Registration and programme available for LDLT3

[Oliver Bond]

LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION AND LINGUISTIC THEORY 3 (LDLT3)

& WORKSHOP ON LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION AND ARCHIVING

School of Oriental and African Studies, London

18 - 20 November 2011

http://www.hrelp.org/events/LDLT3

ldlt3.conference at gmail.com
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FULL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE & REGISTRATION OPEN 

Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory 3 (LDLT3) aims to bring together researchers working on linguistic theory and language documentation and description, with a particular focus on innovative work on under-described or endangered languages.

The meeting will be held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London from 18-20 November 2011. In addition to parallel sessions on the 19 and 20 November 2011, the conference will be preceded by a satellite Workshop on Language Documentation and Archiving, to be held on 18 November 2011.
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PLENARY SPEAKERS

The plenary speakers for LDLT3 are Prof. Balthasar Bickel, University of Zurich and Prof. Anju Saxena, Uppsala University.

The plenary speaker for the Workshop on Language Documentation and Archiving is Prof. Anthony Woodbury, University of Texas at Austin
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REGISTRATION

Online registration is now open. Special early-bird rates, plus a student discount, are available until Monday 10 October 2011.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Monday 7 November 2011.

Further details about registration:
http://www.hrelp.org/events/LDLT3/registration.html

Online store:
http://bit.ly/LDLT3
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PROGRAMME

The programmes for the Workshop and LDLT3 main session are now available:

Workshop programme (Friday 18 November)
http://www.hrelp.org/events/LDLT3/programme_workshop.html

Conference programme (Saturday 19, Sunday 20 November)
http://www.hrelp.org/events/LDLT3/programme_conference.html

Combined programme (Friday 18, Saturday 19, Sunday 20 November)
http://www.hrelp.org/events/LDLT3/programme_combined.html

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CONFERENCE THEME

The theme of the LDLT3 conference is 'Empirical methodologies that drive forward theory building'. For 2011, we especially welcome submissions addressing this theme in relation to languages of Asia.

In addition, we invite contributions relating to any aspect of the study of language and linguistics from any region and from any perspective, including:

  * formal theoretical issues;
  * typology;
  * documentary linguistics and responses to language endangerment;
  * new techniques and opportunities for documenting and describing languages;
  * historical linguistics;
  * discourse, and narrative structure.

The best contributions will use empirical data to discuss or demonstrate the relationship between language documentation and description and linguistic theory.

Papers submitted for the main session will be scheduled for Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November 2011.
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WORKSHOP THEME

The ELAR Workshop on Language Documentation and Archiving brings together language documenters and archivists to discuss the latest developments in their areas of research in an attempt to create a new common ground.

Abstracts are invited from anyone involved in language documentation and/or archiving, addressing questions such as:

  * What is the relationship between documentation and archiving, and where (if anywhere) is the boundary between them?
  * What contributions can archives make to language revitalisation?
  * What other fields (e.g. corpus creation) can we look to for models and techniques?
  * What should the outcomes of language documentation be like, how should they be presented in archives, and how can they be used?
  * What roles can archives play in the evaluation and valorisation of documentation?
  * What roles should archives play in the delivery of resources to communities?
  * How can archives connect to a wider range of people about issues of language endangerment?

Papers submitted for the archiving workshop will be scheduled for Friday 18 November 2011.




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Dr. Oliver Bond
Endangered Languages Academic Programme
Department of Linguistics, SOAS
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
LONDON
WC1H 0XG

Direct line: +44(0)207 898 4582

oliver.bond at soas.ac.uk

http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/index.php?cd=ob

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