Here is the team of local organizers: Rusudan Asatiani, Marine Ivanishvili, Anna Kolkhidashvili, Ivane Lejava (all Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University), Gia Lobjanidze, Nino Bezarashvili, Valeri Oriashvili (from Lagodekhi).

Thanks for all you have already done and will be doing during the school.

Here is some relevant information regarding onsite facilities:

1. there will be free Internet (Wifi) in the hotel and classrooms
2. there will be cheap xerox available (0,02E / page)
3. free tea & coffee all day long
4. football and basketball fields available, also a pool table
5. there is a river right next to the hotel that is big enough for swimming

Next thing to come up is the timetable – keep tuned.

The last bit of travel indication is now available on the FAQ page: how to get from the (mini-)bus station to the (football) hotel in Lagodekhi.

The last phonology abstract is now online on the classes page.

Just uploaded my own course abstract (also available from classes page).

The FAQ is now online, providing practical information: visa, travel, accommodation.

[there is only one piece missing, the description of the way from the arrival of the mini-buses in Lagodekhi to the hotel. To be completed soon…]

Unfortunately, Marc van Oostendorp won’t be able to make it to Lagedekhi. I have thus removed the classes he announced.

Sorry about that.

Most courses in phonology this year address a specific topic:

The arbitrariness of the relationship between phonology and phonetics

Here is a short description.

All phonology class titles (and teachers) are now online: check the Classes EGG16 page.

The two abstracts (including reading hints) of Noam Faust’s classes are also online, on the same page.

Stay tuned, more abstracts to come.