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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><font size="4"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Documentary Linguistics in the </span></b><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">MENA region</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="4">(Middle East and North Africa)</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">SOAS University of London </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">& </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Berlin, October 10-17, 2018</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A one week fall school on theory and methods
in modern language documentation focusing on the MENA region will be held at the
Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin, Germany.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The school will provide training
in theory and methods of modern language documentation to students and scholars
who are working on endangered
languages and are living in the MENA region. <br><br>There are 25 places available for
the school and all costs will be covered by the Endangered Languages
Documentation Programme.<span></span></span></p>
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Topics to be covered include</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Introduction to documentary linguistics</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The MENA context</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Language use and multimodality</span></li><li>Semantics and lexicography</li><li><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Ethnography</span></li><li>Equipment for digital recording</li><li>Recording techniques (audio & video)</li><li>Data collection methods</li><li>Creating digital collections</li><li>Data management & archiving</li><li>Software tools for Documentation (e.g., ELAN, Flex)</li><li>Grant Writing (applying to ELDP)</li></ul>To be eligible, applicants must fulfil all of the criteria below: <br><p></p></div>
<ul><li>Reside and study/work in a MENA region country.<br></li><li>Minimum of BA or its equivalent involving linguistic training.</li><li>Some fieldwork experience or have concrete plans for doing documentation work on an endangered language spoken in the MENA region</li><li>Be committed to and have a plan for transferring the knowledge they acquire to others in their universities and countries</li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To apply complete the online
application form below by <b>1</b><b> April 2018. </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Applicants will be notified of
the outcome no later than<b> 1 May</b><b> 2018.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/N8r8C0YZJpCZ2KLNC3JDMH?domain=goo.gl" target="_blank">Fall School Application Form</a><br></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For any questions, please get in touch with us at <a href="mailto:info@iseil.org">info@iseil.org</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:"Doulos SIL""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Organising Committee: <br></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Saloumeh
Gholami (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/5r8mCgZolKFplr7EHZszjm?domain=iseil.org">www.iseil.org</a>)</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Manfred
Krifka (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/vfmuCjZroMFPj2vohxJ0A_?domain=zas.gwz-berlin.de">http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/index.html</a>)</font><br><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">
Mandana Seyfeddinipur (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/VTgGCk8vpKs1n7p2i0Jgxa?domain=eldp.net">www.eldp.net</a>)<span></span></font></p>
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