Empirical Foundations for Theories of Language: Workshops

该项目涉及语言学研究所的几个研究相关方面，语言学研究所是由美国语言学会赞助的两年一次的暑期学校，涵盖语言学的所有领域，将于2007年7月在斯坦福大学举行。提案要求支持研训所的三个方面：(i)专门教授研究技能的教育部分；（ii）介绍先进技能的特别活动；（iii）以特定研究领域为重点的讲习班。这些活动都是为了配合更大的学院主题“语言理论的经验基础”而设计的，并将以新的或新兴的研究方法或技术为特色。该建议的第一部分涉及支持一套专业讲习班，这些讲习班将教授研训所课程和活动所需的研究技能。这些讲习班的目的是使常规课程能够在更高的水平上教授，特别适合研究生，他们可能正在确定自己的研究方向。第二部分涉及对“线性混合效果建模”的高级技能相关特别研讨会的支持。第三部分涉及一系列跨越语言学领域的更传统的研讨会，主题包括音系学的新方法、语言习得研究和网络基础设施、社会文化语言学的民族志方法、书写系统和破译脚本的计算方法，以及关于克里奥尔语研究的理论含义的大型研讨会。最后一次研讨会将涉及来自少数族裔群体的参与者，包括研究生与会者。

The project involves several research-related aspects of the Linguistic Institute, a biennial summer school sponsored by the Linguistic Society of America covering all areas of linguistics to be held at Stanford University in July 2007. The proposal requests support for three facets of the Institute: (i) an educational component devoted to teaching research skills, (ii) a special event presenting advanced skills, and (iii) workshops focusing on particular research areas. These activities are all designed to fit with the larger institute theme 'Empirical Foundations for Theories of Language', and will feature presentations of new or emergent research methodologies or technologies.The first part of the proposal involves support for a set of presession workshops which will teach research skills needed for courses and activities at the Institute. These workshops are intended to allow the regular session of courses to be taught at a higher level, especially appropriate for graduate students who might be at the point of defining their own research directions. The second part involves support for an advanced skills-related special workshop on 'Linear Mixed Effects Modelling'. The third part involves a series of more traditional workshops, which span the field of linguistics, on topics which include new methodologies in phonology, language acquisition research and cyberinfrastructure, ethnographic methods in sociocultural linguistics, computational approaches to writing systems and to deciphering scripts, and a large-scale workshop on the theoretical implications of Creole studies. This last workshop will involve participants from ethnically underrepresented groups, including graduate student attendees.