The North West Centre for Linguistics is delighted to announce the
NWCL Research Training Programme
Autumn 2004
6 - 10 September 2004
University of Manchester
Includes:
-A week of courses on theoretical and applied linguistics and linguistic research methodology. -Two Guest lectures -Poster Session -Numerous Social Events
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Week long courses in:
- Morphology
- Language Acquisition
- Historical Linguistics
- Instrumental analysis of spoken data
Afternoon sessions include:
- Statistics for linguistics
- Using databases in linguistics
- Using CHILDES
- Using historical data
- Conference skills
For more information on the course programme, see the NWCL website (http://www.nwcl.salford.ac.uk/research.htm)
Guest Lectures:
-Professor Jonathan Harrington (Kiel)
-Professor Peter Patrick (Essex)
Student Poster Session
Students are invited to submit a poster presenting an aspect of their research. Posters can be on any aspect of theoretical or applied linguistics and will be displayed during the poster session on Tuesday 7 September. There will be space for 15 posters in total. The two sumissions judged by the NWCL panel to be the best will each receive a prize of a book voicher worth £50. For more information, see the NWCL website (URL below)
Student sponsorhip available
Thanks to BAAL, LAGB, and the Philological Society, we can offer sponsorship of two students from UK institutions who attend the Programme. Up to 300UKP is available per student to cover travel and accommodation. There is also additional funding available as smaller contributions towards travel and accommodation to students from NWCL institutions. See the website for more information on how to apply for all types of sponsorship.
Deadline for sponsorship applications - 20th July 2004
Registration Fees
The full programme (morning and afternoon sessions) costs 20UKP for students from NWCL institutions, and 25UKP for all other students. It is also possible to regsiter for single afternoon sessions, at a cost of 3.50UKP per session for students fron NWCL institutions and 5UKP for all other students.
To register, download a registration form from the NWCL Website (http://www.nwcl.salford.ac.uk/research.htm).
Deadline for registration is the 6 August 2004.
If you have any questions, email Kevin Watson at k.d.watson@lancaster.ac.uk
--- Kevin Watson Department of Linguistics and English Language Lancaster University Lancaster, LA1 4YT Tel: 0044(0)1524-594650 http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/kevin/kevin.htm
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