<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Dear RNLDers,<br><br></div>our first announcement for the new year is about the looming deadline for applications to <i>CoLang 2016: Institute on Collaborative Language Research</i>. This is the 5th CoLang (formerly InField), and this Institute will be held on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Those of you who were able to participate in previous institutes at the University of California at Santa Barbara (2008), University of Oregon (2010), University of Kansas (2012) and the University of Texas at Arlington (2014) know just how invaluable and fabulous this institute is!<br><br></div>The CoLang model offers two weeks of intensive workshops (June 20-July 1) focusing onlanguage documentation, language revitalisation, linguistics, and fieldwork. <br><br>The workshops are followed by an optional 3 week block (July 5-23) of intensive practica in language documentation. This time, participants in the practica stream will be able to choose from the following featured languages:
<ul><li>Unangam Tunuu (Aleut) [ISO 693-3: <a href="http://www.ethnologue.com/language/ale">ale</a>], the language of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska</li><li>Han (Athabascan) [ISO 693-3: <a href="http://www.ethnologue.com/language/haa">haa</a>], a Dene (Athabascan) language of Eastern Alaska and the Yukon</li><li>Miyako (Ryukyuan) [ISO 693-3: <a href="http://www.ethnologue.com/language/mvi">mvi</a>], a Ryukyuan language of Southern Japan</li></ul>CoLang instructors come from across North America and around the world to deliver workshops in their areas of expertise. The international student body includes students and faculty in linguistics, and community language activists. Both introductory and advanced courses are available.<br><br></div>Applications close this Friday 15 January, so don't waste any time! Head to <a href="http://www.alaska.edu/colang2016/">http://www.alaska.edu/colang2016/</a> for information on the institute, and then go to <a href="http://www.alaska.edu/colang2016/application/">http://www.alaska.edu/colang2016/application/</a> to submit your application.<br><br></div>kind regards<br></div>Margaret<br><div><div><div><div><br><div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Dr Margaret Florey<br>DRIL Director<br>Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity<br><br></div><div>I am usually available in the office Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays except when I am travelling to deliver DRIL training workshops<a href="http://t.co/xulmFjTlmt" rel="nofollow" dir="ltr" title="http://itstopswithme.humanrights.gov.au/" target="_blank"><span></span></a><br></div><div><b><br>Contact details</b><br></div><div><br>ph: +61 (03) 9077-9500
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