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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">LANGUAGE DEATH, ENDANGERMENT, DOCUMENTATION AND REVITALIZATION<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">26th UWM Linguistics Symposium<BR>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee<BR>Milwaukee, WI, USA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">ORGANIZING COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Fred Eckman, Elena Mihas, Edith Moravcsik, Sally Noonan, Hamid Ouali, Bernard Perley, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN style="mso-no-proof: yes">Gabriel Rei-Doval</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">, Bozena Tieszen, Kathleen Wheatley<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">DESCRIPTION<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">In a globalized world where hundreds of languages are expected to become extinct in the 21st century, it is highly relevant to analyze the viability and continuity of threatened languages. The purpose of this symposium is to discuss this impending loss to humankind from a multidisciplinary perspective.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">We invite contributions for the assessment of this process from Linguistics, Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Education, and related fields. Equally welcome is the participation of practitioners in language revitalization efforts. We wish to combine theoretical and practical perspectives for the analysis of the linguistic and social processes involved in language death, endangerment, documentation and revitalization.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Possible topics include the following:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- The genetic and areal distribution of endangered <BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>languages<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Structural characteristics of endangered <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Cultural characteristics of endangered language <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Causes of language endangerment<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Documentation of endangered languages<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Language revitalization programs and practices<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- Academic ethics and advocacy in language <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto" class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The abstract should include the title of the <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-add-space: auto" class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Please send the message with the abstract to <BR><A href="mailto:26thlinguistics-symposium@uwm.edu"><FONT color=#0000ff>26thlinguistics-symposium@uwm.edu</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">SUBMISSION DEADLINE<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">: </B>FEBRUARY 1<SUP>st</SUP>, 2011<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Authors will be notified on their acceptance status by April 30<SUP>th</SUP>, 2011.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">CONFERENCE WEBSITE:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><A href="https://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/conferences/linguistics2011"><FONT color=#0000ff>https://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/conferences/linguistics2011</FONT></A><BR>or search for UWM Linguistics Symposium<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>-- <BR><SPAN name="x"></SPAN>Edith A. Moravcsik<BR>Professor Emerita of Linguistics<BR>Department of Linguistics<BR>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee<BR>Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413<BR>USA<SPAN name="x"></SPAN><BR></SPAN></div></body></html>