18.892, A: Learning Opportunity

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LINGUIST List: Vol-18-892. Fri Mar 23 2007. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 18.892, A: Learning Opportunity

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1)
Date: 23-Mar-2007
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: LINGUIST & Endangered Languages: SILS & More 

2)
Date: 23-Mar-2007
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: Editor Bethany Townsend on Doing 'The Dirty Work' 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:11:19
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: LINGUIST & Endangered Languages: SILS & More 

Dear Subscribers,

The groundbreaking work that LINGUIST accomplished through the E-MELD grant on 
Endangered Language documentation has led to the opportunity for us to co-sponsor 
the 14th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium (SILS) with the Saginaw 
Chippewa Tribal Nation.  Held in Mount Pleasant, Michigan from June 1-3, 2007, 
this year's symposium features the theme, "Working Together, We Can Bring Back 
the Language: How Technology Can Make it Happen."  For more information, please 
consult our page:
       http://linguistlist.org/sils/

I was chosen as team leader at LINGUIST to build the website and help with the 
organization of all aspects of the workshop. I am truly interested in this 
conference not only because I get to learn web design, but also because I truly 
believe in such joint efforts to bring linguists and tribal people together to 
save languages and cultures.  This year's 14th annual SILS symposium is expected 
to again gather together a large number of language instructors, technology 
experts and linguists to share the work and dreams of endangered language 
communities all over the world. 

This conference is just one aspect of The LINGUIST List's involvement in 
endangered languages.  The School of Best Practices (SOBP) continues to evolve 
from the E-MELD workshops, presenting the best ways to digitize your linguistic 
materials to prevent language data obsolescence.  The SOBP is also home to eleven 
case studies of digitization of endangered languages data.  LINGUIST even hosts 
The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) 
on its site.  

>From SILS to SSILA, LINGUIST is committed to serving the linguistics community 
by hosting such conferences and by making the information from them available to
all.  We look forward to serving you in even more ways and to hearing from you 
during Fund Drive 2007. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Bethany Townsend, LINGUIST Editor 

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:11:23
From:  linguist < linguist at linguistlist.org >
Subject: Editor Bethany Townsend on Doing 'The Dirty Work' 

Dear Subscribers,

This is only my first year as part of the LINGUIST List crew.  I came on board as 
an undergraduate in my final semester, and I never knew that it was possible to 
get as much out of a job as from your formal education.  As former Financial Editor 
Liping Wang was leaving, Helen offered me a job working with finances, and even 
with no previous experience, I agreed because I knew what a unique opportunity the 
chance to work here really was.

Everyone at LINGUIST begins doing the dirty work that keeps us functioning - editing 
web submissions, posting issues, handling finances.  Beyond such tasks, however, 
we get to become involved in really interesting projects and activities.  I am 
currently the conference coordinator for the 14th Annual Stabilizing Indigenous 
Languages Symposium (http://linguistlist.org/sils/).  Being a part of this project 
has taught me a skill that I find incredibly valuable - web design.  Also, I am 
one of the students involved in Multi-Tree, a project that involves researching 
and digitizing different hypotheses on language families (http://linguistlist.org/multitree/).  
Through this work, I've learned a lot more about historical linguistics and am 
considering pursuing it when I go on to get my PhD. It has also put me in contact 
with several renowned linguists working in this specialized area of linguistics.  
LINGUIST isn't just a resource for subscribers; it's also a learning opportunity 
for me and an amazing place to be.

I still work with financial aspects of LINGUIST, and we are currently trying to 
improve the quality of service we offer to publishers and those institutions posting 
job opportunities.  We're also in the process of upgrading our credit card processing 
system to make donating faster and more efficient.

Finally, I'm excited to be one of the Fund Drive co-coordinators this year, trying 
to make this the most fun and successful Fund Drive to date.  (Any suggestions 
you have are definitely welcome!)  Not only is LINGUIST involved in posting all 
the information that you use as a resource, it is also working on innovative projects 
like Multi-Tree behind the scenes. Once unveiled, this project and others we are 
undertaking will be available for the linguistics community and general public.  
Maintaining these resources that we all use is, of course, only possible because 
of donations from subscribers like you.  Thank you to those of you who have already 
contributed this year.  If you have not already done so, please consider sending 
us support to help keep these incredible resources functioning for the benefit 
of all.

Sincerely,

Bethany Townsend
LINGUIST Editor
Co-Coordinator, Fund Drive 2007 

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This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $55,000. This money will go to help keep the 
List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year.

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We would like to thank all of the publishers and subscribers who
donated prizes for this year's Fund Drive games, puzzles, and 
competitions.

Publisher Prize Donors: 

Cascadilla Press 
Continuum 
Edinburgh University Press
Hodder Arnold
Mouton de Gruyter
Multilingual Matters
Sage Publications

Subscriber Prize Donors:

Rusudan Amirejibi-Mullen
Paola Attolino
Cristiano Chesi
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iris flannery 
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- Plus 11 anonymous donors

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MAJOR SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS

Cascadilla Press 
http://www.cascadilla.com/ 
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd 
http://www.continuumbooks.com 
Edinburgh University Press 
http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/ 
European Language Resources Association - ELRA 
http://www.elra.info. 
Georgetown University Press 
http://www.press.georgetown.edu 
Hodder Arnold 
http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk 
John Benjamins 
http://www.benjamins.com/ 
http://www.benjamins.nl/ 
Lincom GmbH 
http://www.lincom.eu 
www.lincom.eu 
Mouton de Gruyter 
http://www.mouton-publishers.com 
Multilingual Matters 
http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ 
Oxford University Press 
http://www.oup.com/us 
http://www.oup.co.uk 
Pagijong Press 
http://pjbook.com 
Palgrave Macmillan 
http://www.palgrave.com 
Peter Lang AG 
http://www.peterlang.com 
Rodopi 
http://www.rodopi.nl/ 
http://www.rodopi.nl 
Springer 
http://www.springer.com 

OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS
CSLI Publications 
http://cslipublications.stanford.edu/ 
International Pragmatics Assoc. 
http://www.ipra.be 
Linguistic Assoc. of Finland 
http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/ 
Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT 
http://www.lotpublications.nl/ 
SIL International 
http://www.ethnologue.com/bookstore.asp 
St. Jerome Publishing Ltd. 
http://www.stjerome.co.uk

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Comcast 
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English School Sunny Plus 
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Gyeonggi English Village 
Hablamos Juntos - UCSF 
Haskins Laboratories 
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Ingenuity Systems 
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Johns Hopkins University 
Kent State University 
KNOVA Software, Inc. 
La Trobe University 
LearnBalance Group 
Leibniz Universität Hannover 
Lexicon Branding, Inc. 
Linguistic Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania 
Louisiana State University 
Maher Language Institute (MLI) 
McGill University 
McNeil Technologies, Inc. 
Michigan State University 
Monterey Institute of International Studies 
National Sun Yat-sen University 
National Taiwan Normal University 
Nemours/AI duPont Hospital for Children 
Nordic CoE in Microcomparative Syntax 
Northwestern University 
Nuance Communications, Inc. 
Q-go Netherlands bv 
Radboud University Nijmegen 
RiverGlass, Inc. 
RPI 
RWTH Aachen 
San Diego State University 
SDL International 
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SOAS, University of London 
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Systran 
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SYSTRAN Software, Inc. 
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University of Tromsø 
University of Utah 
University of Wales, Bangor 
University of Washington 
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University of York 
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Voice Signal Technologies, Inc, 
Wake Forest University 
Wayne State University 
Yuan Ze University

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