9.1022, Confs: Maintenance and Loss of Minority Langs

Sat Jul 11 20:39:18 UTC 1998

LINGUIST List:  Vol-9-1022. Sat Jul 11 1998. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 9.1022, Confs: Maintenance and Loss of Minority Langs

Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Texas A&M U. <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at linguistlist.org>

Review Editor:     Andrew Carnie <carnie at linguistlist.org>

Editors:  	    Brett Churchill <brett at linguistlist.org>
		    Martin Jacobsen <marty at linguistlist.org>
		    Elaine Halleck <elaine at linguistlist.org>
                    Anita Huang <anita at linguistlist.org>
                    Ljuba Veselinova <ljuba at linguistlist.org>
		    Julie Wilson <julie at linguistlist.org>

Software development: John H. Remmers <remmers at emunix.emich.edu>
                      Zhiping Zheng <zzheng at online.emich.edu>

Home Page:  http://linguistlist.org/

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <marty at linguistlist.org>
 ==========================================================================
Please keep your conference announcement as short as you can; LINGUIST
will not post conference announcements which in our opinion are
excessively long.  Also, please remember that, once posted, your
announcement will be permanently available at our website:
   http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/indices/Confs1997r.html
For this reason, we discourage multiple submissions of the same
conference announcement.  Thank you for your cooperation.

=================================Directory=================================

1)
Date:  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 16:12:34 MET
From:  "Heleen Strating" <H.T.Strating at kub.nl>
Subject:  3rd Intl Conf on Maintenance and Loss of Minority Langs

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 16:12:34 MET
From:  "Heleen Strating" <H.T.Strating at kub.nl>
Subject:  3rd Intl Conf on Maintenance and Loss of Minority Langs

THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MAINTENANCE AND LOSS OF MINORITY
LANGUAGES

KONINGSHOF CONFERENCE CENTER, VELDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS
NOVEMBER 26 - NOVEMBER 27, 1998

PROGRAMME

The conference will consist of three sections. The first section
addresses the sociological and social-psychological explanatory
context in which language shift processes take place. The second
section deals with language attrition from a psycholinguistic
perspective, and the third is fully devoted to the building of an
integrated explanatory framework for processes of language shift and
loss. In memory of Willem Fase, one of the initiators of the First and
Second Conference on Maintenance and Loss of Minority Languages, who
died in 1997, a new forum called the Willem Fase Lecture has been set
up. This plenary lecture forum will be granted to a promising scholar,
to be selected from the abstracts submitted.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1998

08.30-09.30 Registration at Koningshof Conference Center, Veldhoven,
the Netherlands
  Tea/coffee
09.30-10.00	Conference opening

Section I: Language shift from a sociological and social-psychological
perspective 10.00-11.00 Plenary session: Lesley Milroy 11.00-12.00
Plenary session: Richard Bourhis 12.00-13.00 Lunch 13.00-13.45
Parallel sessions of free papers 13.45-14.30 Parallel sessions
14.30-15.15 Parallel sessions 15.15-16.00 Tea/coffee

Section II: Language loss from a psycholinguistic perspective
16.00-17.00 Plenary session: Kees De Bot
17.00-17.45 Parallel sessions
17.45-18.30 Parallel sessions
19.00-20.30 Dinner

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1998

Section II continued: Language loss from a psycholinguistic
perspective
08.30-09.30 Plenary session: Joel Walters
09.30-10.15 Parallel sessions
10.15-10.45 Tea/coffee
10.45-11.30 Plenary session: Willem Fase Lecture
11.30-12.30 Concluding remarks on section I and II by Joshua Fishman
12.30-13.30 Lunch

Section III: Towards an integrated explanatory framework for processes
of language shift and loss
13.30-15.30	Preparatory workshops
15.30-16.00	Tea/coffee
16.00-17.30	Round Table chaired by Michael Clyne

GENERAL INFORMATION

Conference Secretariat
Tilburg University
Research Group on Language and Minorities
c/o Heleen Strating-Keurentjes
P.O. Box 90153
NL-5000 LE Tilburg
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 13 4662588
Fax: +31 13 4663110
E-mail: language.loss.98 at kub.nl

Organizing Committee
- Dr. Ton Ammerlaan, Arnhem School of Business
- Madeleine Hulsen, University of Nijmegen
- Dr. Jetske Klatter-Folmer, Institute for the Deaf/Tilburg University
- Heleen Strating-Keurentjes, Tilburg University - Piet Van Avermaet,
University of Leuven - Dr. Kutlay Yagmur, Tilburg University

Scientific Committee
- Prof. Kees de Bot, University of Nijmegen
- Prof. Michael Clyne, Monash University, Melbourne
- Prof. Joshua Fishman, Stanford University, California/Yeshiva
University, New York
- Prof. Koen Jaspaert, University of Leuven
- Dr. Sjaak Kroon, Tilburg University

Location
The conference will be held at Koningshof Conference Center,
Veldhoven, the Netherlands. This modern conference center is situated
in forested areas, only fifteen minutes from the city of Eindhoven and
Eindhoven Airport. All rooms have a shower, toilet, television and
telephone. Koningshof offers a wide range of indoor and outdoor sports
and leisure facilities, including a swimming pool, sauna, fitness club
and squash court.

Registration and fees
For registration, all participants (including authors of submitted
abstracts of papers) are requested to mail the attached registration
form before August 1, 1998. The registration fees are: Dfl 460
conference programme and full board, after July 1, 1998.  Dfl 285
conference programme, after July 1, 1998.  Please add an additional
Dfl 10 to cover international transfer charges if subscribing from
abroad.  The fee for the programme covers the conference fee, lunches
on Thursday and Friday, tea/coffee during breaks, and the foreseen
conference publication. The fee for full board additionally covers a
single-room accommodation for one night including breakfast at
Koningshof Conference Center on Thursday/Friday as well as dinner on
Thursday. You will receive confirmation of registration, and the final
programme at the end of August, 1998. Those who arrive earlier or wish
to stay longer must take care of further accommodations
themselves. They can contact the Conference Secretariat.

Payment of fees
All payments should reach us ultimately by August 1, 1998 (see
Registration and fees). Fees should be paid in Dutch guilders to:
KUB/FLW, Postbank account number 2386602, mentioning 'code
1.8210.W334'.

Cancellations
The Conference Secretariat should be notified of cancellations in
writing. If cancellations are received before August 1, 1998 all fees,
minus a cancellation charge of 25% will be refunded. If cancelled
after August 1, but before September 1, 1998 the cancellation charge
will be 50%. No refunds will be made for cancellations received later
than September 1, 1998.

_______________________________________________

REGISTRATION FORM

Third International Conference on Maintenance and Loss of Minority
Languages, Koningshof Conference Center, Veldhoven, The Netherlands,
November 26 - November 27, 1998.

Please fill out completely and return to the Conference Secretariat
before August 1, 1998.
_______________________________________________

O male / O female

Name, initials:................................

First name:............................

Institution:............................

Mailing address:................................
                ................................
                ................................
                ................................
Country:................

Tel. / Fax:.......................

E-mail:........................

Please register me for:

O	conference programme and full board,
 after July 1, 1998.	               Dfl 460

O	conference programme,
 after July 1, 1998.	               Dfl 285

I hereby confirm that the fees have been remitted to the KUB/FLW
account (see payment of fees).

Special requests or requirements:..............................	
...............................................................
...............................................................

Place / Date:
Signature:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-9-1022