The purpose of the course is
to give students first-hand
experience and training in
developing techniques for
eliciting/transcribing/annota
ting linguistic data by
working with a native
speaker of a Formosan
language that they (might)
have never encountered
before. The language of
study this year will be
Tgdaya Seediq. The main
emphasis will be on syntax,
morpho-syntax, and semantic-
syntax. Students will work
on an individual project
which can be on any aspect
of the language in any
linguistic
theory/model/framework that
they are familiar with or
they have learned in the
Syntax classes. In the end
of the semester, a five-day
field trip to the tribe
village will be arranged.
During this trip, students
will be given chances to
work intensively with more
elderly native speakers and
get closely acquaintance
with the local people and
culture.