Ghana: Summer School on Documentary Linguistics in West Africa
Posted on March 31, 2008.
Summer School on Documentary Linguistics in West Africa
University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
16-27 July 2008
A 10-day summer school on language documentation will be held prior to the 26th West African Languages Congress (WALC) of the West African Linguistics Society (WALS/SLAO) at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, 28th July to 3nd August 2008. The theme of the Congress is “Language Documentation in Support of West African Languages”.
The goal of the Summer School is to provide training for linguists and graduate students in the West African region in language documentation theory and practice.
Pending final approval, the 2008 Summer School on Documentary Linguistics in West Africa will be sponsored by the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme (ELDP) of the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project (HRELP), SOAS, London.
Participants:
The maximum number of participants is 30 and they will be selected so that each country in the region will be represented.
How to apply:
Applicants must reside and study/work in West Africa.
They should have a minimum of BA or its equivalent involving some linguistic training.
They should have some fieldwork experience or have concrete plans for doing documentation work.
They should be committed to and have a plan for transferring the knowledge they acquire to others in their universities and countries.
The general lectures will be given in English, hence all participants should be able to read and understand basic English. Workshops and tutorials may be offered in French as well, when necessary.
Interested persons should send an application via e-mail or fax to the following address:
Felix K. Ameka
African Languages and Cultures
Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
P. O. Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden
The Nehterlands
Tel: + 31 – 71 – 527 2243
Fax; + 31 – 71- 527 7569
e-mail: f.k.ameka@let.leidenuniv.nl
Your application must include:
A. Personal background Information
Full name
Position
Affiliation
Address
Telephone, fax, e-mail
Country
First language(s):
Other West African languages you know:
B. Curriculum Vitae and Motivation
1. Give a brief statement of your University studies involving linguistics (including degrees obtained). Indicate the courses you have followed.
2. What experience do you have in linguistic description (e.g. fieldwork)? Indicate whether the languages you have worked on, are your first or other language.
3. What experience do you have in language documentation including the use of any tools?
4. Which language(s) are you working on or plan to work on? Provide information on their geographical location and genetic affiliation.
5. Explain your commitment as well as how you plan to transfer the knowledge you would acquire to others in your institution and/or country.
6. Provide the name and contact details of your Supervisor or an academic who would like to serve as a referee for you. Explain why you have nominated this person.
C Travel information
7. There will be travel bursaries to supplement the travel costs of participants (mostly by road) from country of residence to Winneba, Ghana. Provide an estimate of the cost of travel from your residence to Winneba.
Send your application in to the address provided above not later than April 30th, 2008.
Applications received will be acknowledged immediately.
Decisions on the applications will be made by the Organising Committee and communicated to the applicants by 15th May 2008.
The resource persons include:
Firmin Ahoua, Université de Cocody, Abidjan
Felix Ameka, Leiden University
Bruce Connell, York University and University of Kent
William Foley, University of Sydney
Dafydd Gibbon, University of Bielefeld
Birgit Hellwig, RCLT, La Trobe, Melbourne
David Nathan, ELAR, SOAS
Sophie Salffner, ELAP, SOAS
Eno-Abasi Urua, University of Uyo
The topics to be covered are:
- What is language documentation (including planning a language documentation project)
- Ethical and methodological issues in language documentation (including fieldwork)
- Techniques and methods of data collection
- Transcription and annotation and their tools (Transcriber, Praat, ELAN)
- Audio and video recording
- Principles of archiving and dissemination: metadata, media, file formats
- Ethnography in language documentation
- Lexicography and tools (Toolbox)
- Field Semantics
- Field phonetics
- Grant application writing
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Felix K. Ameka
African Languages and Cultures
Leiden University
PB 9515
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
e-mail: f.k.ameka@let.leidenuniv.nl
tel: + 31 (0)71 527 2243
fax: + 31 (0)71 527 7569
Visit the website of the Journal of African Languages and Linguistics (JALL) at
www.degruyter.de
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