LINGUIST List 30.589
Tue Feb 05 2019
Summer Schools: African Linguistics School, ALS 5/South Africa
Editor for this issue: Sarah Robinson <srobinsonlinguistlist.org>
Date: 02-Feb-2019
From: Enoch Aboh <africanlinguisticsschool
gmail.com>
Subject: African Linguistics School, ALS 5/South Africa
E-mail this message to a friend Host Institution: Rhodes University
Coordinating Institution: Rutgers University
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/africanlingschool/home
Dates: 30-Jun-2019 - 13-Jul-2019
Location: Grahamstown, South Africa
Focus: syntax, semantics, phonology, sociolinguistics and phonetic fieldwork
Minimum Education Level: Undergraduate
Description:
Purpose: The African Linguistics School (ALS) is a two-week institute which brings the latest work in core areas of linguistics to students from African universities. The areas of focus are syntax, semantics, phonology, sociolinguistics and fieldwork.
Students: For each of the past four meetings of the ALS, about 70 students have come from universities all over Africa (Togo, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, South Africa, Malawi, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia) chosen each time from over 300 applications. A small number of students have come from universities in Europe or North America.
Postdoctoral scholars: A small number of recent Ph.D.’s from across Africa have also participated in each ALS.
Faculty: Sixteen to twenty internationally recognized faculty members from North America, Europe, and Africa.
Benefits to Students: Students participate in two weeks of intense training in the core areas of linguistics through a combination of course work, presentations, projects and individual consultation with faculty members. They develop international networks with faculty members and other students. Through ALS they gain access to a library of relevant literature. Students take what they have learned back to their host universities to share with their colleagues. After attending the ALS, some students go on to gain admission to North American and European graduate schools.
Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics
Phonology
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Sociolinguistics
Syntax
Language Families: Romance
Tuition: 10 USD
Financial Aid: Applications accepted until 15-Mar-2019
Apart from a nominal registration fee, all costs are covered for students from African universities. Students coming from outside Africa cover their own travel expenses; all other expenses are covered for them as well.
Financial Aid Instructions:
Registration: 02-Feb-2019 to 15-Mar-2019
Contact Person: Enoch Aboh
Email: africanlinguisticsschool
gmail.com
Apply on the web: https://sites.google.com/site/africanlingschool/home
Registration Instructions:
Please fill out application form found on ALS website, and send it to: africanlinguisticsschoolgmail.com. The application deadline is March 15, 2019.
Page Updated: 05-Feb-2019