Institute On Field Linguistics and Language Documentation

[Margaret Florey]

*** Apologies for cross-postings ***

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Linguists, Students of Linguistics, Language Activists

INSTITUTE ON FIELD LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION
UC Santa Barbara

http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/infield/ 

Workshops: June 23rd - July 3, 2008
Field Training: July 7-August 1st, 2008

Application Deadline:  February 29, 2008

The Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation is
designed for field linguists, graduate students, and language activists
to receive training in current techniques and issues in language
documentation, language maintenance, and language revitalization.

WORKSHOPS 
Steps in language documentation
Models of language documentation and revitalization
Language activism
Introduction to linguistics for language activists
Language resources and the community
Grant writing for language activists or linguists
Web and WIKIs for language documentation
Audio recording
Video recording
Lexicography
Orthography 
Discourse Transcription
Principles of archiving, metadata, media, file formats
Principles of database design
Toolbox
Field phonetics
Life in the field
Problematizing the field experience
Intellectual property rights

FIELD TRAINING (Intensive field methods) 
Patricia Shaw	University of British Columbia	Language: Kwakwala
Tucker Childs	Portland State University		Language: Mende
Carol Genetti	UC Santa Barbara			Language: TBA

FOR APPLICATION AND COMPLETE INFORMATION, POINT YOUR BROWSER TO:
http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/infield/ 

SPONSORS	
U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. National Endowment for the
Humanities: Documenting Endangered Languages Program			 

University of California, Santa Barbara: Division of Humanities and Fine
Arts, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, and the Department of
Linguistics

FINANCIAL AID

We are hoping to provide fellowships to help defray the costs of
participation in InField for language activists and graduate students.
If you would like to be considered for a fellowship, please check the
appropriate box on the application.


-- 
Dr Margaret Florey
Senior Lecturer
Linguistics Program
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Monash University
Victoria 3800
Australia
Tel: +61 (0)3 9905-2237
Fax: +61 (0)3 9905-5437
Email: Margaret.Florey at arts.monash.edu.au
Home page: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/linguistics/staff/mflorey.php

Studies in Language Endangerment
Web Site: http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ling/pglangen/

Maluku Endangered Languages Project
Email: Maluku at arts.monash.edu.au
Fax: +61 (0)3 9905-8492
Web Site http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ling/maluku/