Methods in Language Sciences

Host Institution: Ghent University
Coordinating Institution: Ghent University
Website: https://www.mils.ugent.be/

Dates: 15-Jul-2024 - 19-Jul-2024
Location: Ghent

Focus: The Summer School "Methods in Language Sciences" offers 10 multi-day modules/courses on various topics, covering both quantitative and qualitative methods:

- Introduction to R
- Introduction to statistics with R
- Categorical data analysis with R
- Multivariate data analysis with R
- Natural Language Processing with Python
- PRAAT
- Eye-tracking
- Linguistic ethnography
- Bayesian data analysis
- Research data management

Each module involves 15 contact hours. Because the modules are partly held in parallel sessions, participants have to choose one or two modules to follow (see the Programme on the website for more details).
Minimum Education Level: Master

Special Qualifications:
Please refer to the course descriptions on the website for the prerequisites for each specific course.

A novelty in 2024 is the option to follow a whole “track” of either introductory-level or advanced statistical modules as a full curriculum. If you are interested in statistical training, then you can select the track which best suits your background knowledge:

Novice track = Module 1 Introduction to R + Module 12 Introduction to statistics with R
Expert track = Module 2 Categorical data analysis with R + Module 10 Multivariate data analysis with R

Description:
Top quality research requires outstanding methodological skills. That is why the Department of Linguistics and the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication of Ghent University will jointly organize a Summer School on “Methods in Language Sciences” in July 2024. The summer school caters to (junior and senior) researchers from various scientific disciplines such as e.g. linguistics, translation and interpreting studies, psycholinguistics and language acquisition research, computational linguistics, sociolinguistics and pragmatics, linguistic ethnography etc.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Tuition: 300.0 euro
Tuition Explanation: 1 module: €300
2 modules: €400

This includes coffee breaks (morning and/or afternoon, depending on your curriculum) and lunch (incl. drinks).

UGent PhD and postdocs: The summer school is free of charge for PhD-students and post-docs affiliated with UGent, since their registration is sponsored by the Doctoral School. This includes coffee breaks (morning and/or afternoon, depending on your curriculum) and lunch (incl. drinks).

Registration: 14-Mar-2024 to 30-Jun-2024

Contact Person: Ludovic De Cuypere
Email: [email protected]

Apply on the web: https://www.mils.ugent.be/

Registration Instructions:
Online registration & electronic payment via the registration module on the website: https://www.mils.ugent.be/registration/

Upon registration and payment, you receive two emails:
- The first email is a confirmation of registration.
- The second email is a payment confirmation and a payment receipt.

Registration is final upon confirmation of payment.