Announcing the Second EACL Springschool in
Chinese Linguistics

Organized by the European Association for Chinese Linguistics
Sponsored by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, Taiwan and the International Institute for Asian Studies, The Netherlands
When?The second EACL Springschool in Chinese Linguistics will be held 19-23 March 2007.
Where? At the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Munich), Germany.
What? We offer the following courses:
- Laurent SAGART (CNRS, Paris) -- Old Chinese among the other East Asian language families
- Hilary CHAPPELL (EHESS, Paris) -- Typology of Sinitic languages
- Daniel HOLE (LMU) -- (Formal) Semantics
The language of instruction is English.
For whom The EACL Summerschool in Chinese Linguistics is primarily organized for PhD students in Chinese linguistics affiliated to European universities. Other participants are also welcome. Among these (if selection will be necessary), priority will be given to MA students in Chinese linguistics, affilliated to a European University, but PhD/MA-students in Chinese linguistics affilliated to non-European Universities, and others, are also welcome to apply.
- Faculty/senior scholars can also take part, up to 20% of the class.
- We maximally admit (about) 20 participants.
- Student participants are expected to attend all courses.
- Participantsare or will become EACL members.
What are the requirements?
(i) Good command of spoken and written Chineseand English.
(ii) Proven interest in Chinese linguistics.
(iii)Well-written short motivation (see below).
Fees and subsidies
Fees: The second EACL Springschool will be free of charge and participants will be offered free accomodation (dorm style).
Application procedure:
Ph.D. students send in: 1. Name and contact information (incl. M/F for the crash spaces/dorms). 2. Affiliated university and name of the advisor. 3. What year you started the PhD studies. 4. Main field of interest. 5. Short motivation: why do you want to take part? (Important in case selection of candidates is necessary.)
MA-students send in: 1. Name and contact information (incl. M/F for the crash spaces/dorms). 2. Affiliated university plus the name and contact information of one of the teachers who we may contact for reference. 3. List of courses attended (incl. ects-points) and marks. 4. Short motivation: why do you want to take part?
Others send in: 1. Name and contact information (incl. M/F for the crash spaces/dorms). 2. Affiliated university. 3. Background/field of specialization. 4. Short motivation: why do you want to take part?

Applications and questions should be sent to:
r.p.e.sybesma@let.leidenuniv.nl,
with as subject "EACL Springschool 2007"; or: R. Sybesma, Universiteit
Leiden/TCC, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.

Applications must be sent before 15 January 2007. Prospective participants will be notified before 1 February. The board of the EACL functions as admission committee.