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Fall School on 
Documentary Linguistics in the MENA region ​ ( Middle East and North Africa )


​Endangered Languages Documentation Programme, 
SOAS University of London & 
Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
(ZAS)
​
Berlin, October 10-17, 2018

A one week fall school on theory and methods in modern language documentation focusing on the MENA region will be held at the Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft,
​Berlin, Germany.
​
The school will provide training in theory and methods of modern language documentation to students and scholars who are working on endangered languages and are living in the
​MENA region. 

There are 25 places available for the school and all costs will be covered by the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme.


Topics to be covered include:
  • Introduction to documentary linguistics
  • The MENA context
  • Language use and multimodality
  • Semantics and lexicography
  • Ethnography
  • Equipment for digital recording
  • Recording techniques (audio & video)
  • Data collection methods
  • Creating digital collections
  • Data management & archiving
  • Software tools for Documentation (e.g., ELAN, Flex)
  • Grant Writing (applying to ELDP)


To be eligible, applicants must fulfil all of the criteria below: 
  • Reside and study/work in a MENA region country.
  • Minimum of BA or its equivalent involving linguistic training.
  • Some fieldwork experience or have concrete plans for doing documentation work on an endangered language spoken in the MENA region
  • Be committed to and have a plan for transferring the knowledge they acquire to others in their universities and countries


To apply complete the online application form below by 1 April 2018. 
Applicants will be notified of the outcome no later than 1 May 2018.


For any questions, please get in touch with us at info@iseil.org

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Organising  Committee:                     
Saloumeh Gholami (www.iseil.org)
Manfred Krifka (www.zas.gwz-berlin.de)
Mandana Seyfeddinipur (www.eldp.net)


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