.sg (Frantisek Kratochvil (Asst Prof)) Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:09:48 +0800 Subject: PhD position in sociolinguistics - focus on language contact among endangered languages of SE Asia - NTU, Singapore Message-ID: Hi all, apologies for multiple postings. We are offering a single doctoral position (4 years, full grant, starting from August 1, 2013) in linguistics focusing on the study of multilingualism, language contact and language shift in historical linguistic contact zones of Southeast Asia. Further details can be found below. Frantisek Kratochvil, PhD Assistant Professor Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies Nanyang Technological University, Singapore =================================================================================================================== University or Organization: Nanyang Technological University Department: Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies (School of Humanities and Social Sciences) Job Location: Singapore Web Address: http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/default.aspx Job Rank: PhD Position in Linguistics Specialty Areas: Sociolinguistics, Multilingualism, Endangered Languages, Language Contact, Southeast Asian languages Required Language(s): Malay/Indonesian, Thai, or Hindi an advantage Topic: Multilingualism and Language Shift in Historical Linguistic Contact Zones of Southeast Asia Description: We are offering a single doctoral position (4 years, full grant, starting from August 1, 2013) in linguistics focusing on the study of multilingualism, language contact and language shift in historical linguistic contact zones of Southeast Asia. The PhD candidate will work within the project entitled 'Exploring the crossroads of linguistic diversity: language contact in South-East Asia' funded by the Singaporean Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 2 Research Grant Scheme. For a brief description, see http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/AboutLMS/newsevents/Documents/ACTier2news.pdf. The project will map three sites of long-standing language contact: northeast India and northern Thailand, southern peninsular Malaysia, and eastern Indonesia, where minority communities speak languages belonging to several distinct language families. All these areas are under pressure of the dominant national languages such as Hindi, Thai or Malay/Indonesian and are undergoing language shift. The task of the PhD student will be to investigate the traditional multilingualism and the construction of multilingual identity in these areas as well as the current language shift. Applicants should have a strong undergraduate or Masters degree in linguistics and be willing to conduct traditional fieldwork. We are looking for candidates with: - Previous experience in language description of urban fieldwork (both methodology and technology), - Interest in social interaction, identity and multilingualism, and - (some) knowledge of Hindi, Thai, or Malay/Indonesian. The successful applicant will join the project team at the Nanyang Technological University and will be expected to conduct sociolinguistic fieldwork in the abovementioned areas of Southeast Asia for about a year in total. For more information about the project, please contact Dr. Francesco Cavallaro CFCavallaro at ntu.edu.sg, or Dr. Franti?ek Kratochv?l fkratochvil at ntu.edu.sg. See also the project website at http://diha.ntu.edu.sg/projects_diha.html. For more information about our graduate program, and for detailed information about the application, please visit http://www.hss.ntu.edu.sg/ProspectiveStudents/Graduate/Pages/GraduateProgrammes(ByResearch).aspx Application deadline is January 31, 2013. CONFIDENTIALITY:This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged.If you are not the intended recipient,please delete it,notify us and do not copy,use,or disclose its content. Towards A Sustainable Earth:Print Only When Necessary.Thank you.