NSF Org:	BCS Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
Recipient:	EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Initial Amendment Date:	August 13, 1996
Latest Amendment Date:	January 29, 1998
Award Number:	9601352
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Paul G. Chapin BCS  Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences SBE  Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
Start Date:	September 1, 1996
End Date:	August 31, 1998 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$114,962.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$114,962.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 1996 = $109,962.00 FY 1997 = $5,000.00
History of Investigator:	Helen Aristar-Dry (Principal Investigator) hdry@linguistlist.org Anthony Aristar (Co-Principal Investigator) John Remmers (Co-Principal Investigator) Daniel Seely (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Eastern Michigan University 203 PIERCE HALL YPSILANTI MI  US  48197-2264 (734)487-3090
Sponsor Congressional District:	06
Primary Place of Performance:	Eastern Michigan University 203 PIERCE HALL YPSILANTI MI  US  48197-2264
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	06
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	STFNT4KCCDU3
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	Linguistics
Primary Program Source:	app-0196  app-0197
Program Reference Code(s):	0000, 9178, 9180, 9251, OTHR, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	131100
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.075

ABSTRACT

This grant will be used in developing software for The LINGUIST Network, an electronic discussion forum for academic linguists produced at Eastern Michigan University and Texas A&M University. In its 5 years of operation, LINGUIST has become the central international clearinghouse for information relevant to linguistics. Its current issues and 10,000 back issues represent a rich source of data about languages, linguistic methodology, and the sociology of the discipline. However, LINGUIST has come to need additional software to support its expanding list of services and to accommodate the dramatic changes in Internet technologies that have occurred during the last 5 years. Such software will enable LINGUIST to develop its new World Wide Web site in such a way as to provide functionalities not commonly available and to accomplish its ultimate goal: offering the discipline a central location for storage and retrieval of the rapidly expanding amount of linguistic information on the Web.

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