27.899, Summer Schools: UMD-Summer: Guatemala: Language School and Mentored Research Experience (MLSC)/Guatemala

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Subject: 27.899, Summer Schools: UMD-Summer: Guatemala: Language School and Mentored Research Experience (MLSC)/Guatemala

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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:36:10
From: Omer Preminger [omerp at umd.edu]
Subject: UMD-Summer: Guatemala: Language School and Mentored Research Experience (MLSC)/Guatemala

UMD-Summer: Guatemala: Language School and Mentored Research Experience (MLSC)/Guatemala

Host Institution:   
Coordinating Institution: University of Maryland
Website: http://go.umd.edu/smguatemala

Dates: 31-May-2016 - 30-Jun-2016
Location: Sololá, Guatemala

Focus: Two-week intensive language-learning experience at the Sololá Field Station in the highlands of Guatemala, followed by a two-week language research experience.
Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate

Special Qualifications:
Sufficient background in linguistics is required; please contact organizers for more details.

Description:
UMD's Language Science Center is offering a two-week intensive
language-learning experience at the Sololá Field Station in the highlands of
Guatemala, followed by a two-week language research experience. The course
will feature one of the indigenous languages of Guatemala, belonging to either
the Mayan or Maipurean language families. You will stay with local families to
experience daily life in Sololá, Guatemala, while working with experienced
language teachers for 6-8 hours each day, immersing yourself in the language.
Research projects will be on the language of instruction or a closely related
language. You will work individually and in small groups while eliciting and
analyzing language data.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                      Applied Linguistics
                      General Linguistics
                      Language Acquisition
                      Language Documentation
                      Morphology
                      Phonetics
                      Phonology
                      Psycholinguistics
                      Sociolinguistics
                      Syntax
                      Translation
                      Typology

Subject Languages: Kaqchikel

Tuition: 2650 USD

Tuition Explanation: The program fee includes: $250 deposit, International Health Insurance (link
is external), tuition, housing, and Education Abroad services including
registration, billing, advising, and pre-departure orientation.

Registration: 17-Feb-2016 to 15-Mar-2016

Contact Person: Maria Polinsky
                Phone: (301) 405-7002
                  Fax: (301) 405-7104
                Email: polinsky at umd.edu

Apply on the web: http://go.umd.edu/smguatemala

Registration Instructions:
See "apply online" URL for more details.

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