FYI: Summer program in language documentation: 'grammar boot camp'

[Claire Bowern]

Hi everyone,
This is just a FYI at the moment. I will be holding a summer 'grammar
boot camp' from June 1 to June 26, 2015. The idea is to have up to
four advanced undergraduate students work intensively on existing
high-quality archival field notes and recordings with the aim of
producing a publishable sketch grammar. Students will receive a
stipend and travel expenses to come to Yale.

This project is funded by the National Science Foundation's Research
Experiences for Undergraduates program; as such, applicants are
limited to US citizens or permanent residents. The materials to be
worked on will be from an Australian Aboriginal language from Western
Australia.

Applications will be accepted towards the end of the year, and
applicants will be notified in mid-February. Students will need to
show some evidence of prior research experience (e.g. through an
RA-ship, or by having a senior thesis in progress) and some
familiarity with language documentation procedures (e.g. through
having taken a field methods class or equivalent).

More formal application information will be sent out later, but for
now I just wanted to let everyone know about the opportunity so
potential students can keep it in mind when planning their course
schedules and plans for next year.

Please forward to anyone you think would be interested.
Best wishes,
Claire (Bowern)

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Associate Professor, DGS
Yale Linguistics
370 Temple St,
New Haven, CT 06511