LINGUIST List 12.144

Sun Jan 21 2001

FYI: Funding for Research, 2001 Linguistic Institute

Editor for this issue: Lydia Grebenyova <lydialinguistlist.org>


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  • Prentice Zinn, Funding for Research and Social Action Projects
  • LSA 2001 Institute Coordinator, 2001 Linguistic Institute

    Message 1: Funding for Research and Social Action Projects

    Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 09:51:40 -0500
    From: Prentice Zinn <pzinngrantsmanagement.com>
    Subject: Funding for Research and Social Action Projects


    Funding Available for Research and Social Action Projects

    The Sociological Initiatives Foundation provides grants of $5,000 to $15,000 to support research and social action projects. Areas of interest include but are not limited to social welfare, human rights, literacy, language learning and use, dialect use and curricular issues in teaching second languages and non-native languages. The Foundation is also interested in supporting research by sociologists and linguists whose work may provide practical documentation of initiatives that may be useful to communities. Guidelines for the September 2001 application deadline are available at http://www.grantsmanagement.com/sifguide.html . For more information, contact Prentice Zinn at pzinngrantsmanagement.com or 617-426-7172.

    Message 2: 2001 Linguistic Institute

    Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:30:56 -0800
    From: LSA 2001 Institute Coordinator <lsa2001summersessions.ucsb.edu>
    Subject: 2001 Linguistic Institute


    Catalogs are now available for the LSA's 2001 Institute. To request a catalog, send an email to: lsa2001summersessions.ucsb.edu. Please also consult our web page at: http://www.summer.ucsb.edu/lsa2001/index.html .

    2001 LSA Institute 25 June - 3 August 2001 University of California-Santa Barbara Director: Charles Li Associate Director: Masayoshi Shibatani

    Themes - Linguistic Diversity: How and Why Languages Differ

    Synchronic and Diachronic Aspects of Major Pacific Rim Languages

    The Institute will offer basic and advanced courses in the core areas of the discipline, including phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, discourse, language evolution and change, and typology, as well as courses in language use, language and culture, language acquisition, and literacy. In keeping with the focus on linguistic diversity, there are courses delving into the special complexities of several typologically different language families. There will also be several sets of related courses which constitute sub-institutes, organized around such topics as Minimalism, Conversational Analysis, Teaching English as a Second Language, Chinese corpus linguistics, Japanese linguistics, and Korean linguistics. In addition, a rich selection of workshops and conferences, some small and some large, will be held during the Institute.