After a summer break, the Acquisition Sketch Meetings are starting again! Our new series will focus on sketches in progress. In each session, one or more people will present advances and issues from their ongoing sketches. This will give us all a chance to see other sketches in development and discuss questions.

The first meeting will be "An in-progress look at the Pitjantjatjara Acquisition Sketch”, presented by Rebecca Defina.

It will be held on Wednesday 8th October: Berlin = 9 am, Delhi = 12:30 pm, Beijing = 3 pm, Melbourne = 6 pm.

Zoom link = https://anu.zoom.us/j/81397187721?pwd=vE52WyOZgZGDvcMaKZUD5W3NmVw7LZ.1

Check https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/ for the correct time in your time zone.

The session will be recorded and available for one month, for those who are unable to attend the session in real time. Unlike the tutorial sessions, the sessions will not be permanently available.

FUTURE SCHEDULE

Meetings will be held once per month, on the second Wednesday of the month (second Tuesday for the Americas). Each session will only be held once. We will alternate times each month - usually one month at Berlin 9 am and the next month at Melbourne 9 am.

Next meetings:

Weds Nov. 12 at 9 am Melbourne time (Tues Nov. 11 in the Americas): "An in-progress look at the Murrinhpatha Acquisition Sketch” presented by Lucy Davidson

Weds Dec. 10 at 9 am Berlin time: PRESENT YOUR SKETCH-IN-PROGRESS HERE!!

Weds Jan. 14 at 9 am Melbourne time: PRESENT YOUR SKETCH-IN-PROGRESS HERE!!

Weds Feb. 11 at 9 am Berlin time: PRESENT YOUR SKETCH-IN-PROGRESS HERE!!

Let us know at [email protected] if you’d like to present your work - everyone is welcome!

The schedule is always available at:

https://acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/support/seminars

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Acquisition Sketch Project is an initiative to increase diversity in the languages for which we have information about acquisition patterns (https://acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de). We provide detailed guidelines for creating an acquisition sketch based on five hours of data, and provide support through monthly online meetings and personal consultation.

Previous sessions are on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AcquisitionSketchProject.

CONTACT

For more information, please contact one of the team members:

- Shanley Allen ([email protected])
- Lucy Davidson ([email protected])
- Rebecca Defina ([email protected])
- Birgit Hellwig ([email protected])
- Evan Kidd ([email protected])

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
Language Documentation