37.1408, Summer Schools: The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and Linguistic Studies (V-NYI #12) (USA)

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Date: 11-Apr-2026
From: John Frederick Bailyn [nyistudents at gmail.com]
Subject: The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and Linguistic Studies (V-NYI #12)


The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and Linguistic
Studies (V-NYI #12)

Host Institution: The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive, and
Linguistic Studies
Website: https://nyispb.org/vnyi12/theoretical-linguistics12/

Dates: 24-Jun-2026 - 10-Jul-2026
Location: The Virtual Sky, USA

Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate or above

Focus: The NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive and Linguistic
Study is an interdisciplinary institute focusing on theoretical
linguistics, cognitive science, and global cultural studies. V-NYI is
the real-time, live, global version of NYI, now entering its 12th
session this summer
V-NYI #12 is open to students, artists, scholars and all curious
minds, from all backgrounds and countries, interested in comparative
and formal approaches to theoretical linguistics as well as race,
ethnicity, trauma, media, and decolonial studies.
Participants create their own study program from seminars in the
following fields:
   - Theoretical Linguistics
   - Cognitive Science
   - Global Cultural Studies
   - Interactive Workshops
Description:
Primary focus is on Theoretical Linguistics (Morphology, Syntax,
Semantics, Language Acquisition and Change, as well as Sign Language
Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Fieldwork and Documentation and
other topics)
(NYI also has an extensive program in Global Cultural Studies)
Summer 2026 Theoretical Linguistics Faculty and Lecturers:
Bronwyn Bjorkman (Princeton University)
Sigríður Björnsdóttir, Hadil Karawani (University of Konstanz)
Andreas Blümel, Jéssica Mendes, Zahra Mirrazi, Hedde Zeijlstra, Ziling
Zhu (Universität Göttingen)
Maria Esipova (Bar-Ilan University)
DeAndré Espree-Conaway (Leidin University / Bloomfield Institute)
Laura Kalin (Princeton University)
Emily Knick, Roumyana Pancheva (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Chit-Fung (Lawrence) Lam (University of Oxford)
Viktor Leyn (University of Chicago)
Magdalena Lohninger, (University of Vienna)
Jonathan Rawski (San José State University)
Jenny Singleton (Stony Brook University)
Adam Szczegielniak (University of Gdansk)
Sandra Villata (University of Enna Kore)
Hongchen Wu (Georgia Tech University)
V-NYI #12 Linguistics / Cognitive Studies Courses:
   - Introduction to Generative Syntax (Wu)
   - Introduction to Morphology (Kalin)
   - Introduction to Formal Semantics (Mendes)
   - Introduction to Experimental Syntax (Villata)
   - Learnability & Linguistic Theory (Rawski)
   - Language Documentation & Conservation (Espree-Conaway)
   - Omni Linguistics (Esipova)
Advanced and topics courses:
   - Topics in Sign Language Linguistics (Leyn & Singleton)
   - Mechanisms in Language Acquisition and Change (Björnsdóttir)
   - Scientific Method and Theory in Linguistics (Lohninger)
   - Syntax, Semantics, and Processing: A Constraint-Based Theory
(Lam)
   - The Syntax of Syncretism (advanced) (Bjorkman)
   - Pragmatics (and Semantics) (advanced) (Karawani)
   - Roots in Syntax (adavanced) (Blümel & Zeiljstra)
   - Non-canonical tense: Tenselessness, narrative tense, and
evidential tense (advanced) Knick & Pancheva)
   - Semantics of Attitude Predicates: Through the Lens of Neg-raising
(advanced) (Mirrazi & Zhu)
   - Intervention Effects in syntax and semantics (advanced)
(Szczegielniak)
See course descriptions here:
https://nyispb.org/vnyi12/theoretical-linguistics12/
Tuition: $115 / $95
Tuition Explanation: --$75 for returning students (apply before May
15)
--$95 for new students (apply before May 15)
--$95 for returning students (after May 15)
--$115 for new students (after May 15)
Full fee waivers available* (request waiver at time of application)
All students are required to pay the $20 Registration Fee

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Morphology
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

Registration: 04-Apr-2026 to 15-May-2026

                Email: nyistudents at gmail.com

Apply by Email: nyistudents at gmail.com
Apply on the web: https://forms.gle/Wt2NywcKd9zAsDsm9

Registration Instructions:
applications and grant requests via email or the link above



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