Grammatical Sketch Seminar

The goal of this graduate seminar (offered as a course at TUFS Graduate School) is to develop methods and strategies for writing a short grammatical sketch on the basis of primary data collected through field research. A grammatical sketch is not simply a short version of a full-fledged grammar. Instead, it constitutes a completely separate genre of grammatical description bound by a different set of priorities and requirements. The assignments in this seminar are designed to provide both a forum for discussing various issues and a practical training in writing up a sketch.