The main purpose of the EUROCORES programme EuroBABEL is to promote empirical research on underdescribed endangered languages, both spoken and signed, that aims at changing and refining our ideas about linguistic structure in general and about language in relation to cognition, social and cultural organization and related issues in a trans-/ multi-disciplinary perspective.
Deadlines: There is no current calling for proposals.
Examples of funded projects
Alor-Pantar languages: origins and theoretical impact
Project Leader: Dr. Marian Klamer, Leiden University, Netherlands
Principal Investigators:
- Professor Greville Corbett, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
- Dr. Gary Holton, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States
Endangered sign languages in village communities
Project Leader: Professor Ulrike Zeshan, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
Principal Investigators:
- Dr. Angela Nonaka, University of Texas at Austin, United States
- Professor Maarten Mous, Leiden University, Netherland
- Professor Marie Carla Adone, Universität zu Köln, Germany
Associated Partner:
- Dr. Irit Meir, University of Haifa, Israel