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{{Short description|French multidisciplinary research organization}}
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'''LACITO''' (''Laboratoire des langues et civilisations à tradition orale'') is a primarily [[Francophone]] multidisciplinary research organisation principally dedicated to the study of [[culture]]s and [[language]]s of [[oral tradition]].
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'''LACITO''' ('''''La'''ngues et '''Ci'''vilisations à '''T'''radition '''O'''rale'') is a multidisciplinary research organisation, principally devoted to the study of [[culture]]s and [[language]]s of [[oral tradition]].

LACITO is a branch of the [[Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique]] (CNRS), the principal network of researchers in [[France]]. It is thus occasionally referred to as ''LACITO–CNRS'' or ''CNRS–LACITO''.

==Scientific activities==
Created in 1976 by [[André-Georges Haudricourt]], LACITO is specialized in the [[Linguistic description|description]], [[Language documentation|documentation]] and analysis of [[endangered languages|under-documented languages]] of the world. The members of LACITO are [[linguist]]s and [[Linguistic anthropology|linguistic anthropologists]].

The main perspective adopted by LACITO’s researchers is that of [[language typology]], as [[grammar|linguistic structures]] are compared in search of [[language universals|universals]], yet with special attention to their [[Linguistic diversity|diversity]]. Besides language documentation and grammatical description, research at LACITO also includes [[historical linguistics]], [[lexicography]], [[psycholinguistics]], [[sociolinguistics]], [[linguistic anthropology]], [[Oral literature|verbal art]] and [[cultural diversity]].

An important contribution of LACITO is the ''[[Pangloss Collection]]'', for the preservation of valuable [[Archiving|audio archives]] in the world's [[endangered languages]].

==Language expertise==
[[File:Human_Language_Families_Map.PNG|thumb|380px|The world's [[List of language families|language families]].]]
Linguistic research at LACITO involves [[fieldwork]] in various [[language families]], including:<ref>See a comprehensive list on [http://lacito.cnrs.fr/ALC/listeparfamille_en.htm LACITO's homepage], and [https://lacito.hypotheses.org/language-map the map of languages studied at LACITO].</ref>
{{columns-list |
*[[Otomanguean]]
*[[Eskimo–Aleut languages|Eskimo–Aleut]]
*[[Finno-Ugric languages|Finno-Ugric]]
*[[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] <small>([[Romance languages|Romance]],<br/>[[Slavic languages|Slavic]], {{nowrap|[[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]}}…)</small>
*[[Languages of the Caucasus|Caucasian languages]] <small>({{nowrap|[[Nakh-Daghestanian]]}}, [[Kartvelian languages|Kartvelian]])</small>
*[[Afro-Asiatic]] <small>([[Semitic languages|Semitic]], [[Berber languages|Berber]])</small>
*[[Nilo-Saharan]]
*{{nowrap|[[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]]}}
*[[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]]
*{{nowrap|[[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]]}}, {{nowrap|[[Tibeto-Burman]]}}
*[[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic]], {{nowrap|[[Mon-Khmer languages|Mon-Khmer]]}}
*[[Austronesian languages|Austronesian]], [[Oceanic languages|Oceanic]].
}}

==Domains of research==
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*[[Linguistic description|Descriptive linguistics]]
*[[Language documentation]]
*[[Phonology]], [[morphosyntax]], [[semantics]]
*[[Language typology]]
*[[Historical linguistics|Historical]] and [[comparative linguistics]]
*[[Linguistic anthropology]]
*[[Oral literature]] and [[folklore]]
}}

==Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://lacito.cnrs.fr/index_en.htm Homepage of LACITO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206175746/https://lacito.cnrs.fr/index_en.htm |date=2021-12-06 }}.
* {{fr icon}} [http://lacito.vjf.cnrs.fr/ LACITO website]
*[https://lacito.hypotheses.org/language-map Map of languages studied at LACITO]
*[http://lacito.cnrs.fr/pratique/structure_admin_en.htm ''Who’s who'' at LACITO]
*[https://lacito.hypotheses.org/ ''Les Carnets du LACITO''] (LACITO's blog)
*[https://pangloss.cnrs.fr/?lang=en Homepage of the ''Pangloss Collection'']

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Latest revision as of 22:58, 10 April 2024

LACITO – C.N.R.S.
Langues et Civilisations à Tradition Orale
TypePublic
Established1976
AffiliationCNRS
DirectorLameen Souag
Academic staff
24
Administrative staff
5
15
Location
Villejuif
,
Ile-de-France
,
France
Websitehttp://lacito.cnrs.fr

LACITO (Langues et Civilisations à Tradition Orale) is a multidisciplinary research organisation, principally devoted to the study of cultures and languages of oral tradition.

LACITO is a branch of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the principal network of researchers in France. It is thus occasionally referred to as LACITO–CNRS or CNRS–LACITO.

Scientific activities

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Created in 1976 by André-Georges Haudricourt, LACITO is specialized in the description, documentation and analysis of under-documented languages of the world. The members of LACITO are linguists and linguistic anthropologists.

The main perspective adopted by LACITO’s researchers is that of language typology, as linguistic structures are compared in search of universals, yet with special attention to their diversity. Besides language documentation and grammatical description, research at LACITO also includes historical linguistics, lexicography, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, verbal art and cultural diversity.

An important contribution of LACITO is the Pangloss Collection, for the preservation of valuable audio archives in the world's endangered languages.

Language expertise

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The world's language families.

Linguistic research at LACITO involves fieldwork in various language families, including:[1]

Domains of research

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Notes

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  1. ^ See a comprehensive list on LACITO's homepage, and the map of languages studied at LACITO.
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