27.669, Summer Schools: The Kone Foundation Summer School on the Documentation and Description of Uralic Languages/Finland

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Subject: 27.669, Summer Schools: The Kone Foundation Summer School on the Documentation and Description of Uralic Languages/Finland

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Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:41:47
From: Ksenia Shagal [ksenia.shagal at gmail.com]
Subject: The Kone Foundation Summer School on the Documentation and Description of Uralic Languages/Finland

 

The Kone Foundation Summer School on the Documentation and Description of Uralic Languages/Finland

Host Institution:   
Coordinating Institution:   
Website: http://www.koneensaatio.fi/en/tapahtuma/summer-school/

Dates: 06-Jun-2016 - 11-Jun-2016
Location: Saari Residence (30 km from Turku), Finland

Focus: The Kone Foundation Summer School will focus on the documentation and description of Uralic languages.
Minimum Education Level: BA


Description:
The programme will consist of three main elements:

- language documentation, linguistic theory, and typology
- the praxis of documentation (tools, techniques, software)
- language documentation for revitalization

Confirmed teachers include Ekaterina Gruzdeva (Helsinki), Matti Miestamo
(Helsinki), and Michael Rießler (Freiburg). The language of instruction will
be English.

Kone Foundation, based in Helsinki, Finland, is currently funding several
initiatives of linguistic documentation and description in Uralic languages.
The Summer School will be organized in order to support these and other
similar projects.

Twenty places are available; they are mainly intended for those working on
Uralic languages, but scholars working in Finland on other languages can also
apply.


Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation


Language Families: Uralic

Tuition Explanation: There is no fee for the Summer School. The foundation will cover the
participants’ travel within Finland, and the accommodation and meals from 6
until 11/12 June. We can also fund the travel of two or three participants
from abroad.


Registration: 03-Feb-2016 to 28-Mar-2016

Contact Person: Ksenia Shagal
                Email: ksenia.shagal at koneensaatio.fi

Apply on the web: http://www.koneensaatio.fi/en/tapahtuma/summer-school/

Registration Instructions:
Fill in the application form in English or Finnish at the Summer School
webpage.




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