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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> O'Rourke, Bernadette M A [mailto:<a href="mailto:B.M.A.O%27Rourke@hw.ac.uk" target="_blank">B.M.A.O'Rourke@hw.ac.uk</a>] <br>
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<b>Sent:</b> 19 Nollaig 2011 11:05<br></div><div><b>Subject:</b> RE: New Speakers of Minority Languages </div></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dear all,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please find attached information on the New Speakers of Minority Languages Symposium. Please forward this information to others who are working in this area and who may be interested in participating in the event.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best for now,</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Bernie</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:26pt;color:black">New Speakers of Minority Languages: A Dialogue<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:16pt;color:black">Venue: Celtic and Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">
<span style="font-size:16pt;color:blue"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:16pt;color:black">Friday 30<sup>th</sup> – Saturday 31<sup>st</sup> March 2012<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black">Confirmed Keynote Speakers<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">
<span style="font-size:14pt;color:blue"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black">Professor Alexandra Jaffe<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">
<span style="font-size:14pt;color:blue"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black">Professor Alan Davies<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">
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<span style="font-size:13pt;color:blue"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16pt;color:black">This is a one and half day event hosted by Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh. The aim of the Symposium is to bring together scholars working on “new speakers” of minority languages in different parts of the world where traditional communities of speakers are being eroded. In these contexts, new speakers often emerge as a result of revitalization efforts and more favourable language </span><span style="font-size:16pt;color:black" lang="EN-US">policies, prompting some individuals to become speakers of the minority language and to invest in its provision for the next generation. </span><span style="color:blue"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:blue"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16pt;color:black" lang="EN-GB">In this Symposium we welcome contributions related to the “new speaker” theme either from a theoretical perspective or/and case studies of new speakers of specific linguistic minorities. These contributions will be included in the programme as individual papers or as part of round table discussions.</span><span style="color:blue"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:blue"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16pt;color:black" lang="EN-GB">Please email your abstracts to Bernadette O’Rourke </span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:16pt;color:black" lang="EN-GB">at <b><a href="mailto:b.m.a.o%E2%80%99rourke@hw.ac.uk" target="_blank">b.m.a.o’rourke@hw.ac.uk</a> by 31 January 2012.</b></span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:13pt;color:blue"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Heriot-Watt University is the Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2011-2012.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><br>
<br><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. </span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div>
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