25.2541, Calls: Language Documentation, General Linguistics/India

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Subject: 25.2541, Calls: Language Documentation, General Linguistics/India

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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:29:30
From: Ritesh Kumar [riteshkumar at dbrau.ac.in]
Subject: Workshop on Language Description and Sciences and WORLDS Fellowship

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Full Title: Workshop on Language Description and Sciences and WORLDS Fellowship 
Short Title: WORLDS - 1 

Date: 08-Aug-2014 - 09-Aug-2014
Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India 
Contact Person: Ritesh Kumar
Meeting Email: riteshkumar at dbrau.ac.in
Web Site: http://worlds.kmiagra.in 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Documentation 

Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2014 

Meeting Description:

Workshop on Language Description and Sciences (WORLDS - 1) is the first of an annual workshop series conducted by the Department of Linguistics, K.M. Institute of Hindi and Linguistics, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra. The major aim of the workshop series is to popularise and spread awareness about Linguistics among the undergraduate students of the country so as to encourage them to take up higher education and research in Linguistics.

It is part of this effort that we have also instituted the WORLDS Fellowship which would be available for the outstanding undergraduate participants of the workshop for pursuing M.A. in Linguistics at the department and attending the workshop. The fellowship includes free accommodation and travel and maintenance grant for attending the workshop, full refund of admission and tuition fee for pursuing M.A. in Linguistics at the Dept. of Linguistics, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra (if the awardee decides to take admission at the dept.) and a certificate of excellence. The maximum number of fellowships to be awarded this year is 5.

This workshop is conceived as a mini fieldwork where the participants will be exposed to the basics of data collection, analysis and description, which will be conducted by some of the leading field linguists and experts of language description in India, followed by practical sessions on conducting fieldwork on the participants' own language. It is expected to expose the participants to the methods and ways of a linguist and would serve well to combine the theoretical promise of the earlier half-day workshops with the real, practical problems and joys of the field!

The confirmed resource persons for the workshop are:

Prof. Ayesha Kidwai, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Dr. Girish Nath Jha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Mr. Atanu Saha, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Mr. Anupam Shrivastava, Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra

Workshop dates: 8 - 9 August, 2014

Call for Papers:

We solicit expression of interest for participation in WORLDS - 1. Anyone who has completed her/his graduation or is currently pursuing it are eligible to apply for participation. Application could be made by filling up the following form:

https://docs.google.com/a/linguistlist.org/forms/d/1xwU7IXpMtjKR81doHlR3n3QXxFMf56XMW4_XrUu4ghw/viewform

Final selection for the workshop will be based on the answers given in the application form and the following order of preference (1 is most preferred and 8 is the least).

1. Students completing graduation in 2014 (B.A/B.Sc./B.Com./B.Tech./MBBS/BDS and other equivalent degrees)
2. Students pursuing graduation
3. Students completing post-graduation in 2014 in disciplines other than Linguistics
4. Students pursuing post-graduation in disciplines other than Linguistics
5. Students completing post-graduation in 2014 in Linguistics
6. Students pursuing post-graduation in Linguistics
7. Students enrolled in M.Phil/Ph.D. in disciplines other than Linguistics
8. Students enrolled in M.Phil/Ph.D. in Linguistics

Total number of participants that could be accommodated for the workshop range from 80-100 depending on the quality and quantity of the applications received.

Application for the workshop is free. Applicants should note that readings for the workshop are compulsory as are regular attendance and punctuality.

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