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

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>

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
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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.