[lg policy] Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America

[Harold Schiffman]

Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America


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

Date: 22-Apr-2011 - 23-Apr-2011
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Contact Person: Jennifer Mitchell
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.cail.utah.edu/?pageId=1049

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Documentation;
Sociolinguistics

Other Specialty: Amerindian Languages

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2011

Meeting Description:

The 7th annual Conference on the Endangered Languages and Cultures of
Native America is sponsored by the Center for American Indian
Languages (CAIL) and the Smithsonian. Presentations of research on any
aspect of American Indian languages are invited.

Call for Papers:

Abstracts deadline: Jan. 15, 2011

Sponsors:
Smithsonian Institution, College of Humanities, and CAIL (Center for
American Indian Languages, University of Utah)

Keynote speaker:
Dr. Jane Hill, University of Arizona

Call for papers:
Presentations are invited on any aspect of American Indian languages,
including language documentation and description; language
revitalization; historical linguistics; theoretical implications of
minority languages; anthropological linguistics; sociolinguistics;
text collection and analysis; phonetics and phonology, morphology,
syntax, and semantics. American Indian participants are especially
invited and encouraged to attend. For more information about the
conference and to register visit the conference web page at
www.cail.utah.edu and click on the CELCNA link.

Abstracts are invited for:
(a) 20-minute papers or
(b) posters.
Please indicate your preference with your abstract. Papers and posters
can be presented in English or Spanish.

Deadline for Abstracts: Jan. 15, 2011.
The Program Committee will announce results about Feb. 5.

Abstract Guidelines:
Abstracts, no longer than one page including references, should
include paper title, name of author(s), affiliation. Abstracts will be
submitted on line through the LINGUIST List's conference support
facility. To submit an abstract, please go to
http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/CELCNA2011 .

Teacher Workshop:
A concurrent workshop entitled Teaching beginning students how to
speak their ancestral language will be held on Friday April, 22nd
organized by Marianna DiPaolo of the University of Utah. Participation
for this workshop requires pre-registration; available on the
conference website: www.cail.utah.edu

Special Session on Community Language Programs: A special concurrent
session concentrating on revitalization programs, language classes,
technology, orthography, and other community issues will be held on
Saturday April 23rd. Authors should indicate if their preference is to
present their paper at this session or the main session.

Registration:
Pre-registration is available at the conference web page before April
11th: $70 for conference participants (students $35) (tribal elders,
no cost). This is used to cover the cost of conference rooms,
refreshments and dinner on Friday evening. Registration after April
8th or at the conference is $80 for nonstudents and $40 for students.
Registration is available on the conference website: www.cail.utah.edu

Archive of Proceedings:
Papers delivered at the conference are eligible to be included in the
proceedings of the conference, archived on the website for the Center
for American Indian Languages. Finished papers must be received no
later than two weeks after the conference to be included in the
conference proceedings.

Accommodations:
University Guest House - 100 yards from the meeting venue (Officers'
Club) and from CAIL. To book accommodations, contact the Guest House
directly (mention CELCNA):

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 www.guesthouse.utah.edu
(Please make reservations early; rooms will be held for the conference
only until early March.)

Additional information:
Contact Jennifer Mitchell gmail.com>. If you need information not
easily arranged via e-mail, please call: Tel. 801-587-0720 during
business hours.

http://linguistlist.org/issues/21/21-4887.html

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