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Workshop on using standardized word lists in linguistic data collection
The aim of this workshop is to discuss methodogical issues connected with the use of standardized word lists - and more generally: questionnaires - in primary data collection for linguistic research. The workshop is a joint arrangement by the project partners (University of Gothenburg, Uppsala University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig).
Organizers: Anju Saxena (Uppsala University) and Lars Borin (University of Gothenburg)
Location: Lilla hörsalen, Humanisten, University of Gothenburg (Renströmsgatan 6: map)
Time: Tuesday, 26th October 2010
Program
| 10.00–10.15 | Welcome | Lars Borin | 10.15–10.30 | IDS: The Intercontinental Dictionary Series | Bernard Comrie, MPI Leipzig | 10.30–11.10 | The use of an extended IDS list in the Loanword Typology Project | Martin Haspelmath, MPI Leipzig | 11.10–11.50 | Kinnauri varieties - the lexical evidence | Anju Saxena, Uppsala University | 11.50–13.00 | LUNCH | 13.00–13.40 | Hot, warm, chilly, cool and cold: On the place of standardized word lists in a lexical-typological study of the temperature domain | Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm, Stockholm University | 13.40–14.20 | Questionnaires as a research methodology | Östen Dahl, Stockholm University | 14.20–14.40 | TEA/COFFEE | 14.40–15.20 | Where’s the sense in word lists? Lexical typology meets lexical semantics | Lars Borin, University of Gothenburg | 15.20–16.00 | Standardisation versus spontaneity – a fieldworker's perspective | Bettina Zeisler, Universität Tübingen | 16.00–16.40 | Discussion | 16.40–16.45 | Concluding words | Anju Saxena | 17.00– | Get-together |
Registration: Lunch and tea/coffee are included in the workshop. While there is no registration fee for the workshop, for planning purposes registration is obligatory. This can be done by sending an email to <anju.saxena at lingfil.uu.se>. The registration deadline is 13th October, 2010. Please state any dietary preferences when registering.
The workshop program can be downloaded from here.
