LINGUIST List 9.302

Sun Mar 1 1998

FYI: INFOLING, New Dept (Jordon), ELF Grant Deadline

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

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  • Eulalia de Bobes Soler, Spanish linguistics list
  • Prof. Al anani, New Department of Linguistics and Phonetics
  • whalen, FYI: Endangered Language Fund Grants

    Message 1: Spanish linguistics list

     Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 15:32:22 +0100
    From: Eulalia de Bobes Soler <ebobesseneca.uab.es>
    Subject: Spanish linguistics list


    INFOLING, the Spanish linguistics list, has changed its host and now has improoved its features including

    spam filter, archives, web archive interface (http://www.rediris.es/list/info/infoling.html), digests (with MIME support), indexes and database functions.

    INFOLING is a a moderated mailing list which distributes information about Spanish linguistics, i.e., research projects, Ph.D. dissertations, congresses, workshops, new publicatons (books, reviews), etc. Information sent to the moderator will be send to the list. The language of the list is Spanish, but English is also welcome. Other languages (French, German, etc.) are also welcome if accompanied with the corresponding English or Spanish translation.

    INFOLING was created in 1996 and has 409 subscribers at the moment.

    More information at

    http://www.rediris.es/list/info/infoling.html

    To subscribe, send mail to LISTSERVLISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES with the command (paste it!):

    SUBSCRIBE INFOLING

    Eulalia de Bobes Laboratorio de Linguistica Informatica Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

    Infoling http://www.rediris.es/list/info/infoling.html

    Message 2: New Department of Linguistics and Phonetics

     Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 17:04:24 +0200
    From: Prof. Al anani <phoneticjuserver.ju.edu.jo>
    Subject: New Department of Linguistics and Phonetics


    We are pleased to let you know that a new Department of Linguistics and Phonetics has been established at the University ofJordan Amman. Admission of students for the B.A. and M.A. degrees in Speech Pathology as well as for the M.A. degree in General Linguistics will start Sep., 1998. Yours sincerely,

    Prof/Dr Mohammad Al-Anani,

    Chair,

    P.O.Box 13340,

    Univ. of Jordan, Amman, JORDAN

    Message 3: FYI: Endangered Language Fund Grants

     Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 11:40:21 -0500
    From: whalen <whalenlenny.haskins.yale.edu>
    Subject: FYI: Endangered Language Fund Grants


    The Endangered Language Fund would like to remind readers of the list that the deadline for applying for grants in this year's cycle is APRIL 20th, 1998. These grants, supported entirely by the generosity of our members, support language maintenance and field research on endangered languages. All of the information needed to submit a grant is included below. If there are other questions, please write us at: elfhaskins.yale.edu

    Doug Whalen DhW, President, ELF

    Request for Proposals, Endangered Language Fund

    The Endangered Language Fund provides grants for language maintenance and linguistic field work. The work most likely to be funded is that which serves the native community and the field of linguistics immediately. Work which has immediate applicability to one group and more distant application to the other will also be considered. Publishing subventions are a low priority, although they will be considered. The language involved must be in danger of disappearing within a generation or two. Endangerment is a continuum, and the location on the continuum is one factor in our funding decisions. Eligible expenses include travel, tapes, films, consultant fees, etc. Grants are normally for one year periods, though extensions may be applied for. We expect grants in this round to be less than $2,000 in size.

    HOW TO APPLY

    There is no form, but the information requested below should be printed (on one side only) and four copies sent to: Endangered Language Fund, Inc. Department of Linguistics 320 York Street Yale University New Haven, CT 06520

    Applications must be mailed in. No e-mail or fax applications will be accepted.

    If you have any questions, please write to the same address or email to: elfhaskins.yale.edu REQUIRED INFORMATION:

    Please provide the following information for the primary researcher (and other researchers, if any): Name, address, telephone numbers, email address (if any), Social Security number (if U.S. citizen), place and date of birth, present position, education, and native language. State previous experience and/or publications that are relevant. Beginning on a separate page, please provide a description of the project. This should normally take less than two pages, single spaced. Be detailed about the type of material that is to be collected and/or produced, and the value it will have to the native community (including relatives and descendants who do not speak the language) and to linguistic science. Give a brief description of the state of endangerment of the language in question. On a separate page, prepare an itemized budget that lists expected costs for the project. Estimates are acceptable, but they must be realistic. Please translate the amounts into US dollars. List other sources of support you are currently receiving or expect to receive and other applications that relate to the current one. Two letters of support are recommended, but not required. Note that these letters must arrive on or before the deadline in order to be considered. If more than two letters are sent, only the first two received will be read.

    LIMIT TO ONE PROPOSAL

    A researcher can be primary investigator on only one proposal.

    DEADLINE

    Applications must be received by APRIL 20th, 1998. Decisions will be delivered by the end of May, 1998.

    ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT

    Receipt of application will be made by email if an email address is given. Otherwise, the applicant must include a self-addressed post-card in order to receive the acknowledgment.

    IF A GRANT IS AWARDED

    Before receiving any funds, university-based applicants must show that they have met with their university's human subjects' committee requirements. Tribal- or other-based applicants must provide equivalent assurance that proper protocols are being used. If a grant is made and accepted, the recipient is required to provide the Endangered Language Fund with a short formal report of the project and to provide the Fund with copies of all publications resulting from materials obtained with the assistance of the grant.