<div lang="x-unicode" class="moz-text-html"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';
text-decoration: none;">fwd from [linganth]<br />~~~<br />The
Foundation for Endangered Languages: Tenth Conference in association
with the
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India. 25-27 October
2006.<br /><br />Registration is now open, <br /><small>through
downloadable forms
which can be found at<br /></small></span><small><small><small><span
lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';
text-decoration: none;"><small><a href="http:///"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://</a></small></span></small></small></small><small><small><small><small><small><small><small><span
lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';
text-decoration: none;"></span></small></small></small></small><span
lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';
text-decoration: none;"><small><a href="http://www.ogmios.org/"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated">www.ogmios.org</a><br />and
at</small><br /><small><a
href="http://www.ciil.org/Main/Announcement/Abstracts/Registration.htm"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.ciil.org/Main/Announcement/Abstracts/Registration.htm</a><br
/></small></span></small></small></small>
<p style="text-align: justify;"
class="MsoNormal"><small><small><small><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';
text-decoration: none;"><small>For
most, there is <b>10% discount</b> for registration (with payment) <b>by
10
September</b>. <br /></small></span></small></small></small></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Details of the
programme,
including abstracts of accepted papers, <br />and the deal offered to
attendees,
including visits to linguistic sites at CIIL, and local excursions, can
found
at<br /><small><small><small><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;
font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: none;"><small><a
href="http://www.ciil.org/Main/Announcement/Abstracts"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.ciil.org/Main/Announcement/Abstracts</a><br
/></small></span></small></small></small></p>The
Foundation for Endangered Languages, in association with the Central
Institute
of Indian Languages, will hold its annual 2006 conference in India, home
of more
than a thousand languages and dialects, and a consciously multilingual
policy
stance by the Government of India. Although many of these languages
enjoy
political and economic patronage, others are struggling to survive.
Among these
strugglers are the languages of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where
communities are not only tiny, but also some of the most anciently
independent
tribes on the planet. The viability of many such small languages is
threatened.<br />
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">This year's conference
concerns
the effects of multilingualism on smaller languages. A crucial question
for this
conference is how far poorly-conceived language planning policies may
actually
contribute to environmental imbalance and instability, dangers that are
often
very little understood. As we understand the effort to revitalize
languages,
this is no more than the support they need to develop in the face of new
demands, including the increased bi- and multi-lingualism coming from
globalization, urbanization and language contact. </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">‘<b>Vital Voices’</b>
refers to
the growing awareness that the survival and development of endangered
languages
are necessary for humanity’s future, however endangered they may look
amidst the
statistics generated for policy in our globalized economy.<br /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">The programme will
include a
keynote lecture by Professor Lachman Khubchandani: <br /></p>
<div>LANGUAGES THREATENED IN A PLURAL FRAMEWORK: Dialectics of Speech
Variation
and Globalization<br /><br />Different sessions, with some 30 talks over
three days,
will focus on:
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Outlining the Danger<br
/>Development and
Changes<br />Effects of Contact<br />Roles for Religion<br />Literacy
Choices &
Documentation<br />Extreme Endangerment<o:p /><br />Majority-Minority
Relationships<br />Emerging Complexity<br />Cooperation with Neighbour
Languages<br />Community Response for Language Support<br
/></span></p></div>
<h2><span lang="EN-US">The Conference Venue</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The <b>Central Institute of
Indian
Languages</b>, Mysore, (CIIL) was set up by the Government of India in
July
1969. It is a large institute with seven regional centers spread all
over India,
and is engaged in research and training in Indian languages other than
English
and Hindi. It helps to evolve and implement India’s language policy and
coordinate the development of Indian languages.<b> Mysore </b>is a city
in the
Southern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Indian</span></a>
state of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Karnataka</span></a>.
The
former capital of the princely state of Mysore, ruled by the Wodeyar
dynasty
since the 14th century, it is now the administrative seat of <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore_District"><span style="color:
windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Mysore District</span></a>, the
second largest in Karnataka, 135 <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre"><span style="color:
windowtext; text-decoration: none;">km</span></a> from <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore"><span style="color:
windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Bangalore</span></a>, the state
capital. <span>The city is known for its palaces </span>and many other
attractions. One of these </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New
Roman';">is
the Brindavan Gardens laid out beside the Krishnarajasagar dam (19km),
particularly beautiful at night. There are also the Royal Palace, the
Chamundi
Hills, Srirangapatnam Temple, Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, Oriental
Research
Institute, and Museums of Folklore, and of Art and Archeology. The
conference
dates (25-27 October) will allow participants, if they wish, to witness
Diwali
(the festival of lights) on 23 October before coming to Mysore. A
language-related excursion is planned for 28-29 October after the
conference.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New
Roman';"><o:p /></span></p>
<h2><span lang="EN-US">Transport</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Bus</span></b><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">: Mysore has inter-city and
sub-urban
public bus transportation. <o:p /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Rail</span></b><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">: Mysore is connected to <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore"><span style="color:
windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Bangalore</span></a> to the
northeast via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandya"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Mandya</span></a>,
and to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Hassan</span></a> to
the
northwest, to <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamarajanagar"><span style="color:
windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Chamarajanagar</span></a> via
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjangud"><span style="color:
windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Nanjangud</span></a> to the
southeast.<o:p /></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Air</span></b><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">: The nearest accessible
airport is at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore"><span
style="color: windowtext; text-decoration:
none;">Bangalore</span></a>.<o:p /></span></p><br /></div><pre
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