Collaborate with Us
The Department has extensive experience in collaborating with local communities, national agencies, as well as international partners on a wide range of research and consultancy projects.
If you are interested in collaborating with our faculty, researchers, or students, or in using our facilities, you may reach out to us. We welcome discussions with partners outside the university and are open to proposals for projects that align with our research areas and expertise. Below are examples of the work we engage in.
Language Documentation and Revitalization Projects
We partner with several communities in documenting their languages and create essential resources, such as dictionaries, glossaries, reference grammars and language learning materials, that suit the needs of the communities. You can view our research projects page to see some of the groups that we have worked with.
If you would like to collaborate with us in documenting and describing the language of your community, please send a formal letter addressed to the Department chairperson, and send it to our official email address at <linguistics.upd@up.edu.ph>.
Training Programs and Workshops
The Department works with other academic institutions, local community organizations, cultural agencies, and private companies to design and provide customized training programs and workshops. These include:
- Workshops on language documentation and linguistic analysis
- Seminars on language, culture, and communication
- Training in Asian languages (such as Chinese Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, and Thai)
- Training for teachers of foreign languages
We can develop training programs tailored to your organization’s needs and based on our areas of research and expertise. Send your request and a description of your organization’s requirements at <linguistics.upd@up.edu.ph>. Please CC <extrams.linguistics.upd@up.edu.ph> in your email.
Language Services
The Department’s faculty possesses expertise in several Philippine and other Asian languages. The language services that we offer include:
- Translation
- Interpretation
- Validation of translated documents
- Manuscript reviews
All inquiries must be sent via email at <linguistics.upd@up.edu.ph>. Certain services need additional information and documents:
- Translation and interpreting: include details on the source and target languages. If possible, the document to be translated may also be attached to the email so that it may be forwarded to interested translators. We offer (i) actual translation and (ii) validation of past translations.
- Manuscript reviews: write a formal invitation letter (in PDF format) addressed to the specific faculty member(s).
Please be advised that the acceptance of language service requests is dependent upon the research areas and specializations of the Department, and the faculty members’ availability.
Research Consultancy and Other Research Collaborations
Our faculty can also provide consultancy services for research and other language-related projects. We also welcome proposals for collaborative research projects.
To propose a collaboration, send a formal letter of invitation with a description of the proposed research, addressed to the Department Chairperson. Send your proposal to our official email address at <linguistics.upd@up.edu.ph>.
For the validation of research instruments, include:
- a formal request letter (in PDF format) addressed to the Department chairperson and signed by the researcher(s), the adviser or supervisor of the researcher(s), and by the chairperson of their home unit;
- the study protocol for the research; and
- if available, the approval of an ethics review board
Note that the validation only examines the soundness of the document as a linguistic tool for research; it does not guarantee that it is the best fit in the methodology of the research project. Furthermore, validation of the soundness of the research instrument is different from the validation of a translation (see Language Services section).
For the validation of research papers, theses, and dissertations in their entirety, this requires an agreement between institutions such as serving as external panel for presentations and oral defenses. Please coordinate with your institution’s administration to inquire about existing and possible partnerships with the Department.
The acceptance of requests for research consultancy is dependent upon the research areas and specializations of the Department, and the faculty members’ availability.
Volunteering for Research Projects
The Department occasionally hosts research projects that require volunteers willing to participate in experiments or share their knowledge and experiences. Regularly check our website and social media pages for announcements on ongoing projects, and sign-up through the forms included in the posts.