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<div>Dear Endangered Languages Folks:</div>
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<div>I would like to draw your attention to the following
conference:</div>
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</font><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><b>Conference on Endangered
Languages and Cultures of Native America<br>
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Call for Papers<br>
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<b>Call Deadline: Jan 14, 2005<br>
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</b>The CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF NATIVE
AMERICA (1st annual CELCNA meeting) will be held April 8-9, 2005, on
the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah.<br>
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The sponsors of this conference are: (1) Center for American Indian
Languages (CAIL), University of Utah, (2) Department of Anthropology,
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, (3)
Department of Linguistics, U of Utah and (4) College of Humanities, U
of Utah. <br>
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The keynote speaker will be Dr. Leanne Hinton (Chair, Dept of
Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley). <br>
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We invite papers dealing with any aspect of endangered Native American
languages, in particular on documentation or revitalization.
Papers are 20 minutes each in length, with an additional 10 minutes
for discussion. ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED by Jan 14, 2005. The
program committee will attempt to provide notification of acceptance
by Jan. 21 (by e-mail).<br>
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Abstract submission guidelines:<br>
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</font><font face="Symbol" color="#000000">…</font><font
face="Arial" color="#000000"> The abstract should be no more than 500
words in length. It should include the title of the paper and
the name (or names) of the author/authors, together with the
author's/authors' affiliation. (If the paper is accepted, this
abstract will be reproduced in conference materials to be distributed
to other participants.)<br>
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</font><font face="Symbol" color="#000000">…</font><font
face="Arial" color="#000000"> Abstracts must be submitted
electronically. Submissions should be in Microsoft Word
document, Rich Text Format (RTF), or Portable Document Format (PDF).
If possible, avoid special fonts (or arrange with the organizers so
they can be read).<br>
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</font><font face="Symbol" color="#000000">…</font><font
face="Arial" color="#000000"> Please include in addition to your
abstract appropriate contact details, which include: contact
author's name, e-mail address for the period of time from January to
April 2005, and a telephone contact number.<br>
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</font><font face="Symbol" color="#000000">…</font><font
face="Arial" color="#000000"> More than one abstract may be submitted
per person; however, only one paper per person will be accepted for
presentation. (The only exception may be in instances where at
least one of the papers has multiple authors.)<br>
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face="Arial" color="#000000"> Address abstracts to:
lyle.campbell@linguistics.utah.edu (Lyle Campbell), no later than Jan.
14, 2005. <br>
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Additional information on CELCNA will be posted on
www.hum.utah.edu/linguistics. Address enquiries for further
information to:<br>
Phatmandu7@aol.com (Jen Mitchell), or julialice@yahoo.com (Julia
Pratt)<br>
If you need further information not easily arranged via e-mail, please
call: Tel. 801-581-8047 (Julia Pratt), or 801-585-9785 (Linguistics
Dept.), during business hours (Mountain Standard Time), or Fax
801-585-7351.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Pre-conference event:
For those interested, the Fourth Annual University of Utah Student
Conference in Linguistics takes place immediately before the CELCNA
meeting, on April 7. Leanne Hinton is the keynote speaker for
this conference, also, which is a separate and independent meeting.
(Additional information will be posted on
www.hum.utah.edu/linguistics.)</font><br>
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<div>Many thanks,</div>
<div>Lyle</div>
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Dr. Lyle Campbell,<br>
Professor of Linguistics, Director of the Center for American Indian
Languages<br>
Dept. of Linguistics, University of Utah, 255 S. Central Campus Drive,
Salt Lake City,<br>
Utah 84112-0492 Tel. 801-581-3441 (office), 801-585-9785
(Linguistics Dept.),<br>
Fax 801-585-7351</div>
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