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The deadline for paper proposal to the EUROSEAS conference has been
extended to 30 December 2012. Notification of acceptance of papers
will be sent by January 10th.<br>
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Roman, Times, serif">Call for papers for Panel at 7th EUROSEAS
conference to be held in Lisbon on 2-5 July, 2013 <br>
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Panel 58 CHALLENGES TO (ENDANGERED) MINORITY LANGUAGES IN SE
ASIA<br>
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Abstract:<br>
Across Southeast Asia, especially since many nations gained
political independence in the post second world war period,
the languages of, generally speaking, the dominant ethnic
groups have tended to become superordinate in many respects
(as media of State education, broadcasting, the law, among the
others). This is the case of Malay and Indonesian, Khmer, Thai
and Vietnamese among the others. This panel examines the
effects of the rise of superordinate languages on minority
endangered languages such as language loss, borrowings as a
result of external influence, bilingualism, language policy
and its links with social position. Papers will deal with any
subfield of linguistics and different approaches and
persuasions on the minority languages of South East Asia that
are facing decline at an unprecedented speed and in particular
will report on what is being done in terms of documentation
and conservation.<br>
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Send an abstract of a maximum of 400 words by November 30th to the panel organizer:
Antonia Soriente
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Submitters of accepted papers will be notified by January 10th, 2013
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Antonia Soriente
Indonesian Language and Literature
Department of Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean
University of Naples 'l'Orientale'
Piazza San Domenico Maggiore
Napoli 80134 - Italy
email <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:asoriente@unior.it">asoriente@unior.it</a>
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Antonia Soriente
Indonesian Language and Literature
Department of Asia, Africa and the Mediterranean
University of Naples 'l'Orientale'
Piazza San Domenico Maggiore
Napoli 80134 - Italy
email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:asoriente@unior.it">asoriente@unior.it</a>
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