1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation:<br><div class="gmail_quote">
Supporting Small Languages Together. Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 12-14, 2009<br>
<a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09" target="_blank">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09</a><br>
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The 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and<br>
Conservation (ICLDC) will be held at the Hawaii Imin International<br>
Conference Center, on the east side of the University of Hawaii at Manoa<br>
campus, from March 12th-14th, 2009. There will also be an optional<br>
opportunity to visit Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawai'i, in an extension<br>
of the conference that will focus on the Hawaiian language revitalization<br>
program, March 16th-17th.<br>
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It has been a decade since Himmelmann's article on language documentation<br>
appeared and focused the field into thinking in terms of creating a<br>
lasting record of a language that could be used by speakers as well as by<br>
academics. This conference aims to assess what has been achieved in the<br>
past decade and what the practice of language documentation within<br>
linguistics has been and can be. It has become apparent that there is too<br>
much for a linguist alone to achieve and that language documentation<br>
requires collaboration. This conference will focus on the theme of<br>
collaboration in language documentation and revitalization and will<br>
include sessions on interdisciplinary topics.<br>
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TOPICS<br>
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We welcome abstracts on the issue of a retrospective on language<br>
documentation - an assessment after a decade, and on topics related to<br>
collaborative language documentation and conservation which may include:<br>
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- Community-based documentation/conservation initiatives<br>
- Community viewpoints on documentation<br>
- Issues in building language documentation in collaborative teams<br>
- Interdisciplinary fieldwork<br>
- Collaboration for mobilization of language data<br>
- Technology in documentation - methods and pitfalls<br>
- Graduate students and documentation<br>
- Topics in areal language documentation<br>
- Training in documentation methods - beyond the university<br>
- Teaching/learning small languages<br>
- Language revitalization<br>
- Language archiving<br>
- Balancing documentation and language learning<br>
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This is not an exhaustive list and individual papers and/or colloquia on<br>
topics outside these remits are warmly welcomed.<br>
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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION<br>
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Abstracts should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any<br>
language. We particularly welcome presentations in languages of the<br>
region.<br>
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ABSTRACTS ARE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 15th, 2008 with notification of acceptance<br>
by October 17th 2008.<br>
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Abstracts will be SUBMITTED ONLINE via the conference webpage (available<br>
July 2008).<br>
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We ask for ABSTRACTS OF 400 WORDS for online publication so that<br>
conference participants can have a good idea of the content of your paper<br>
and a 50 WORD SUMMARY for inclusion in the conference program.<br>
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Selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit to the<br>
journal Language Documentation & Conservation for publication.<br>
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PRESENTATION FORMATS<br>
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PAPERS will be allowed 20 minutes with 10 minutes of question time.<br>
POSTERS will be on display throughout the conference. Poster presentations<br>
will run during the lunch breaks.<br>
COLLOQUIA (themed sets of sessions) associated with the theme of the<br>
conference are also welcome.<br>
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PLENARY SPEAKERS include:<br>
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* Nikolaus Himmelmann, University of Munster<br>
* Leanne Hinton, UC Berkeley<br>
* Paul Newman, Indiana University, University of Michigan<br>
* Phil Cash Cash, University of Arizona<br>
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE<br>
Helen Aristar-Dry (LinguistList, Eastern Michigan University)<br>
Peter Austin (SOAS)<br>
Linda Barwick (Music, University of Sydney)<br>
Phil Cash Cash (University of Arizona)<br>
Nicholas Evans (Linguistics, Australian National University)<br>
Margaret Florey (Linguistics, Monash University)<br>
Carol Genetti (Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara)<br>
Spike Gildea (University of Oregon)<br>
Colette Grinevald (University of Lyon)<br>
Nikolaus Himmelmann (Institut fur Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft<br>
Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster)<br>
Leanne Hinton (UC Berkeley)<br>
Gary Holton (Alaska Native Language Center)<br>
Anna Margetts (Linguistics, Monash University)<br>
Will McClatchey (Botany, University of Hawai'i)<br>
Claire Moyse-Faurie (LACITO, CNRS)<br>
Ulrike Mosel (Seminar fur Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Universitat Kiel)<br>
Paul Newman (Indiana University, University of Michigan)<br>
Yuko Otsuka (Linguistics, University of Hawai'i)<br>
Keren D. Rice (University of Toronto)<br>
Norvin Richards (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)<br>
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Further details will be published on the conference website:<br>
<a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09" target="_blank">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09</a><br>
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Enquiries to: <a href="mailto:ICLDC@hawaii.edu" target="_blank">ICLDC@hawaii.edu</a><br>
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