FW: NLN: summer school

[Johanna Laakso]

Dear Uralists,

forwarded, an interesting call for advanced students interested in
maintaining the linguistic diversity in the Baltic countries.

Regards,
JL
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johanna Laakso
Institut für Finno-Ugristik der Universität Wien
Universitätscampus, Spitalg. 2-4 Hof 7, A-1090 Wien
Tel. +43 1 4277 43009 | Fax +43 1 4277 9430
johanna.laakso at univie.ac.at | http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/Johanna.Laakso/

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Von: "Peter Bakker" <linpb at mail.hum.au.dk>
Organisation: Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University
Antworten an: nordlingnet at uib.no
Datum: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 12:51:16 +0100
An: nordlingnet at uib.no
Betreff: NLN: summer school

                               *NORDLINGNET*

From: "Peter Bakker" <linpb at hum.au.dk>

PLEASE FORWARD TO RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS AND
INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS.

PLEASE POST

SUMMER SCHOOL
ON IT-SUPPORT FOR NORDIC-BALTIC LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY

>From June 14 to June 20, 2002 a course for advanced students will
take place in Uppsala, Sweden, regarding the small languages of
the Baltic States and Scandinavia. There will be an international
team of teachers who discuss both the diversity of languages in the
area and the possibility of using information technology for
supporting these languages.
 There will be place for a limited number of advanced students
from the different countries. Accomodation, breakfast and lunch will
be provided, and the elected students will also get their travel
expenses to and from Uppsala refunded. A set of reading material
will be made available in advance, and this should be studied
before the beginning of the course, which counts as five weeks of
study.
 Students from Denmark, Greenland and the Faeroe Islands
should send an email, fax or letter of application to:

Peter Bakker
Linguistics
Aarhus University
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 7
DK 8000 Aarhus C
Denmark

email: linpb at hum.au.dk
tel: (0045)8942.6553
fax: (0045)8942.6570

This letter should be half a page and in any case not exceed one
page. It should contain your name, full address (including
telephone and email), study path, and your motivation why you
want to follow this course, including your interest in the small
languages of the area and/or information technology.
 The letter should be there no later than February 1 2002.
Elected students will be notified no later than March 1.

Applicants from other Baltic-Scandinavian countries (hence, other
than the Kingdom of Denmark) can get email addresses of other
responsible persons for other countries.

Here is a brief course description:

IT-SUPPORT FOR NORDIC-BALTIC LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY

Time: 14.06.02 - 21.06.02

Location: Uppsala, Sweden

Course description.
This Nordic Summer School will enhance research and training in
small languages spoken in the Nordic and Baltic countries. It aims
at calling linguists' attention to the actual tasks of language
maintenance in this area and furthermore to train and assist them
in using information technology in the description and
documentation of small languages.

Classes to be offered at the planned Nordic course will focus on
three topics. A cross-linguistic overview of the language situation in
the Nordic and Baltic countries will be given with special emphasis
on the linguists' role in the maintenance of the linguistic diversity.
Issues of maintenance and revitalisation of endangered languages
will be presented. The use of IT in the maintenance of linguistic
diversity will be illustrated.

The training course is planned to have an interdisciplinary
character. It will bring together linguists involved in studying
different languages in the Nordic and Baltic countries and
specialists of information and communication technology and
multimedia publishing. The planned combination of classes is not
offered in one course at any Nordic university.

The training course will improve contacts between researchers
studying small languages in the Nordic and Baltic countries and to
enhance cooperation in utilizing available recources and expertise
in university training.

Peter Bakker                            email:  linpb at hum.au.dk
Institute for Linguistics               tel. (45) 8942.6553
Aarhus University, Nobelparken          tel. institute: (0045)8942.6562
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 7                   fax institute:  (0045)8942.6570
DK - 8000 Aarhus C                      Building 467, room 521

home page: www.hum.au.dk/lingvist/linpb/home_uk.htm



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