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EuroBABEL (B etter A nalyses B ased on E ndangered L anguages )

EuroBABEL (B etter A nalyses B ased on E ndangered L anguages ) An ESF EUROCORES ( EURO pean CO llaborative RES earch ) programmme Eva Hoogland ESF Science officer / Eurocores Coordinator. Part one: About the European Science Foundation (ESF). ESF Member Organisations.

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EuroBABEL (B etter A nalyses B ased on E ndangered L anguages )

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  1. EuroBABEL(Better Analyses Based on Endangered Languages) An ESF EUROCORES (EUROpeanCOllaborativeRESearch) programmme Eva Hoogland ESF Science officer / Eurocores Coordinator "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  2. Part one: About the European Science Foundation (ESF) "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  3. ESF Member Organisations ESF is an independent association of 79 Member Organisations  research funding organisations  research performing organisations  academies and learned societies in 30 countries "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  4. About ESF • Established 1974 • Independent, non-governmental • Offices in Strasbourg, Bruxelles and Oostende • Budget: 50M€ • Networking Budget: 1-3B€ • Covering all researchdomains "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  5. Mission To provide a common platform for our Member Organisations in order to: • Advance European research • Explore new directions for research at the European level Through our activities, we serve the needs of the European research community in a global context. "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  6. Part two: About EUROCORES "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  7. EUROCORES Vision fragmented research strengths new, integrated knowledge • Responsive mode • Bottom-up, researcher-led identification of themes • Consultation with funders • Combines researcher’s needs and strategic priorities Funding agencies join forces to support cutting edge trans-disciplinary, trans-national collaborative research; multi-perspective on complex / broad questions Create critical mass in a global context: New approaches, new collaborations, new knowledge "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  8. EUROCORES - Main Features • Multi-national research projects (from at least 3 different participating countries ) • International competition • Funding remains national • ESF ensures quality control • Provides flexible framework for collaboration of national funding agencies • Investigator driven A Eurocores programme typically involves • ca 10 participating countries (BABEL 9) • a research budget of ca. 5 M€ (BABEL 4.7 M€) • a running time of 3 years "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  9. EUROCORES - Where are we now? Ca. 200 programme proposals submitted Ca. 40 programmes selected Ca. 8.000 applications of Collaborative Research teams (CRPs) Ca. 200 M€ funding Ca. 70 funding organisations from ca. 35 countries, within and outside Europe "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  10. Part three: About EuroBABEL "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  11. EuroBABEL – Better Analyses Based on Endangered Languages The overall aim of the EuroBABELprogramme is to promote empirical research on underdescribed endangered languages that aims at changing and refining our ideas about linguistic structure in general and about language in relation to cognition, social and cultural organization in a trans-/ multi-disciplinary perspective. Launch: September 2009 www.esf.org/eurobabel "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  12. EuroBABEL – Collaborative Research projects (CRPs) (1) • The Kalahari Basin area: a ‘Sprachbund’ on the verge of extinction (KBA) Project Leader: Tom Güldemann, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany • Referential Hierarchies in Morphosyntax: description, typology, diachrony (RHIM)  Project Leader: Dr. Katharina Haude, CNRS, SEDYL-CELIA, Villejuif Cédex, France • Alor-Pantar languages: origins and theoretical impact (Alor-Pantar) Project Leader: Marian Klamer, Leiden University, Netherlands "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  13. EuroBABEL – Collaborative Research projects (CRPs) (2) • Ob-Ugric languages: conceptual structures, lexicon, constructions, categories - An innovative approach to creating descriptive resources for Khanty and Mansi - (Ob-Ugric languages)  Project Leader: Elena Skribnik, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, Germany • Endangered sign languages in village communities (Villagesign) Project Leader: Ulrike Zeshan, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  14. EuroBABEL – Participating funding organizations "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  15. EUROCORES - Networking Aim: • Enhance existing collaborations; • Identify new and strategic partnership opportunities; • Explore aspects of the programme which are not covered by the funded projects "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  16. Collaborative Research Project CRP 1 Collaborative Research Project CRP 2 Individual Project IP-3 Associate Projects AP-1 Individual Project IP-1 ProgrammeStructure EUROCORES Programme Individual Project IP-2 More IPs More APs "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  17. EuroBABELCross-CRP Networking (1) Past Activities: • EuroBABEL Launch Conference 11-13 September 2009, Berlin • Meeting “Development of tag sets and tagging standards for the analysis of hierarchy effects in language corpora”13-17 March 2010, Leipzig • Meeting “Development of glossing standards, discussion of tagging principles for the analysis of information structuring in Ob-Ugric text corpus” 24-27 March 2010, Budapest "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  18. EuroBABELCross-CRP Networking (2) Upcoming Activities: • Workshop “Hierarchy effects on the morphosyntax of verbal arguments”28-29 August 2010, Leipzig • Workshop "Referential Hierarchies in Three-Participant Constructions"20-22 May 2011, Lancaster "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  19. EuroBABEL – What is next?(for EuroBABEL members only) A new Call for • Networking activities • Dissemination Grants • Cross-CRP Short Term visits is expected shortly. For the latest information: www.esf.org/eurobabel Or contact: babel@esf.org "Referential hierarchy effects", Leipzig, 28-29 September 2010

  20. www.esf.org/eurobabel babel@esf.org

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