<p align="left"><font size="2">The
<b>1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC) </b>
will be held at the <a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org/about-cc.asp" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://manoa.hawaii.edu/" target="_blank">University of Hawai'i at Manoa</a> , from <b>March
12th-14th, 2009</b>. There will also be an
optional opportunity to visit Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawai'i, in
an extension of the conference that will focus on the Hawaiian language
revitalization program, <b>March 16th-17th.</b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2">It
has been a decade since Himmelmann's article on language documentation
appeared and focused the field into thinking in terms of creating a
lasting record of a language that could be used by speakers as well as
by academics. This conference aims to assess what has been achieved in
the past decade and what the practice of language documentation within
linguistics has been and can be. It has become apparent that there is
too much for a linguist alone to achieve and that language
documentation requires collaboration. This conference will focus on the
theme of collaboration in language documentation and revitalization and
will include sessions on interdisciplinary topics. </font></p>
<h1 align="left"><font size="2">Plenary
speakers include: </font></h1>
<p align="left"><font size="2">Nikolaus Himmelmann,
University of Münster <br>
Leanne Hinton, UC Berkeley <br>
Paul Newman, Indiana University, University of Michigan <br>
Phil Cash Cash, University of Arizona</font></p><h1 align="left"><font size="2">Topics </font></h1>
<p align="left"><font size="2">We welcome abstracts
on the issue of a retrospective on language documentation–an
assessment after a decade, and on topics related to collaborative language
documentation and conservation which may include: </font></p>
<ul><li>
<div align="left"><font size="2">Community-based documentation/conservation
initiatives </font></div>
</li><li>
<div align="left"><font size="2">Issues in building language documentation
in collaborative teams </font></div>
</li><li>
<div align="left"><font size="2">Interdisciplinary fieldwork</font></div>
</li><li>
<div align="left"><font size="2">Collaboration
for mobilization of language data </font></div>
</li><li>
<div align="left"><font size="2">Technology in documentation – methods
and pitfalls </font></div>
</li><li>
<div align="left"><font size="2">Graduate students
and documentation </font></div>
</li><li>
<div align="left"><font size="2">Topics in areal language documentation</font></div>
</li><li>
<div align="left"><font size="2">Training in documentation methods – beyond the university</font></div>
</li><li>
<div align="left"><font size="2">Teaching/learning small languages</font></div>
</li><li>
<div align="left"><font size="2">Language revitalization</font></div>
</li><li>
<div align="left"><font size="2">Language archiving</font></div>
</li></ul>
<p align="left"><font size="2">This is not an exhaustive list and individual
papers and/or colloquia on topics outside these remits are warmly welcomed.</font></p>
<h1 align="left"><font size="2">Abstract submission</font></h1>
<p align="left"><font size="2">Abstracts should be submitted in English,
but presentations can be in any language. We particularly welcome presentations
in languages of the region. </font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2"><b>Abstracts are due by September 15th, 2008, with notification of acceptance
by October 17th, 2008. <br>
Abstracts will be submitted online via the conference webpage (available July 2008).</b> <br>
We ask for <b>abstracts of 400 words</b> for online publication so that conference
participants can have a good idea of the content of your paper and a <b>50 word summary</b> for inclusion in the conference program. </font></p>
<p align="left"><font size="2">Selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit to the
journal <i><a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/" target="_blank">Language Documentation & Conservation</a></i> for publication.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: Tahoma;"><font size="2">Further details will be published on the conference website: <a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09" target="_blank">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09</a><br>
</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: Tahoma;"><font size="2">Enquiries to: <a href="mailto:ICLDC@hawaii.edu" target="_blank">ICLDC@hawaii.edu</a> </font></p>
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