Posted by Claire on July 22, 2006
Many academic disciplines depend on analysis of primary data captured during fieldwork. Increasingly, researchers today are using digital methods for the whole life cycle of their primary data, from capture to organisation, submission to a repository or archive, and later access and dissemination in publications, teaching resources and conference presentations. This conference and workshop will showcase a number of projects that have been developing innovative and sustainable ways of managing such data.
The conference will be in three parts: Academic papers on the theme “Fieldwork: from creation to archive and back”; demonstrations of tools and platforms for submitting and disseminating digital ethnographic material; and a hands-on workshop to introduce researchers to relevant recommended tools.
Held at the University of Sydney
Organised by PARADISEC (http://paradisec.org.au)
December 4 – 6, 2006
Abstract Deadline: August 30, 2006
Paper Deadline: October 20, 2006
For further details see: http://conferences.arts.usyd.edu.au/index.php?cf=11
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Posted by Claire on July 5, 2006
The following text is taken from Palgrave’s web site. Book includes a chapter on Australian languages.
Description
The contributors to this collection address issues of definition and theory of linguistic areas, analyze the process of convergence, and introduce methods to assess the impact of language contact across geographical zones. New cases studies are introduced which extend the corpus of areas described so far. They are accompanied by discussions that revisit some of the more well-established linguistic areas.
Contents
List of Figures and Maps
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction; A.McMahon, Y.Matras & N.Vincent
Areal Linguistics: A Closer Scrutiny; L.Campbell
All or Nothing; T.Stolz
Keeping Contact in the Family: Approaches to Language Classification and Contact-induced Change; A.McMahon & R.McMahon
Linguistic Areas, Language Contact and Typology: Some Implications from the Case of Ethiopia as a Linguistic Area; W.Bisang
Structural Isoglosses between Khoekhoe and Tuu: The Cape as a Linguistic Area; T.Güldemann
The Sri Lanka Sprachbund: The Newcomers Portuguese and Malay; P.Bakker
On the Roles of Turkic in the Caucasus Area; L.Johanson
The Circle That Won’t Come Full: Two Potential Isoglosses in the Circum-Baltic Area; M.Koptjevskaja-Tamm
Complex Emotion Predicates in Eastern Indonesia: Evidence for Language Contact?; S.Musgrave
Another Look at Australia as a Linguistic Area; C.Bowern
Towards a Typology of the Siberian Linguistic Area; G.D.S.Anderson
Index
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