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                                          <br>
                                        </b>CALL FOR ABSTRACTS<br>
                                        <b>Deadline: May 31st, 2013</b><br>
                                        <br>
                                        INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
                                        ENDANGERED LANGUAGES IN EUROPE<br>
                                        <br>
                                        <span
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                                          lang="EN-US">DATE AND VENUE<o:p></o:p></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><br>
                                          October 17-18th, 2013 |
                                          Interdisciplinary Centre for
                                          Social and Language
                                          Documentation (CIDLeS), Minde,
                                          Portugal <o:p></o:p></span><span
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                                          <br>
                                          Website: <a
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                                            href="http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/">http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/</a>
                                          <o:p></o:p></span><span
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                                          </o:p></span>ABOUT THE
                                        CONFERENCE <span
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                                          The Interdisciplinary Centre
                                          for Social and Language
                                          Documentation (CIDLeS)
                                          cordially invites scholars
                                          working on endangered
                                          languages in Europe and on
                                          Language Documentation to join
                                          us at the International
                                          Conference on Endangered
                                          Languages in Europe. The 2-day
                                          International Conference aims
                                          to improve the discussion
                                          about linguistic diversity in
                                          Europe and to provide an
                                          interdisciplinary forum in
                                          which scholars from Language
                                          Documentation, Language
                                          Technology and others working
                                          on European endangered
                                          languages can exchange ideas
                                          and techniques on language
                                          documentation, archiving, and
                                          revitalization and to reflect
                                          on language policy issues. The
                                          second day of the Conference
                                          will have two special panels:
                                          one focussing on the
                                          endangered languages in the
                                          Iberian Peninsula and another
                                          one, a round table, dedicated
                                          to the theme "new speakers of
                                          minority/endangered
                                          languages".<span
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                                          The Conference is organized by
                                          the Interdisciplinary Centre
                                          for Social and Language
                                          Documentation in Minde,
                                          Portugal. <o:p></o:p></span><span
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                                          The Conference will include a
                                          broad socio-cultural program
                                          related to the theme
                                          “Endangered Languages in
                                          Europe” with the aim of
                                          promoting intercultural
                                          exchange and reinforcing the
                                          relationship between linguists
                                          and language communities. On
                                          the 18th and 19<sup>th</sup>
                                          of October 2013 a “Language
                                          Fair” will take place (</span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><span
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                                            lang="EN-US"><a
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href="http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/language-fair/">http://www.cidles.eu/events/conference-ele-2013/language-fair/</a>)</span>,
                                          in which several members of
                                          endangered/minority language
                                          communities in Europe will
                                          present their languages and
                                          cultures through exhibitions
                                          and cultural events (music,
                                          theatre, movies, etc.). On the
                                          evenings of 18th and 19th
                                          October there will be an
                                          “Endangered Languages Music
                                          Festival”. <o:p></o:p></span>
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                                        <span
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                                          lang="EN-US">PLENARY SPEAKERS<o:p></o:p></span><span
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                                          Ulrike Mosel (University of
                                          Kiel)<o:p></o:p></span><span
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                                          Mandana Seyfeddinipur (School
                                          of Oriental and African
                                          Studies)</span><span
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                                          Sebastian Drude (</span>Max
                                        Planck Institute for
                                        Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen)<span
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                                          Fernando Ramallo (University
                                          of Vigo)</span><span
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                                          </o:p></span><span
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                                          lang="EN-US">SCIENTIFIC
                                          COMMITTEE</span><span
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                                        <span
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                                          Endruschat (University of
                                          Regensburg)</span><span
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                                          Michael Cysouw (University of
                                          Marburg)</span><span
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                                          Frank Seifart (Max Planck
                                          Institute for Evolutionary
                                          Anthropology Leipzig)</span><span
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                                          Wolfgang Schulze (University
                                          of Munich) </span><span
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                                          Xosé Afonso Álvarez </span><span
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                                          of Lisbon) </span><span
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                                          Lachlan Mackenzie<span
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                                          Lisbon)</span><span
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                                          Johannes Helmbrecht
                                          (University of Regensburg)</span><span
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                                          Peter-Arnold Mumm (University
                                          of Munich) </span><span
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                                          Nikolaus Himmelmann
                                          (University of Cologne) </span><span
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                                          Geoffrey Haig (University of
                                          Bamberg)</span><span
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                                          ORGANIZING COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span><br>
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                                          Peter Bouda</span><span
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                                          António Lopes</span><span
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                                          Francisco Vicente</span><span
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                                          Rita Pedro<o:p></o:p></span><span
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                                          Ingrid Scholz<br>
                                          Paulo Vicente</span><span
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                                            lang="EN-US">CALL FOR
                                            ABSTRACTS <o:p></o:p></span><span
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                                            Abstracts are invited for
                                            papers on the following
                                            areas:<o:p></o:p></span> </p>
                                        <ul>
                                          <li><span
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                                              lang="EN-US"><span
                                                style="mso-list:Ignore"><span
                                                  style="font:7.0pt
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                                                  Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">European endangered
                                              language varieties<o:p></o:p></span></li>
                                          <li><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><span
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style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Endangered languages in the
                                              Iberian Peninsula<o:p></o:p></span></li>
                                          <li><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><span
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style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Language Documentation<o:p></o:p></span></li>
                                          <li><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><span
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style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Language Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></li>
                                          <li><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><span
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                                                  style="font:7.0pt
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style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Archiving<o:p></o:p></span></li>
                                          <li><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><span
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style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Revitalization<o:p></o:p></span></li>
                                          <li><span
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style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Multilingualism</span></li>
                                          <li><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><span
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style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">New speakers<o:p></o:p></span></li>
                                          <li><span
style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
                                              lang="EN-US"><span
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style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Language policy<o:p></o:p></span><o:p>
                                              <br>
                                            </o:p></li>
                                        </ul>
                                        <span
                                          style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
                                          lang="EN-US">The abstracts
                                          should be no longer than a
                                          DIN-A4 page, with references.
                                          Please send your abstract to<o:p></o:p></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><br>
                                        <span
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                                          lang="EN-US"><o:p><span
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                                                href="mailto:ele2013@cidles.eu"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">ele2013@cidles.eu</span></a></span>.
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                                          </o:p></span><br>
                                        IMPORTANT DATES <br>
                                        Deadline for abstract
                                        submissions:<b> May 31</b><b><sup>st</sup></b><b>,
                                          2013 </b><br>
                                        Notification of acceptance: July
                                        15<sup>th</sup>, 2013 <br>
                                        Deadline for submission of paper
                                        end version: September 15<sup>th</sup>,
                                        2013 <span
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                                          lang="EN-US"><br>
                                          Early registration: April 1<sup>st</sup>
                                          – August 30th, 2013<o:p></o:p></span><br>
                                        Registration deadline: October
                                        10th, 2013 <span
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                                          lang="EN-US"><br>
                                          <br>
                                          Event Dates: </span>
                                        <ul>
                                          <li><span
                                              style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"
                                              lang="EN-US">Conference:
                                              October 17<sup>th</sup>-18<sup>th</sup>,
                                              2013<o:p></o:p></span></li>
                                          <li><span
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mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><span
                                                style="mso-list: Ignore"><span
                                                  style="font:7.0pt
                                                  "Times New
                                                  Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Language Fair: October 19<sup>th</sup>,
                                              2013<o:p></o:p></span></li>
                                          <li><span
                                              style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;
mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><span
                                                style="mso-list: Ignore"><span
                                                  style="font:7.0pt
                                                  "Times New
                                                  Roman""> </span></span></span><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Endangered Languages Music
                                              Festival: October 18<sup>th</sup>-19<sup>th</sup>,
                                              2013</span></li>
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                                          Registration: <a
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href="http://ele2013.eventbrite.com/">http://ele2013.eventbrite.com/</a><br>
                                        </p>
                                        <p>For more information please
                                          contact <span
                                            style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
                                            New
                                            Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal;mso-ansi-language:DE;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:HI"><a
                                              moz-do-not-send="true"
                                              href="mailto:ele2013@cidles.eu"><span
style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">ele2013@cidles.eu</span></a></span>.<br>
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