37.1160, Summer Schools: LISSIM 12 (India)

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Subject: 37.1160, Summer Schools: LISSIM 12 (India)

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Date: 20-Mar-2026
From: Ishani Guha [lissimxii at gmail.com]
Subject: LISSIM 12


LISSIM 12

Host Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Coordinating Institution: FOSSSIL
Website: http://www.fosssil.in/lissim_12.htm

Dates: 01-Jun-2026 - 07-Jun-2026
Location: IIT Delhi Sonipat Campus (Technopark), India

Minimum Education Level: MA or PhD students (theoretical linguistics)
Special Qualifications: LISSIM-12 is open to students (MA or PhD)
interested in pursuing research in theoretical syntax, semantics, and
pragmatics.

Focus: The programme will explore the interplay between case, binding,
and agreement syntactically, and look at distinct discourse strategies
with special reference to the syntax and semantics of particles.
The teaching faculty will consist of the following experts in formal
linguistics:
Ashwini Deo University of Texas, Austin
Topic: Discourse strategies with special focus on Indo-Aryan languages
Troy Messick Rutgers University
Topic: Case, binding, agreement, concord, noun/adpositional structure
with special focus on Dravidian languages
Indian Faculty:
Tanmoy Bhattacharya, University of Delhi
Ayesha Kidwai, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Utpal Lahiri, English and Foreign Language University
Paroma Sanyal, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Ishani Guha, Amity University, NOIDA
Sakshi Bhatia, University of Delhi
Deepak Alok, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Description:
This is the 2026 announcment for LISSIM 12, the 12th version of the
internationally renowned annual Summer School organised by FOSSSIL.
This time, the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IITD,
will organise LISSIM 12 in collaboration with FOSSSIL. It will be a
shorter, seven-day version of the School to be held from the 1st to
the 7th of June 2026 at the IIT Delhi Campus, Sonipat; the place is
still 'devoid of the usual distractions of a city, town or even a
touristy hill station!'
The admission to the School is highly competitive and since the number
of student participants is limited to 20, prospective participants are
therefore requested to apply as soon as possible.
Tuition: check website
Tuition Explanation: check website

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

Language Family(ies): Austro-Asiatic
                      Dravidian
                      Indo-Aryan
                      Tibeto-Burman
Registration: 20-Mar-2026 to 31-Mar-2026

                Email: lissimxii at gmail.com

Apply by Email: lissimxii at gmail.com
Apply on the web: http://www.fosssil.in/lissim_12.htm

Registration Instructions:
ESSAY
Selection for the School is based on previous records, written essay
and an interview.
The application for the Summer School has three components:
1. Personal particulars, including (a) name, (b) affiliation, (c)
current/ past qualifications, (d) areas of interest, (e) list of
linguistics courses taken, and (f) reason for participation (in 300
words);
2. An essay authored by the student (with a limit of 1500 words), on
any one of the following questions:
a. How can novel data from Indian languages be used to understand the
interplay between case, binding and agreement/concord in current
theoretical models of syntax (Minimalism onwards)? Discuss with
reference to your native language(s);
b. Discuss the potential of distinct discourse strategies in Indian
languages for advancing theories of formal semantics and syntax with
reference to novel data from your native language(s);
3. The name and contact details of one of your supervisors/
syntax-semantics teachers who will be willing to assess your
capability and motivation in the subject area.
Please send all the above three parts in one PDF to
lissimxii at gmail.com latest by 31st March 2026.



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