Forthcoming: Linguistics Olympiad: Training guide

Vlad A. Neacșu  

Synopsis

Linguistics Olympiad: Training Guide represents a unique and complex work aimed to help students and teachers alike prepare for the national and international Linguistics Olympiads. This guide identifies the most common types of problems and, for each of them, proposes a theoretical framework (basic linguistics concepts, as well as language typology data) together with a methodological approach, tailored for each type of problems, and, in the end, a selection of practice problems from past editions of national and international Linguistics Olympiads. This work is breaking new ground, being the first of its kind, featuring a large number of languages and problems, centered around the concept of problem-based learning.

Author Biography

Vlad A. Neacșu

Vlad A. Neacșu participated twice in the International Linguistics Olympiad during highschool and immediately after joined the national committee of the Romanian Linguistics Olympiad. He created problems for many national Linguistics Olympiads (among which, Romania, Republic of Moldova, Hong Kong, China, India, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Japan), as well as for the Asia-Pacific Linguistics Olympiad.

He has the team leader and coach of team Hong Kong in the International Linguistics Olympiad for the past 4 years. In the individual contest, his students have achieved 2 gold medals (including one absolute gold medal), 5 silver medals, 2 bronze medals, as well as 5 best-solution prizes and one gold trophy for the highest average team score at the individual contest.

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Published

October 2, 2023
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Series

Textbooks in Language Sciences
Cite as
Neacșu, Vlad A. . Forthcoming. Linguistics Olympiad: Training guide. (Textbooks in Language Sciences). Berlin: Language Science Press.
Copyright (c) 2023 Vlad A. Neacșu

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