NSF Org:	OISE Office of International Science and Engineering
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS
Initial Amendment Date:	August 27, 2008
Latest Amendment Date:	August 27, 2008
Award Number:	0824697
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Anne Emig OISE  Office of International Science and Engineering O/D  Office Of The Director
Start Date:	September 1, 2008
End Date:	August 31, 2009 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$3,369.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$3,369.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2008 = $3,369.00
History of Investigator:	Gary Holton (Principal Investigator) holton@hawaii.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus 2145 N TANANA LOOP FAIRBANKS AK  US  99775-0001 (907)474-7301
Sponsor Congressional District:	00
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus 2145 N TANANA LOOP FAIRBANKS AK  US  99775-0001
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	00
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	FDLEQSJ8FF63
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	International Research Collab
Primary Program Source:	app-0107
Program Reference Code(s):	5948, 5979, OTHR, 0000
Program Element Code(s):	729800
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.079

ABSTRACT

The proposed planning visit will develop a long-term collaboration between the University of Alaska, Fairbanks and Leiden University in the Netherlands. The objective of this collaboration is to reconstruct the linguistic prehistory of the Alor-Pantar language family. The Alor-Pantar languages are among the least studied languages of Indonesia, and their genetic relationships with other languages in the region remain the subject of some controversy, largely due to the scarcity of relevant data. The host for the planning visit is Dr. Marian Klamer of the Leiden University?s Center for Linguistics. Dr. Klamer is a linguist whose work has focused on the minority languages of eastern Indonesia. She directed the Linguistic Variation in Eastern Indonesia: The Alor and Pantar Project, which provided the first comprehensive survey of Alor-Pantar languages. During the planning visit the researchers will assemble a database of 500 lexical items and develop a future strategy for collaboration between the two institutions.

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