LINGUIST List 13.1286

Wed May 8 2002

FYI: Comminication, Basque Corpus, Research Training

Editor for this issue: Marie Klopfenstein <marielinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Ana Vivian Fernandez, International Worshop on Communication and Oral Culture
2. Magali Duclaux, ELRA news
3. Kevin Watson, NWCL Linguistics Research Training

The Central University of Las Villas would like to invite you to
participate in our Workshop on Communication and Oral Culture. Should
you be interested in participating or obtaining more information please
contact Dr. Francisco Rodr�guez Alem�n

franciscoruclv.etecsa.cu 
cmarinellouclv.etecsa.cu 
zaidauclv.etecsa.cu 

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 ELRA
 European Language Resources Association
 ELRA News
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We are happy to announce a new resource available via ELRA:

S0123 Basque Spoken Corpus, by John Aske (Professor Assistant,
Foreign Languages Department, Salem State College)

A description is given below.

*** Basque Spoken Corpus, by John Aske (Professor Assistant,
Foreign Languages Department, Salem State College) ***

This is a collection of forty two narratives in the Basque language
(Euskara) by native speakers. It includes sound files (MP3 format)
and full detailed transcripts. Each of the narratives is a recounting
of a short, silent movie that the speaker has just watched to a friend
or acquaintance who has not seen the movie (no other person was
present in the room, just the recording equipment). Two short silent
movies were used to elicit the narratives: Twenty one of the narratives
correspond to the 7-minute silent movie The Pear Story (Chafe, ed., 1980)
and the other 21 are about a 12 minute collage from Charlie Chaplin's
Modern Times. The recordings were made as a part of a study on Basque
word order in 1993 (Aske 1997). The transcriptions are made following a
modified version of the guidelines given in Edwards and Lampert 1993. The
speakers were from different age groups, different dialects, and had differing
language abilities. Profiles of the speakers are also included. In addition to
the 42 narratives with transcripts, 53 additional sound tracks of 
extemporaneous
speech and description of still images are also included.

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For further information, please contact:

ELRA/ELDA
55-57 rue Brillat-Savarin
F-75013 Paris, France

Tel +33 1 43 13 33 33
Fax +33 1 43 13 33 30

E-mail mapellielda.fr

or visit the online catalogue on our Web site:
http://www.icp.grenet.fr/ELRA/home.html
or http://www.elda.fr
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ATTENTION POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS AND SUPERVISORS

The North West Centre for Linguistics is delighted to announce...

2nd (Autumn) Research Training Programme

2 - 13 SEPTEMBER 2002

Two weeks of courses in theoretical and applied linguistics and research methodology for 
post-graduate students.

- 5-DAY COURSES ON: phonetics, phonology, language & education, textual analysis. 

- AFTERNOON SESSIONS INCLUDE: Using Corpora, Methods in Conversational Analysis, Single 
Case Studies, Using Experimental Data, Using Historical Data, Historical Pragmatics.

- SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Paul Foulkes, Gerry Docherty, April McMahon, Greg Myers, Antonella 
Sorace, Nick Ellis, Neil Smith, Jonathan Culpepper

THE AUTUMN PROGRAMME LECTURES: Ted Sanders (Utrecht) and Mike Baynham (Leeds)

- SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE FOR UK STUDENTS (see web-site for details 
(http://www.nwcl.salford.ac.uk/research.htm) 

- THIS PROGRAMME WILL BE LIMITED TO 45 STUDENTS PER WEEK. DO NOT MISS THE DEADLINE FOR 
REGISTRATION.

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FEES (for students from non-NWCL institutions)
Whole course (2 weeks) - UKP 45.00
One week - UKP 25.00
Individual afternoon sessions - UKP 5.00 (per session)

FEES (for students from NWCL institutions)
Whole course (2 weeks) - UKP 35.00	
One week - UKP �20.00
Individual afternoon sessions UKP 3.50 (per session)

-All fees exclusive of accommodation.

University (self-catering) accommodation available: 	
�70 per week
Minimum stay 3 days (�30)

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DEADLINES:
APPLICATIONS FOR SPONSORSHIP: 1 July 2002
REGISTRATION: 31 July 2002

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For details of programme, accommodation, how to register:

http://www.nwcl.salford.ac.uk/research.htm

For any enquiries, email: nwcl-languagessalford.ac.uk