37.194, Summer Schools: 2026 Summer School: Language Science Meets Linguistic Diversity (Germany)

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Subject: 37.194, Summer Schools: 2026 Summer School: Language Science Meets Linguistic Diversity (Germany)

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Date: 15-Jan-2026
From: Kelsey Neely [langdocinfo at gmail.com]
Subject: 2026 Summer School: Language Science Meets Linguistic Diversity


2026 Summer School: Language Science Meets Linguistic Diversity

Host Institution: Endangered Languages Archive, Humboldt-Universität
zu Berlin Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik, &
Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Website: https://langdoc.org/2026summerschool/

Dates: 31-Aug-2026 - 04-Sep-2026
Location: Berlin, Germany

Minimum Education Level: MA and PhD students
Special Qualifications: The courses are designed for students at the
MA or PhD level in Linguistics or allied fields. If you have questions
about whether your education level or field of study are an
appropriate background for participation, please contact us by email.

Focus: Linguistic Diversity, Language Documentation, Under-resourced
Languages, Typology
Description:
The Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR), the Humboldt Universität zu
Berlin (HU-Berlin) Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik, and
the Leibniz-Zentrums Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) are offering
an in person summer school in Linguistic Diversity and Language
Science from Monday, August 31st through Friday, September 4th, 2026.
The training will take place in person in Berlin, Germany.
The courses to be offered include:
- Capturing Language Use with Mandana Seyfeddinipur (ELDP/ELAR/BBAW)
- Languages of Central America with Elisabeth Verhoeven (HU)
- Digital tools for annotation and analysis of language documentation
data (ELAN, FLEx) with Kelsey Neely (ELDP/BBAW) and Christian Döhler
(BBAW)
- Gender within the wider domain of noun classification with Tom
Güldemann (HU)
- Data management and metadata creation for archiving in language
documentation with Kelsey Neely (ELDP/BBAW)
- Evolutionary approaches to language diversity with Russell Gray &
colleagues (MPI-EVA)
- Tenselessness: How languages without tense express temporal meanings
with Ana Krajinovic (HU)
- Oral Narratives worldwide: elicitation and evaluation with Natalia
Gagarina (ZAS)
- Extended/multiple exponence with Artemis Alexiadou (ZAS)
- Establishing and tracking reference: Theory and annotation with
Manfred Krifka (ZAS)
- Supplementary workshop: Tools and methods for advanced data
processing (Inception, Arborator, ANNIS) with Nico Lehmann (HU)
This five-day intensive training will involve hands-on practice,
including homework assignments to be completed in the evenings. The
language of instruction is English. Applicants should have
demonstrated commitment and/or plans to carry out research on an
under-resourced language.
Students may enroll in up to 3 courses. The cost for participation is
250 Euros. Participants will need to arrange their own travel and
accommodations in Berlin.
Key dates:
15 January – Applications open
1 March – Applications due
1 April – Notification of acceptance sent
1 June – Registration payment due
31 August to 4 September – Summer school week
For more information about the training, please contact us at
langdocinfo at gmail.com
Tuition: 250 EUR
Tuition Explanation: The tuition is a flat fee regardless of the
number of courses a student registers for.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics
                     Typology

Registration Open until 01-Mar-2026

Apply on the web: https://langdoc.org/2026summerschool/

Registration Instructions:
Please apply via the link provided on the summer school webpage.



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