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Subject: 6.597, FYI: Woodrow Wilson Fellowships, New MA degrees, Summer School
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1)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 95 16:16 CST
From: Minchew at act-washdc-po.act.org
Subject: Woodrow Wilson Fellowships - Humanities and Social Studies
2)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 18:32:17 +0100 (BST)
From: Durham Linguistics (Durham.Linguistics at durham.ac.uk)
Subject: New MA Degress: University of Durham
3)
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 95 19:28: 6 CDT
From: olomouc at skyline.asg.ag-berlin.mpg.de
Subject: Olomouc Summer School Announcement
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1)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 95 16:16 CST
From: Minchew at act-washdc-po.act.org
Subject: Woodrow Wilson Fellowships - Humanities and Social Studies
The ACT Washington Offices wishes to call your attention to:
FELLOWSHIPS in the HUMANITIES and SOCIAL SCIENCES offered by
the Woodrow Wilson International Center, Washington, DC.
Approximately 35 residential fellowships for advanced
studies in the humanities and social sciences will be
awarded, normally for an academic year. The Center follows a
no gain/no loss principal, but the stipend cannot exceed
$61,000. Travel expenses for the Fellows and their immediate
families are provided. Fellows are provided offices, access
to the Library of Congress, computers or manuscript typing
services, and research assistants.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants from any country from
a wide variety of backgrounds may apply and should
hold a doctorate or equivalent professional standing.
APPLICATION FORMS will not be available electronically but
can be requested by telephone or snail mail from
Fellowship Office - Woodrow Wilson Center
1000 Jefferson Drive, SW, SI MRC 022
Washington, DC 20560
202 357-2841 - Telephone
The forms will not be available electronically. However, we
will be happy to forward a request you make to Center and
send to our e-mail address, NOT TO THE LIST, at
minchew at act-act4-po.act.org
and we will have it delivered to the Center.
APPLICATION DEADLINE is October 1, 1995 for the 1996-97
academic year.
Daniel Minchew
Director
ACT * American College Testing
One Dupont Circle, NW, # 340
Washington, DC 20036-1170
202 223-2318 - Telephone
202 293-2223 - Fax
minchew at act-act4-po.act.org
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DISCLAIMER: This is a Fellowship of the Wilson Center.
ACT's sole involvement is in giving wider dissemination
to this opportunity for interested scholars worldwide.
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 18:32:17 +0100 (BST)
From: Durham Linguistics (Durham.Linguistics at durham.ac.uk)
Subject: New MA Degress: University of Durham
M A D E G R E E S I N L I N G U I S T I C S
A T
T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F D U R H A M
The Department of Linguistics and English Language
announces
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* new modular MA degrees *
* *
* To start: October 1995 *
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MA in Linguistics
MA in Language Acquisition
MA in Applied Linguistics
MA in Applied Linguistics with Reference to Translation
MA in Applied Linguistics with Reference to ELT
MA in Applied Linguistics with Reference to ESOL
MA in Applied Linguistics with Reference to
ELT, CALL and Educational Technology
MA in Applied Linguistics with Reference to ELT and Materials Development
MA in Applied Linguistics with Reference to ESP
MA in Applied Linguistics with reference to:
Arabic or French or German or Japanese or Spanish Language Teaching
All the degrees above are full-time, commencing in October:
Twelve-month degree:
- eight taught modules taken during Autumn and Spring terms
- dissertation of 15,000 words submitted by 30 September
Nine-month degree (not available for the MA in Translation):
- ten taught modules taken during Autumn and Spring terms
- dissertation of 8,000 words maximum submitted by 30 June
A module typically involves two to three hours of class contact time
per week over an entire term.
Assessment for nearly all modules is by 3,000 word essay or equivalent
assignment; the two exceptions are 1 and 1/2 hour examinations for
Syntax and Phonology.
All degrees include non-assessed research and word-processing modules.
** DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY MEMBERS **
M. DAVENPORT (MA, University of Edinburgh)
phonology, Germanic linguistics
P. DAVIS (BA, Anglia University; RSA Dip TEFLA)
language teaching methodology,
teacher training and development, materials production
J. EMONDS, Professor of English Language (PhD, MIT)
syntax, English and Romance linguistics, morphology, historical linguistics
P. GRUNDY (MPhil, University of Cambridge)
pragmatics, TESOL, language teaching methodology [on leave 1995-96]
S.J. HANNAHS (PhD, University of Delaware)
phonology, Romance and Germanic linguistics,
translation, bilingualism, sociolinguistics
R. HOLME (MA, University of Essex)
language teaching methodology, language and literacy,
English for Special Purposes, syllabus design
B.D. SCHWARTZ (PhD, University of Southern California)
first and second language acquisition, Germanic syntax
M.O. TALLERMAN (PhD, University of Hull)
syntax, Celtic linguistics, typology
M. YOUNG-SCHOLTEN (PhD, University of Washington)
first and second language acquisition, second language pedagogy,
phonology, Germanic linguistics
** FACULTY MEMBERS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS **
M. BRENNAN (PhD, University of Stockholm)
Deaf Studies Research Unit
sign linguistics, morphology, Deaf Studies
D. BRIEN (BA, University of York)
Deaf Studies Research Unit
sign lexicography, Deaf Studies
J. DICKINS (PhD, Heriot-Watt University)
Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Arabic linguistics, Arabic-English translation, Arabic dialectology
C. GOOD, Professor of German (PhD, Bristol University)
political linguistics, translation theory, lexicography
W. McCLURE (PhD, Cornell University)
Department of East Asian Studies
Japanese syntax and semantics, formal semantics
A.C. PUGH (PhD, University of London)
Language Centre
discourse theory, critical theory, translation
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
R. STEVENSON (PhD, University College London)
Department of Psychology
psycholinguistics, discourse
J.C.E. WATSON (PhD, University of London)
Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Arabic linguistics, Arabic phonology, Arabic dialectology
For further information and application materials contact the Director of
MA in Linguistics OR the Director of MA in Applied Linguistics at:
Department of Linguistics and English Language
University of Durham
Elvet Riverside II, New Elvet
Durham DH1 3JT
ENGLAND
telephone: +44 191 374 2641
fax: +44 191 374 2685
e-mail: Durham.Linguistics at durham.ac.uk
Durham is a picturesque and historic small university city on the River
Wear, with colleges clustered about a Palace Green flanked by its 900
year-old cathedral and Norman castle. Durham is served by the East Coast
Main Line (London-Edinburgh) and is twenty minutes by train from Newcastle.
*********************************************************************
* All MA degrees can lead to further study on our PhD programmes. *
* Contact the Director of PhDs in Linguistics *
* at the address above for further information. *
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 95 19:28: 6 CDT
From: olomouc at skyline.asg.ag-berlin.mpg.de
Subject: Olomouc Summer School Announcement
Could you please post the following annoucement to the list?
(it had been submitted earlier, and then withdrawn because of
uncertainty. Now this has been resolved and we would be greatful
if you could put it through).
Thank, you, Michal Starke.
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2nd CENTRAL EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL IN GENERATIVE GRAMMAR
Olomouc - Czech Republic
31 July - 18 August 1995
A generative grammar summer school which is:
. high level (teachers from leading research centres)
. intensive (3 weeks of interactive learning and research)
. cheap (no fees, low local living costs, central location)
. charming (small peaceful medieval city)
The summer school offers an intensive introduction to
generative linguistics. It will feature classes on syntax,
phonology and semantics, offering results of the latest
research, current issues and open problems, basic philosophy,
methodology.
The program will include (i) overviews of the current
generative theory from both general viewpoints and from the
viewpoint of specific topics; (ii) advanced classes focussing
on current research issues. Classes will be taught in English.
The school is open to students from all over Europe - East
and West alike: it is cheap enough for everybody to attend,
and it also includes discussion of Germanic, Romance and
Slavic languages. There are places for 100 participants.
Teachers:
. Gerhard BRUGGER (Vienna) brugger at bcf.usc.edu
. Daniel BUERING (Cologne) buering at rs1.rrz.uni-koeln.de
. Anna CARDINALETTI (Venice) cardin at unive.it
. Damir CAVAR (Potsdam) cavar at hp.rz.uni-potsdam.de
. Marcel Den DIKKEN (Leiden) dikken at jet.let.vu.nl
. T. A. HALL (Berlin) hall at fas.ag-berlin.mpg.de
. Peter LUDLOW (Stony Brook NY) ludlow at well.sf.ca.us
. Lori REPETTI (Stony Brook NY) lrepetti at ccmail.sunysb.edu
. Maaike SCHOORLEMMER (Utrecht) schoorlemmer at let.ruu.nl
. Chris WILDER (Berlin) chris at asg.ag-berlin.mpg.de
Courses include:
Introductory
. General Introduction
. Introduction to Morphology
. Introduction to Phonology
. Introduction to Logical Form
. Introduction to Semantic Theories
. The Learnability Problem
. The Minimalist Program
. Problems in Philosophy of Language
. Clause Structure and Subject Positions
Advanced
. Case Theory
. Syntax of Verb Periphrasis
. Topics in Syllable Theory
. Focus and Information Structure
. Quantifier Scope and Syntax
. Imperatives and Clitic Placement
. Antisymmetry in Syntax
. Syntax and Cognition
Costs:
Fees: There are no fees. The school is free.
Accommodation: University Residences are available:
40$ for the three weeks, in multiple
bed rooms. (see below for grants)
Meals: Cheap meals available on the campus.
(see below for grants)
Grants:
Students from eastern european countries can apply for
grants (the two types of grant are not exclusive):
. Living: accommodation and meals on-site
. Travel: travel to and from the summer school
Recipients of grants will have absolutely no expenses
for the summer school. Others will maximally have travel
and 40$ living costs.
Practical Information:
All relevant information (where is Olomouc, how do I get
there, etc) will be sent upon receipt of the registrations.
Registration: REGISTRATION BY EMAIL STRONGLY PREFERRED
AND ENCOURAGED:
send the form below to:
olomouc at asg.ag-berlin.mpg.de
or if necessary, by physical mail to:
Chris Wilder
Max Planck Gesellschaft
Jaegerstrasse 10-11
D-10117 Berlin
Germany
fax: +49-30-20 192 452
Deadline: The form must be received by the 15 May 1994.
Contacts:
For any additional information contact Chris Wilder at
the above address, or e-mail the teachers directly.
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