Trondheim Workshop in Language Description and Documentation
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addresses aspects of language description and documentation.
A special focus lies on comparative Bantu studies and the description of tone.
Courses cover practical issues relating to speech and text annotation and methodological aspects of conducting semantic fieldwork, techniques to elicit data and the interaction between methodology and theory development.
The courses are open to 20 students on the first comes first served basis.
WORKSHOP PROGRAM
September 6th-9th | Mondag | Dienstag | Mittwoch | Donnerstag |
9:30-12:00
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11:00-12:00
Keynote: tba Felix Ameka |
Abdulaziz Lodhi |
Semantic Fieldwork
Henrik Bergquist
Tone Connie Kutsch Lojenga |
Comparative Bantu
Absulaziz Lodhi
Text Annotation Online Dorothee Beermann |
13:15 - 15:30
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Semantic Fieldwork
Henrik Bergquist |
Tone
Connie Kutsch Lojenga |
Text Annotation Online Dorothee Beermann |
Final Session
Digitial Resources, Lexica, Grammars - Who needs what? Discussion |
17:15-19:00
coffee break 18:00-18:15 |
Case Study
Community Oriented Language Documentation for the Mountain-Togo Languages Felix Ameka |
Practical Workshop
Praat Wim van Dommelen |
Practical Workshop
Praat Wim van Dommelen |
sponsored
Workshop Dinner |
ACCOMMODATION
The LDD has made a group reservation at the Trondheim Youth Hostel which allows us to offer very reasonably prized single rooms for the workshop period.
For a reservation please of a room at the Trondheim Youth Hostel please send a short mail to: ldd.workshop
If you prefer to book a room in one of the many hotels in Trondheim you find more information at [Trondheim's Offical Website
MORE ABOUT THE LECTURES
Workshop Location
The LDD workshop is located at Dragvoll the campus of the Humanities(Historisk-filosofisk fakultet (HF)) and the Faculty of Samfunnsvitenskap and Teknologiledelse (SVT) of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.
At the Dragvoll campus you find next to the University library also a book store a kiok with a post service a Mensa and a coffee shop.
A map of the campus can be found HERE.