Events. Summer school in Berlin

From 31 August to 4 September 2026, in Berlin (Germany), the summer school “Language Science Meets Linguistic Diversity” will take place.

The programme will feature the following courses:

• ● Capturing Language Use with Mandana Seyfeddinipur (ELDP/ELAR/BBAW)
• ● Languages of Central America with Elisabeth Verhoeven (HU)
• ● Digital tools for annotation and analysis of language documentation data (ELAN, FLEx) with Kelsey Neely (ELDP/BBAW) and Christian Döhler (BBAW)
• ● Gender within the domain of noun classification with Tom Güldemann (HU)
• ● Data management and metadata creation for archiving in language documentation with Kelsey Neely (ELDP/BBAW)
• ● Evolutionary approaches to language diversity with Russell Gray & colleagues (MPI-EVA)
• ● Tenselessness: How languages without tense express temporal meanings with Ana Krajinovic (HU)
• ● Oral Narratives worldwide: elicitation and evaluation with Natalia Gagarina (ZAS)
• ● Extended/multiple exponence with Artemis Alexiadou (ZAS)
• ● Establishing and tracking reference: Theory and annotation with Manfred Krifka (ZAS)
• ● Supplementary workshop: Tools and methods for advanced data processing (Inception, Arborator, ANNIS) with Nico Lehmann (HU)

The summer school will be held in person in Berlin, with a participation fee of €250 (please note that travel and accommodation expenses are not included). Participants may register for up to three courses.

This intensive five-day training offers a practice-oriented learning experience complemented by evening assignments to consolidate acquired skills. The programme will be conducted in English. Participants should demonstrate a clear commitment and/or concrete plans to undertake research on an under-resourced language.

Registration is open until 1 March.

Additional information is available here.