LINGUIST List 19.1988: Anthro Ling, Applied Ling, Lang Documentation, Lexicography/USA

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LINGUIST List 19.1988
Mon Jun 23 2008 Confs: Anthro Ling, Applied Ling, Lang Documentation, Lexicography/USA Editor for this issue: Brandon Devine <brandonlinguistlist.org>
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Directory 1. Carol Genetti, Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation Message 1: Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation
Date: 20-Jun-2008 From: Carol Genetti <infield2008yahoo.com> Subject: Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation E-mail this message to a friend Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation Short Title: InField Date: 23-Jun-2008 - 01-Aug-2008 Location: Santa Barbara, USA Contact: Carol Genetti Contact Email: infield2008yahoo.com Meeting URL: http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/infield/ Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Language Documentation; Lexicography Meeting Description: InField is an opportunity for linguists, graduate students in linguistics, and native speakers of minority languages to receive training in a range of skills needed to document, maintain, and/or revitalize minority languages. InField will be divided into two parts: a two-week session of workshops on a range of topics related to language documentation, maintenance, and revitalization, followed by a four-week session of Field Training, an intensive course similar to a doctoral course on field methods, where students will utilize the skills taught in the workshops. Announcement: Beginning Monday, June 23rd The Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is pleased to announce the first: Institute on Field Linguistics and Language Documentation (InField) Workshops: June 23rd - July 3, 2008 Field Training: July 7-August 1st, 2008 UC Santa Barbara Campus 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: How do I conceptualize a documentation, revitalization, or maintenance project? Instructors: Alice Taff, Keren Rice Models of language documentation and revitalization: What models of language maintenance and revitalization work? Organizer: Carol Genetti Audio recording: How do I make a good recording? How do I work with digital media files? Instructors: Tsuyoshi Ono, Arienne Dwyer Video recording and editing Instructors: Jung-Eun Janie Lee and Madeleine Adkins Data Management and Archiving Instructors: Helen Aristar-Dry, Anthony Aristar, Jeff Good Principles of database design: What are the best uses of a database, and how do I make a good one? Instructors: Tyler Peterson, Arienne Dwyer Toolbox Instructor: Albert Bickford Life in the field: How do I succeed in the field? Instructors: Lise Dobrin, Spike Gildea, Knut Olawsky Problematizing the field experience Instructors: Tucker Childs, Taziff Koroma Language activism Instructors: Margaret Florey, Susan Penfield Introduction to linguistics for language activists: What can linguistics teach me to help me maintain/revitalize my language? Instructor: Marianne Mithun Web and Wikis for language documentation: How can I use the internet to document, maintain or revitalize my language? Instructors: Andrea Berez, John Foreman, Te Taka Keegan Language resources and the community: How can I provide technical support for my community? How can I develop materials or work with materials already at hand to best help my community? Instructors: Victoria Rau, Te Taka Keegan, Knut Olawsky Grant writing for language activists and linguists: How can I write a successful grant proposal? Instructors: Spike Gildea, Margaret Florey, Susan Penfield Aligning text to audio and video using ELAN Instructor: Andrea Berez Field phonetics Instructors: Matt Gordon, Spike Gildea Lexicography: How do I make a dictionary? Instructor: Ken Rehg Orthography: Which orthography should I use? Instructors: Keren Rice, Kristine Stenzel The Field Training portion of the institute will be intensive, based on a traditional graduate course in field methods, but will specifically incorporate the techniques and technologies of the workshops into the course. We are running three courses on the Kwak'wala, Ekegusii, and Mende languages simultaneously. For more information, visit our website: http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/infield/ We thank our sponsors: U.S. National Science Foundation U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities: Documenting Endangered Languages Program University of California, Santa Barbara: The Office of the Chancellor The Division of Humanities and Fine Arts The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center The Department of Linguistics Graduate Division Living Tongues Foundation Ramsey Endowed Chair in California Indian Studies Department of Linguistics at North Texas Research Foundation of State Universtiy of New York SIL International and the Linguistics Survey of Nepal Institute of International Education The Department of Linguistics at the University of Colorado at Boulder The Department of Anthropology at the University of Virginia These organizations are generously providing critical support for the basic financial components of InField. Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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