Technical workshop: “Two-day lecture and workshop on linguistic fieldwork and language documentation”

This workshop aims to provide the researchers and students with the knowledge and insights that are useful for linguistic fieldwork and language documentation of endangered/ minority/ lesser-studied languages. Dr. Sonja Riesberg, who has deep experience of linguistic fieldwork in the Papua Province, Indonesia, will give lectures and trainings.

The main topics are

• How to use the data annotation software ELAN (lecture and practice)
• Method of linguistic fieldwork: how to elicit linguistic data from speakers (lecture)

Date/Time

14 March, 2017 (Tue.) 10:30–16:00
15 March, 2017 (Wed.) 10:30–16:00

Lecturer

Dr. Sonja Riesberg (Australian National University, University of Cologne, ILCAA Joint Researcher)

Timetable

14 March (Tue.)

10:30–12:00
Lecture: annotation software ELAN: outline of its function and use

13:00–16:00
Practice: ELAN

15 March (Wed.)

10:30–12:00
Method of linguistic fieldwork: how to elicit linguistic data from speakers

13:00–16:00
Personal clinic

Language

English

Admission

Free

Organized by

JSPS Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers, “A collaborative network for usage-based research on lesser-studied languages”

Supported by

Linguistic Dynamics Science 3 (LingDy3) , ILCAA, TUFS