From johncharles.smith at st-catherines.oxford.ac.uk Fri Jun 1 11:30:29 2007 From: johncharles.smith at st-catherines.oxford.ac.uk (John Charles Smith) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:30:29 +0100 Subject: ISHL Nominations 2007 Message-ID: An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available URL: From bowern at rice.edu Mon Jun 4 08:02:49 2007 From: bowern at rice.edu (Claire Bowern) Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 03:02:49 -0500 Subject: [Fwd: PhD scholarships in grammatical description based at RCLT] Message-ID: [forwarded to histling on behalf of the original sender - CB] PhD scholarships in grammatical description The Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, invites applications from suitably qualified students to enter the PhD program. Our PhD candidates generally undertake extensive fieldwork on a previously undescribed (or scarcely described) language and write a comprehensive grammar of it for their dissertation. They are expected to work on a language which is still actively spoken, and to establish a field situation within a community in which it is the first language. They normally undertake a first fieldtrip of nine to twelve months and, towards the end of their course, a follow-up fieldtrip of two to three months. Fieldwork methodology should be centred on the collection, transcription and analysis of texts, together with participant observation, and - at a later stage - judicious grammatical elicitation in the language under description (not through the lingua franca of the country). Our main priority areas are the languages of Amazonia and the Papuan and Austronesian languages of New Guinea. However, we do not exclude applicants who have an established interest in languages from other areas. PhDs in Australian universities generally involve no coursework, just a substantial dissertation. Candidates must thus have had a thorough coursework training before embarking on this PhD program. This should have included courses on morphology, syntax, semantics, phonology/phonetics and comparative-historical linguistics, taught from a non-formalist perspective.. We place emphasis on work that has a sound empirical basis but also shows a firm theoretical orientation (in terms of general typological theory, or what has recently come to be called basic linguistic theory). The Research Centre for Linguistic Typology consists, at any one time, of about twenty scholars, working on a variety of languages and typological issues. Besides the permanent staff of Professor R M W Dixon (Director) and Professor Alexandra Y Aikhenvald (Associate Director) we have an array of Research Fellows and PhD students; each year a number of senior scholars from across the world spend from three to six months with us as Visiting Fellows. Over the past decade the Research Centre has included specialists on languages from the following families or areas: Tsimshian, Algonquian, Athabaskan, Mayan, Oto-Manguean, Eskimo-Aleut, Chukchee, Arawak, Carib, Arawá, Chibchan, Jê, Panoan, Jívaro, Tacanan, Zapotec, Indo-European, Dravidian, Turkic, Uralic, Niger-Congo, Afro-asiatic, Khoisan, Tai-Kadai, Sinitic, Tibeto-Burman, Austro-asiatic, Papuan, Austronesian and Australian. There is also an excellent Department of Linguistics in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University headed by Professor Randy LaPolla. And there are fine Departments of Linguistics at the University of Melbourne and at Monash University. The scholarship will be at the standard La Trobe University rate, Australian $19.231 p.a. Students coming from overseas are liable for a visa fee (effectively, a tuition fee); we will pay this. A small relocation allowance may be provided on taking up the scholarship. In addition, an appropriate allowance will be made to cover fieldwork expenses. The scholarship is for three years. Further information about RCLT is at our website: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt. See, in particular, our February 2007 Newsletter, available on this web site. Prospective applicants are invited to get in touch with Professor Aikhenvald at a.aikhenvald at latrobe.edu.au, providing details of their background, qualifications and interests. Professor Alexandra Y Aikhenvald Associate Director Research Centre for Linguistic Typology La Trobe University Victoria 3086 AUSTRALIA Tel: 61 3 9479 6402 Fax: 61 3 9467 3053 http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/StaffPages/aikhenvald.htm !DSPAM:4134,4663c63a64261751211239! _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From johncharles.smith at stcatz.ox.ac.uk Mon Jun 11 09:46:03 2007 From: johncharles.smith at stcatz.ox.ac.uk (John Charles Smith) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:46:03 +0100 Subject: ISHL Nominations 2007 again Message-ID: An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available URL: From bowern at rice.edu Fri Jun 22 08:48:53 2007 From: bowern at rice.edu (Claire Bowern) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:48:53 -0500 Subject: Terry Crowley's historical text Message-ID: Dear all, I'll be producing a new (expanded) edition of Terry Crowley's historical linguistics textbook over the coming year. I'm interested in getting feedback from those who've used the book (or the reasons people didn't use it) and any desiderata for the new edition. Best wishes, Claire -------------- Dr Claire Bowern Department of Linguistics Rice University Houston, TX _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From granta at edgehill.ac.uk Fri Jun 22 19:50:22 2007 From: granta at edgehill.ac.uk (Anthony Grant) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:50:22 +0100 Subject: Histling-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4 Message-ID: Hi Claire: I've used bits of Terry's book in some of the classes I taught, and found it very good. My suggestions are few. The PMP orthography in his Palauan dataset needs revising to the more Blusty orthography now used, more could be made of Ringe-style character-based work in lexicostatistics (but what a joy it is to see a chapter on the subject in a histling book in this day and age) and more could be made of the less smooth sound correspondences (I'm echoing Eric Hamp's superbb article 'On misusing similarity' here). Things are not always as lautgesetzlich as w'd like them to be. And of course you might want to pop a Jaminjungan example or two in the datasets. But it's a great book. Best Anthony >>> 06/22/07 6:06 PM >>> Send Histling-l mailing list submissions to histling-l at mailman.rice.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to histling-l-request at mailman.rice.edu You can reach the person managing the list at histling-l-owner at mailman.rice.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Histling-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Terry Crowley's historical text (Claire Bowern) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:48:53 -0500 From: Claire Bowern Subject: [Histling-l] Terry Crowley's historical text To: histling-l at mailman.rice.edu Message-ID: <467B8CF5.4030107 at rice.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Dear all, I'll be producing a new (expanded) edition of Terry Crowley's historical linguistics textbook over the coming year. I'm interested in getting feedback from those who've used the book (or the reasons people didn't use it) and any desiderata for the new edition. Best wishes, Claire -------------- Dr Claire Bowern Department of Linguistics Rice University Houston, TX ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l End of Histling-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4 **************************************** ----------------------------------------------------- This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Edge Hill University or associated companies. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender as soon as possible and delete it and all copies of it. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. 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The positions are available from 1st January 2008. The Research Centre for Linguistic Typology is concerned with language description and with language contact situations. It has about 20 members (PhD students, Post-Doctoral Research Fellows and Visiting Fellows), working on a range of languages and language contact situations from across the world. The successful applicants will work closely with Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (Associate Director), Professor R. M. W. Dixon (Director) and Professor Peter Trudgill (Adjunct Professor). The National Centre for Hellenic Studies and Research, whose Director is Professor Anastasios M. Tamis, is concerned with research on Greek language and culture in Australia, and their maintenance. The Research Fellows will also interact with the members of the The National Centre for Hellenic Studies and Research and with Professor Michael J. Osborne, Distinguished Professor at La Trobe University and former Vice-Chancellor of this University. Further information about RCLT and about NCHSR is available from the respective websites: www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt and http://www.latrobe.edu.au/nhc. Applicants should have a thorough training in modern linguistics, and have native-like competence in Modern Greek. The applicant for the position involving South America should have a working knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese. Applicants should normally have been awarded their doctorate within the last five years. The University may consider cases in which the period is in excess of five years due to special circumstances. Applications will be considered from candidates whose thesis is currently under examination. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree or have equivalent qualifications at the date of appointment. A Fellowship will not normally be awarded to an applicant who already holds an appointment within the University. The Positions will be full-time, fixed-term (three years) at Academic Level A6, with the commencing remuneration package $65,610 to $70,427 per annum, which includes 17% employer superannuation. Applications close on Friday 28th September 2007. Applicants should supply an up-to-date CV together with the names and contact details of three academic referees. The Selection Committee will contact the referees as appropriate. Before making a formal application, potential applicants are invited to communicate with Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald at a.aikhenvald at latrobe.edu.au. Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald, PhD, DLitt, FAHA Associate Director and Postgraduate Coordinator Research Centre for Linguistic Typology La Trobe University Victoria 3086 Tel: 61-(0)3-9479 6402 Fax: 61-(0)3-9467 3053 http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/StaffPages/aikhenvald.htm _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From johncharles.smith at st-catherines.oxford.ac.uk Fri Jun 1 11:30:29 2007 From: johncharles.smith at st-catherines.oxford.ac.uk (John Charles Smith) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:30:29 +0100 Subject: ISHL Nominations 2007 Message-ID: An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available URL: From bowern at rice.edu Mon Jun 4 08:02:49 2007 From: bowern at rice.edu (Claire Bowern) Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 03:02:49 -0500 Subject: [Fwd: PhD scholarships in grammatical description based at RCLT] Message-ID: [forwarded to histling on behalf of the original sender - CB] PhD scholarships in grammatical description The Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, invites applications from suitably qualified students to enter the PhD program. Our PhD candidates generally undertake extensive fieldwork on a previously undescribed (or scarcely described) language and write a comprehensive grammar of it for their dissertation. They are expected to work on a language which is still actively spoken, and to establish a field situation within a community in which it is the first language. They normally undertake a first fieldtrip of nine to twelve months and, towards the end of their course, a follow-up fieldtrip of two to three months. Fieldwork methodology should be centred on the collection, transcription and analysis of texts, together with participant observation, and - at a later stage - judicious grammatical elicitation in the language under description (not through the lingua franca of the country). Our main priority areas are the languages of Amazonia and the Papuan and Austronesian languages of New Guinea. However, we do not exclude applicants who have an established interest in languages from other areas. PhDs in Australian universities generally involve no coursework, just a substantial dissertation. Candidates must thus have had a thorough coursework training before embarking on this PhD program. This should have included courses on morphology, syntax, semantics, phonology/phonetics and comparative-historical linguistics, taught from a non-formalist perspective.. We place emphasis on work that has a sound empirical basis but also shows a firm theoretical orientation (in terms of general typological theory, or what has recently come to be called basic linguistic theory). The Research Centre for Linguistic Typology consists, at any one time, of about twenty scholars, working on a variety of languages and typological issues. Besides the permanent staff of Professor R M W Dixon (Director) and Professor Alexandra Y Aikhenvald (Associate Director) we have an array of Research Fellows and PhD students; each year a number of senior scholars from across the world spend from three to six months with us as Visiting Fellows. Over the past decade the Research Centre has included specialists on languages from the following families or areas: Tsimshian, Algonquian, Athabaskan, Mayan, Oto-Manguean, Eskimo-Aleut, Chukchee, Arawak, Carib, Araw?, Chibchan, J?, Panoan, J?varo, Tacanan, Zapotec, Indo-European, Dravidian, Turkic, Uralic, Niger-Congo, Afro-asiatic, Khoisan, Tai-Kadai, Sinitic, Tibeto-Burman, Austro-asiatic, Papuan, Austronesian and Australian. There is also an excellent Department of Linguistics in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University headed by Professor Randy LaPolla. And there are fine Departments of Linguistics at the University of Melbourne and at Monash University. The scholarship will be at the standard La Trobe University rate, Australian $19.231 p.a. Students coming from overseas are liable for a visa fee (effectively, a tuition fee); we will pay this. A small relocation allowance may be provided on taking up the scholarship. In addition, an appropriate allowance will be made to cover fieldwork expenses. The scholarship is for three years. Further information about RCLT is at our website: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt. See, in particular, our February 2007 Newsletter, available on this web site. Prospective applicants are invited to get in touch with Professor Aikhenvald at a.aikhenvald at latrobe.edu.au, providing details of their background, qualifications and interests. Professor Alexandra Y Aikhenvald Associate Director Research Centre for Linguistic Typology La Trobe University Victoria 3086 AUSTRALIA Tel: 61 3 9479 6402 Fax: 61 3 9467 3053 http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/StaffPages/aikhenvald.htm !DSPAM:4134,4663c63a64261751211239! _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From johncharles.smith at stcatz.ox.ac.uk Mon Jun 11 09:46:03 2007 From: johncharles.smith at stcatz.ox.ac.uk (John Charles Smith) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:46:03 +0100 Subject: ISHL Nominations 2007 again Message-ID: An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available URL: From bowern at rice.edu Fri Jun 22 08:48:53 2007 From: bowern at rice.edu (Claire Bowern) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:48:53 -0500 Subject: Terry Crowley's historical text Message-ID: Dear all, I'll be producing a new (expanded) edition of Terry Crowley's historical linguistics textbook over the coming year. I'm interested in getting feedback from those who've used the book (or the reasons people didn't use it) and any desiderata for the new edition. Best wishes, Claire -------------- Dr Claire Bowern Department of Linguistics Rice University Houston, TX _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l From granta at edgehill.ac.uk Fri Jun 22 19:50:22 2007 From: granta at edgehill.ac.uk (Anthony Grant) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:50:22 +0100 Subject: Histling-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4 Message-ID: Hi Claire: I've used bits of Terry's book in some of the classes I taught, and found it very good. My suggestions are few. The PMP orthography in his Palauan dataset needs revising to the more Blusty orthography now used, more could be made of Ringe-style character-based work in lexicostatistics (but what a joy it is to see a chapter on the subject in a histling book in this day and age) and more could be made of the less smooth sound correspondences (I'm echoing Eric Hamp's superbb article 'On misusing similarity' here). Things are not always as lautgesetzlich as w'd like them to be. And of course you might want to pop a Jaminjungan example or two in the datasets. But it's a great book. Best Anthony >>> 06/22/07 6:06 PM >>> Send Histling-l mailing list submissions to histling-l at mailman.rice.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to histling-l-request at mailman.rice.edu You can reach the person managing the list at histling-l-owner at mailman.rice.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Histling-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Terry Crowley's historical text (Claire Bowern) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:48:53 -0500 From: Claire Bowern Subject: [Histling-l] Terry Crowley's historical text To: histling-l at mailman.rice.edu Message-ID: <467B8CF5.4030107 at rice.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Dear all, I'll be producing a new (expanded) edition of Terry Crowley's historical linguistics textbook over the coming year. I'm interested in getting feedback from those who've used the book (or the reasons people didn't use it) and any desiderata for the new edition. Best wishes, Claire -------------- Dr Claire Bowern Department of Linguistics Rice University Houston, TX ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l End of Histling-l Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4 **************************************** ----------------------------------------------------- This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Edge Hill University or associated companies. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender as soon as possible and delete it and all copies of it. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. 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The positions are available from 1st January 2008. The Research Centre for Linguistic Typology is concerned with language description and with language contact situations. It has about 20 members (PhD students, Post-Doctoral Research Fellows and Visiting Fellows), working on a range of languages and language contact situations from across the world. The successful applicants will work closely with Professor Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (Associate Director), Professor R. M. W. Dixon (Director) and Professor Peter Trudgill (Adjunct Professor). The National Centre for Hellenic Studies and Research, whose Director is Professor Anastasios M. Tamis, is concerned with research on Greek language and culture in Australia, and their maintenance. The Research Fellows will also interact with the members of the The National Centre for Hellenic Studies and Research and with Professor Michael J. Osborne, Distinguished Professor at La Trobe University and former Vice-Chancellor of this University. Further information about RCLT and about NCHSR is available from the respective websites: www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt and http://www.latrobe.edu.au/nhc. Applicants should have a thorough training in modern linguistics, and have native-like competence in Modern Greek. The applicant for the position involving South America should have a working knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese. Applicants should normally have been awarded their doctorate within the last five years. The University may consider cases in which the period is in excess of five years due to special circumstances. Applications will be considered from candidates whose thesis is currently under examination. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree or have equivalent qualifications at the date of appointment. A Fellowship will not normally be awarded to an applicant who already holds an appointment within the University. The Positions will be full-time, fixed-term (three years) at Academic Level A6, with the commencing remuneration package $65,610 to $70,427 per annum, which includes 17% employer superannuation. Applications close on Friday 28th September 2007. Applicants should supply an up-to-date CV together with the names and contact details of three academic referees. The Selection Committee will contact the referees as appropriate. Before making a formal application, potential applicants are invited to communicate with Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald at a.aikhenvald at latrobe.edu.au. Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald, PhD, DLitt, FAHA Associate Director and Postgraduate Coordinator Research Centre for Linguistic Typology La Trobe University Victoria 3086 Tel: 61-(0)3-9479 6402 Fax: 61-(0)3-9467 3053 http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/StaffPages/aikhenvald.htm _______________________________________________ Histling-l mailing list Histling-l at mailman.rice.edu https://mailman.rice.edu/mailman/listinfo/histling-l