Conference on endangered languages

[Harold F. Schiffman]

I am organizing a conference on language endangerment and language
ideology this week in Mülheim (Germany). Maybe the programme and the
abstracts of the presentations are of intersts for the reader of the LG
Policy list. Best regards

Patrick Heinrich

Babel in reverse? Language Ideology in the 21st century

To be convened at "die Wolfsburg" in Mülheim (Germany)

Tuesday 20 February 2007

10:00-10:55       Peter Mühlhäusler (Adelaide University)

How can dominated languages be marketed? With special reference to Norf'k
(Norfolk Island, South Pacific

11:00-11:55       Bernard Spolsky (Bar-Illan University)

The prediction of natural intergenerational language transmission: a model
and some cases

13:00-13:55       Sue Wright (Portsmouth University)

New rights for regional languages - the case of Occitan and its neighbours

14:00-14:55       Masahide Ishihara (University of the Ryukyus)

Can Kutuba no hi be a savior for Okinawan languages?

15:30-16:25       Colin Williams (Cardiff University)

When Mandarin gates yield

16:30-17:30       Tessa Carroll (Stirling University)

Saving a precious cultural heritage symbol of Scotland? Or waste of money?
Current attitudes to Gaelic language policy in Scotland

Wednesday 21 February 2007

09:00-09:55       Tjeerd de Graaf (Fryske Akademy)

Endangered languages and endangered archives in the Russian Federation

10:00-10:55       Shinsho Miyara (University of the Ryukyus)

Training teachers for Okinawan language revitalization

11:00-11:55       Patrick Heinrich (University Duisburg Essen)

Language endangerment in the Ryukyu Islands - where exactly is the threat?

13:00-13:55       Noriko Watanabe (City University of New York)

Envisioning individual identity in Japan: language policies, ideology and orthography

14:00-14:55       Bairon Fija (Radio Okinawa):

Redefining Uchina history

Thursday 22 February 2007

09:00-09:55       Henning Klöter (Leiden University)

The reshuffling of Taiwan's linguistic hierarchy: purpose, strategies, and effects

10:00-10:55       Shin Matsuo (Tunghai University)

Language choices and language attitudes in Taiwan

11:00-11:55       Yuko Sugita (University Duisburg Essen)

Some suggestions for language documentation from the viewpoint
interactional linguistics

13:00-13:55       Suhua Hu (Central University for Nationalities Beijing)

Domains of Yi language in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture

14:00-14:55       Hongkai Sun (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

Applying the UNESCO criteria for assessing language endangerment to PR China's minority languages



Abstracts of the presentations are here:

http://www.uni-due.de/japan/abs_babel.shtml

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