27.5154, Summer Schools: Chulalongkorn Summer School of Southeast Asian Linguistics/Thailand

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Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:01:47
From: Pittayawat Pittayaporn [pittayawat at gmail.com]
Subject: Chulalongkorn Summer School of Southeast Asian Linguistics/Thailand

 

Chulalongkorn Summer School of Southeast Asian Linguistics

Host Institution: Chulalongkorn University
Coordinating Institution:   
Website: http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/chulasealing2017/

Dates: 05-Jun-2017 - 15-Jun-2017
Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Focus: It will be the first summer school dedicated to Southeast Asian linguistics, and one of the first linguistics summer school to be held in the region.
Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate


Special Qualifications:
Participants must have foundational knowledge of linguistic theory and analysis.


Description:
Core Module:

- The Tibeto-Burman language family from areal Southeast Asian 
Perspective Instructor: James Matisoff (UC Berkeley) 

- Language contact and contact languages in Southeast Asia 
Instructor: Umberto Ansaldo (University of Hong Kong)

- Variation in indigenous Southeast Asian languages 
Instructor: James Stanford (Dartmouth University) \

- Grammaticalization in East and mainland Southeast Asian languages 
Instructor: Walter Bisang (Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz)

- Language policy and the sociolinguistics of language endangerment in
Southeast Asia 
Instructor: David Bradley (La Trobe University)

- Comparative Kra-Dai 
Instructors: Pittayawat Pittayaporn (Chulalongkorn University) and Weera
Ostapirat (Mahidol University)

- The synchrony and diachrony of tonation in Southeast Asia 
Instructors: Marc Brunelle (University of Ottawa) and James Kirby (University
of Edinburgh)

- Language documentation in the context of Southeast Asia
Instructor: David Peter (Dartmouth College)

- Microparametric variation and historical change in SEA languages 
Instructor: John Whitman (Cornell University) 

- Mainland Southeast Asian languages from a global perspective 
Instructor: Nick Enfield (University of Sydney) 

Field Module:

- Ban Rai district, Uthai Thani Province, Thailand. 
Instructor: Theraphan Luangthongkum (Chulalongkorn University) 
Languages: Kammu, Karen, and Tai/Lao 

ChulaSEALing2017 will be accompanied by the Chulalongkorn International
Student Symposium in Linguistics 2017 (June 8-9, 2017).


Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                      General Linguistics
                      Historical Linguistics
                      Language Documentation


Language Families: Sino-Tibetan

Tuition: 31000 Other

Tuition Explanation: Registration fee is in Thai baht. Registration will be open in February.
Registration fee covers materials, lunches, breaks, and insurance but does not
include lodging, fieldwork, or excursion.


Financial Aid: Applications accepted until 
A limited number of merit-based scholarships will be available for students from developing countries. The grants will cover 12 nights of on-campus accommodation in twin bedrooms. More information will be available in February.

Financial Aid Instructions:



Registration: 15-Feb-2017 to 30-Apr-2017

Contact Person: Pittayawat Pittayaporn
                Email: linguistics.artschula at gmail.com

Apply on the web: http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/chulasealing2017/registration/

Registration Instructions:
Information will be available in February.




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