Conference: GURT 2006 - special session(s) on endangered/minority languages

[Scott G. McGINNIS]

Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and 
Linguistics 2006

Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties:
Defining, Documenting, and Developing

March 3-5, 2006
Washington, DC

Co-organizers: Kendall King & Natalie Schilling-Estes 
Georgetown University Linguistics Department


The Faculty of Languages and Linguistics at Georgetown 
University is pleased to announce the 2006 Georgetown 
University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT). 
The theme of this year’s conference is  ‘Endangered and 
Minority Languages and Language Varieties: Defining, 
Documenting and Developing’. GURT will take place on the 
campus of Georgetown University in Washington, DC, March 3-5.

Confirmed plenary speakers include Nancy Hornberger, William 
Labov, Suzanne Romaine, Elana Shohamy, and Walt Wolfram. The 
conference will also feature symposia organized by Joy 
Kreeft Peyton, Ofelia Garcia, Teresa McCarty, Leena Huss & 
Pia Lane, and Cristina Sanz.

For more details about the conference, please visit our 
website at http://www.georgetown.edu/events/gurt/2006/