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<div class="moz-forward-container"><font size="4"><b>2024 Course:
Introduction to Columbia School Linguistics</b></font><br>
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Dear colleagues,<br>
<br>
I am pleased to invite you to the <b>2024 course: Introduction
to Columbia School Linguistics.</b><br>
<br>
The course will be held in six online sessions, on Thursdays
10am-12:30pm (New York time), from October 10 to November 14.<br>
This year’s instructors are Andrew McCormick, Daan van Soeren
and Ludmila Novotny.<br>
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To register, please email <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:ludmila@cslclass.org" moz-do-not-send="true">ludmila@cslclass.org</a>
with your full name, affiliation, geographical location, and
contact email address.<br>
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The course is particularly designed for<br>
- New Columbia School fellows / seed grantees<br>
- Senior undergraduate and graduate students of linguistics or
related areas<br>
- Scholars and professionals specializing in linguistics, but
unfamiliar with the Columbia School framework<br>
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The Columbia School is a functionalist framework in which
language is seen as a symbolic tool whose structure is shaped
both by its communicative function and by the characteristics of
its human users. Grammatical analyses account for the
distribution of linguistic forms as an interaction between
hypothesized linguistic meanings and pragmatic and functional
factors such as inference, ease of processing, and iconicity.
Phonological analyses explain the syntagmatic and paradigmatic
distribution of phonological units within signals, also drawing
on both communicative function and human physiological and
psychological characteristics.<br>
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The language of the course is English. Certificates of
completion will be issued.<br>
We look forward to your participation in this year’s course!
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
Ludmila Novotny<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:ludmila@cslclass.org">ludmila@cslclass.org</a><br>
Class Organizer<br>
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