In collaboration with the University of Naples "L'Orientale," Ethnorêma and the University of Tuscia.

The 2024 Linguistic Documentation Summer School offers an introduction to field research methods and tools for documenting little-known, minority languages. This year's focus will be on a minority language spoken in the region: Ladin.

During the Summer School you will visit the Fassa Valley, meet with staff members of the Istitut Cultural Ladin "Majon di Fascegn," who are engaged in language documentation and planning activities, and experience fieldwork with some informants.

In addition to an introduction to the Ladin language and community, the lectures will touch on various theoretical and methodological aspects of language documentation in traditional and non-traditional sociolinguistic contexts. The program includes hands-on workshops to familiarize with two useful tools for data collection, analysis and presentation: FieldWorks and WeSay.

Speakers: Peter Austin, Graziano Savà, Luca Lorenzetti, Giorgio Banti, Francesca Moro, Ruth Videsott, Silvia Dal Negro, Moreno Vergari, Cristina Muru, Antonia Soriente, Giancarlo Schirru.