Graduate Student Position
Rice University Department of Linguistics
Rice University’s Department of Linguistics is seeking expressions of interest from students to write a dissertation on language contact, variation and/or change in Australian Indigenous languages. Funding is guaranteed for four years (including stipend, tuition remission, field equipment and basic field work expenses). The position is funded through [...]
It’s all happening here at anggarrgoon…
In the most recent round of NSF CAREER (junior faculty career development) grants, I received an award to work on Pama-Nyungan prehistory and historical reconstruction. Here’s the abstract:
The earliest detailed records of Australia’s indigenous languages date from approximately two hundred years ago, and therefore our only access to the [...]
I’m occasionally asked about different types of language learning materials, such as what the difference is between a “sketch grammar”, a “textbook” and a “learner’s guide”. I think the difference is one of audience/function more than anything else - it’s not necessarily the information that goes into them.
A sketch grammar is written for linguists. It’s [...]
I read Wendy Baarda’s report on her Warlpiri phonics software this evening, thanks to Jane’s post. It’s a great report, for all the reasons Jane mentions. A couple of other things stood out for me. One was Wendy’s comment that schools aren’t allowed to install their own software on LATIS machines without permission from the [...]
My Ling 200 TA Cassandra found a wonderful site: “see and hear the Great Vowel Shift“. It’s a java applet that moves vowels around the vowel space. Very cool.
I am neglecting my duties as a blogger to spend more time on my duties as a learner’s guide compiler. Unfortunately I had a bunch of good ideas for the learner’s guide recently, all of which involve work. The guide is growing — today it’s 15 pages longer than it was yesterday, because of extra [...]
Theweb site for the LSA’s 2007 Summer Institute is now up. There’s about 70 courses, so plenty for everyone’s interests! I’m very impressed with the number of historical classes they have, both on specific families and on more general methodological issues.
The Institute will be held next July at Stanford University.
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