Empirical Foundations for Theories of Language: Workshops

该项目涉及语言研究所的几个与研究有关的方面，这是一个由美国语言学会赞助的两年一次的暑期班，将于2007年7月在斯坦福大学举办，涵盖语言学的所有领域。该提案要求为研究所的三个方面提供支持：(I)专门教授研究技能的教育部分；(Ii)介绍高级技能的特别活动；以及(Iii)侧重于特定研究领域的讲习班。这些活动都是为了配合更大的研究所主题“语言理论的经验基础”而设计的，并将介绍新的或新兴的研究方法或技术。提案的第一部分涉及支持一系列会前讲习班，这些讲习班将教授研究所的课程和活动所需的研究技能。这些讲习班的目的是使定期课程能够在更高的水平上授课，特别适合那些可能正在确定自己的研究方向的研究生。第二部分涉及支持与高级技能有关的“线性混合效果建模”特别讲习班。第三部分涉及一系列更传统的研讨会，这些研讨会横跨语言学领域，主题包括音系学、语言习得研究和网络基础设施方面的新方法，社会文化语言学中的民族志方法，书写系统和破译文字的计算方法，以及关于克里奥尔研究的理论含义的大型研讨会。最后一次研讨会将有来自族裔代表性不足群体的学员参加，包括研究生学员。

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.