3L Consortium - Lyon, Leiden, London  

International Summer School on
Language Documentation and Description

Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, Leiden

5 July - 17 July 2010
Instructors:
Kofi Yakpo
Radboud University Nijmegen

Rachel Selbach
University of Amsterdam

Margot van den Berg
Radboud University Nijmegen

Course days:
Monday 12 July 2010
Tuesday 13 July 2010
Wednesday 14 July 2010
Thursday 15 July 2010
Friday 16 July 2010

Course time:
13.00-15.30

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Language Variation: Fieldwork and Contact Linguistics

The aim of this course is (1) to bring people up to date on the state of affairs on the field of contact linguistics (including pidgin/creole studies); (2) to provide them with examples of how variation in language has shaped the field, and (3) in sum, to convince upcoming field workers that variation in language is not a problem, but a gift that is to be treasured, and therefore needs to be collected. In particular practical issues concerning the documentation and description of language variation are discussed.