CFP: Conference on Endangered Languages/Cultures of Native America -- DEADLINE 16 JANUARY

[Scott G. McGINNIS]

Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native 
America Short Title: CELCNA

Date: 31-Mar-2006 - 02-Apr-2006
Location: Salt Lake City, USA
Contact Person: Zeb Pischnotte
Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: 
http://www.cail.utah.edu

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied 
Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Description

Call Deadline: 16-Jan-2006

CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF NATIVE 
AMERICA

Dates: The Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures 
of Native America (2nd annual CELCNA conference) will be 
held March 31-April 2, 2006, on the University of Utah 
campus in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Deadline: ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED by Jan. 16, 2006. The 
program committee will attempt to provide notification of 
acceptance by Jan. 30 (by e-mail).

Keynote speaker: Victor Golla.

Call for papers: We invite papers dealing with any aspect of 
endangered Native American languages, in particular on 
documentation or revitalization. Native American 
participants are especially invited.
Papers are 20 minutes each in length, with an additional 10 
minutes for discussion.

Features to note:

Session in Spanish (ponencias en espaol): One session will 
be set aside on Sunday morning, April 2, for papers in 
Spanish. Abstracts in Spanish (or
English) can be submitted for consideration for this 
session. (Due to popular demand.)

Posters: Abstracts are also invited for the poster session. 
This can include also demonstration of tools and toys for 
language documentation.

Forum discussions: The program will include open discussion 
sessions dedicated to: (1) Discussion of training for 
documentation of endangered languages, and employment 
considerations for students dedicated to work with 
endangered languages. (2) Databasing and aids for language 
documentation. (3) Open forum to address matters that arise 
during the conference.

Abstract submission guidelines:

- 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.)

- Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail. 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).

- Please include with your abstract appropriate contact 
details, which
include: contact author's name, e-mail address for the 
period of time from January to April 2006, and a telephone 
contact number.

- Only one abstract per person may be submitted. (The only 
exception may be in instances where at least one of the 
papers has multiple authors.)

- Address: Please send abstracts to: 
lyle.campbelllinguistics.utah.edu (by Jan. 16, 2006).

Accommodations: University Guest House, the official 
conference hotel - 100 yards from the meeting venue 
(Officers' Club) and CAIL (Center for American Indian 
Languages). To book accommodations, please contact the Guest 
House directly (mention CELCNA for the conference booking):

University Guest House University of Utah 110 South Fort 
Douglas Blvd.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84113-5036
Toll free: 1-888-416-4075 (or 801-587-1000), Fax 801-587-
1001 Website http://www.guesthouse.utah.edu (Please make 
reservations early, since rooms will be held for the 
conference only until early March.)

Sponsors: The sponsors of this conference are: (1) Center 
for American Indian Languages (CAIL), University of Utah, 
(2) Smithsonian Institution Department of Anthropology of 
the National Museum of Natural History, (3) Department of 
Linguistics, U of Utah and (4) College of Humanities, 
University of Utah.

Registration fee: $35 (students $20) [to cover cost of 
rooms, refreshments]

Additional information: for further information contact: Zeb 
Pischnotte z.pischnotteutah.edu, or for particular 
questions, write to Lyle Campbell at 
lyle.campbelllinguistics.utah.edu. If you need information 
not easily arranged via e-mail, please call: Tel. 801-587-
0720 or 801-581-3441 during business hours (Mountain 
Standard Time), or Fax 801-585-7351.

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