Academic Programme (ELAP)
The Endangered Languages Academic Programme (ELAP) is situated within SOAS' Department of Linguistics. ELAP conducts postgraduate teaching and research on the theory and practice of language documentation and description. Our goal is to develop the skills of those currently engaged in endangered language documentation and to train the next generation of language documenters.
ELAP offers courses including:
- a one year MA in Language Documentation and Description, open to those with or without previous linguistics study
- a PhD in Field Linguistics, that includes fieldwork overseas
- two year post-doctoral fellowships at SOAS with opportunities to carry out independent research, fieldwork and contribute to teaching
 See the Linguistics Department Course Handbook 2007-8 for details. For information about all postgraduate and other courses and training, see other links at the right.
ELAP staff consists of a Professor in Field Linguistics, Lecturer in Language Documentation and Description, two post-doctoral fellows, and an Administrator. In addition, we have a further post-doctoral fellow and a Visiting Professor funded by ELDP grants. Our research covers languages of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Aboriginal Australia. For more details see the Staff page.
Currently there are 20 MA and 7 PhD enrolled students.
ELAP also offers a comprehensive programme of public lectures, seminars, and workshops, and we collaborate with the Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR) staff in running research seminars, and training courses for ELDP grantees.
Each year ELAP publishes Language Documentation and Description, a volume of papers on theoretical and practical aspects of language documentation. With ELAR we also publish multimedia materials on CD-ROM.
Visiting ELAP
Some of our workspace in the new Research Centre at SOAS is available for visitors. We welcome visiting researchers, especially those coming to London for several months or more, and we may be able to assist with facilitating visits and co-ordinating funding applications. For further details see the visitors' page.
Education at SOAS
SOAS is highly regarded for its academic excellence. The Guardian's 2004 Good University Guide ranked SOAS as number four university overall in the UK. SOAS' academic staff constitute the largest concentration of scholars concerned with Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, at any university. The Linguistics Department at SOAS (within which we operate) was the first Linguistics Department to be created in Britain.
SOAS is a truly international university, with about a third of our students coming from overseas. Our location in the heart of London means that a diverse array of cultural, arts, entertainment and social opportunities are always nearby. For more information about studying at SOAS and living in London, please see SOAS Information for Prospective Students .
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