29.1449, Summer Schools: NYI-2018: The 16th annual New York - St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture/Russia

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Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2018 12:14:33
From: John Frederick Bailyn [john.bailyn at stonybrook.edu]
Subject: NYI-2018: The 16th annual New York - St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture

 

NYI-2018: The 16th annual New York - St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture

Host Institution: St. Petersburg State University
Coordinating Institution: Stony Brook University
Website: http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/studyabroad/outgoing/programs/current-year/summer/russia/explore#AbouttheProgram

Dates: 16-Jul-2018 - 03-Aug-2018
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia

Focus: The 16th annual New York-St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition and Culture (NYI-2018) is an interdisciplinary institute focusing on generative linguistics, cognitive science and critical culture/media studies. NYI is open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students from all backgrounds and countries interested in comparative and formal approaches to theoretical linguistics and cognition as well as cultural and media studies.

- Students have attended from 50 countries and 60+ Russian cities
- Faculty from US, Russian and other European institutions
- All classes in English
- Dormitory space and visa support available
Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate


Description:
Participants create their own study program from seminars in the following
fields:
- Generative Linguistics (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology,
Computational)
- Cognitive Science (Language & Mind, Ambiguity, Consciousness)
- Cultural Studies (Critical Cultural Studies, Women’s & Gender Studies,
Islamic & Religious
Studies, Film & Media Studies,…)

2018 Linguistics/Cognitive Studies Faculty:
- Daniel Altshuler (Hampshire College)
- John F. Bailyn (Stony Brook University)
- Ioana Chitoran (Université Paris Diderot)
- John E. Drury (Stony Brook University)
- Maria Kuvaldina (SUNY Farmingdale and St. Petersburg State University)
- Andrew Nevins (University College London)
- Asya Pereltsvaig (Stanford University)
- Omer Preminger (University of Maryland)
- Tanya Scott (NTENT; CUNY College of Staten Island)
- Susi Wurmbrand (University of Vienna)

For more information, visit: http://www.nyi.spb.ru

Introductory Courses:
- Introduction to Syntax (Preminger)
- Patterns of sound structure – An introduction to phonological analysis
(Chitoran)
- Introduction to Formal Semantics (Altshuler)
- Languages of the World (Introduction to Language Typology) (Pereltsvaig)

Seminars:
- How Minority Languages Change Linguistic Theory (Nevins)
- Cross-clausal movement dependencies (Wurmbrand)
- Language, Comics, Syntax, and Modularity (Drury)
- Topics in Musical Cognition (Bailyn)
- Bio-ethics (Kuvaldina)
- Resolving Ambiguities: Studies across Cognition (Scott)

NB: full slate of Cultural & Media Studies also available – see website for
details


Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                      General Linguistics
                      Phonology
                      Semantics
                      Syntax
                      Typology

Tuition Explanation: Non-US: $265/$295 before/after April 15 registration

US Students must apply through Stony Brook study abroad

See website for more details:
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/studyabroad/outgoing/programs/current-year/s
ummer/russia/explore#ProgramCost


Financial Aid: Applications accepted until 
Mini grants available (apply after acceptance into program)

Financial Aid Instructions:



Registration: 03-Apr-2018 to 31-May-2018

Contact Person: John Frederick Bailyn
                Phone: nyistudents at gmail.com
                Email: john.bailyn at stonybrook.edu

Apply on the web: http://www.nyi.spb.ru

Registration Instructions:
- Early application deadline for all students: April 15
- Application deadline for students needing visas: May 15. (if space remains)
- Deadline for students not needing visas: May 31 (if space remains)

US/Canada residents MUST apply through Stony Brook Study Abroad: click here
http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/studyabroad/outgoing/programs/currentyear/su
mmer/russia/explore#AbouttheProgram




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