Aims

This workshop will primarily discuss Indonesian-type voice systems, which are characterised by the distinction of two voice constructions (actor voice and undergoer voice), and by applicative constructions (see Ross 2002: 52 and Arka and Ross 2004: 7, Adelaar 2006: 7). The main aim is to gather descriptive studies of individual languages of this type, in order to share knowledge on common features and the extent of variation to be found within the group. [more]

Information of the symposium

• Dates:July 17-18, 2010
• Venue：Room 304, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)
• Registration fee：Free
• Host：ILCAA Linguistic Dynamics Science Project (LingDy)
• Organized by：ILCAA Joint Research Project ''Descriptive Studies on Indonesian Languages'' (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Project Leader： Asako Shiohara)

Program

Registration

The symposium is open to public. Please pre-register for the symposium by sending the following information via e-mail to the LingDy Project Administrative Office (lingdy-office[atmark]aacore.net) by July ８.

Speakers

• Anthony Jukes (La Trobe University)
• Antonia Soriente (University of Naples "L'Orientale"/ Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)
• Asako Shiohara (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
• David Gil (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology )
• Domenyk Eades (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
• Hooi Ling Soh (University of Minnesota)
• Ketut Artawa (Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia)
• Kazuya Inagaki (Osaka University)
• Naonori Nagaya (Rice University)
• Hiroki Nomoto (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
• Peter Austin (SOAS, University of London)
• Ritsuko Kikusawa (National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka/ The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Kanagawa)

Please contact at:

LingDy Project Administrative Office
lingdy-office[atmark]aacore.net

Information for Speakers

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Goal of the symposium

This symposium brings together the leading scholars on descriptive linguistics to exchange insights on theoretical, methodological, and practical issues in the art of grammar writing. In particular it focuses on the following issues:

• Role of theory in language description
• Phonology in grammar writing
• Categories and units in language description
• Role of usage in language description
• Role of grammatical sketches in language description
• Appropriate data for language description
• Organization and terminology in grammar writing
• Writing a grammar for non-specialists

Through the discussion at the symposium, we will explore ways to assist and encourage production of insightful and readable grammars and to raise the profile of grammar writing both within linguistics and in language documentation.

This Workshop aims to provide methodological and technical training in various aspects of language documentation research, including audio/video recording, data analysis, metadata, data management, data mobilization, archving, research ethics, and grant writing. This Workshop series is run in collaboration with the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project at SOAS, University of London.

This program provides support for collaborative research projects focusing on fieldwork-based language description and documentation. The aim of this program is to develop and stimulate collaboration and cooperation among researchers, which are generally rare among descriptive linguists. The program supports mainly groups of junior researchers (P.D. and doctorate graduate students) in order to provide them with an opportunity to gain experience in planning and organizing a collaborative research project.

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.