18.357, Confs: Language Description/USA

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Date: 31-Jan-2007
From: Brent Henderson < bhendrsn at ufl.edu >
Subject: Documenting Endangered Languages in Africa 

	
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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:16:10
From: Brent Henderson < bhendrsn at ufl.edu >
Subject:  Documenting Endangered Languages in Africa 
 

Documenting Endangered Languages in Africa 

Date: 24-Mar-2007 - 24-Mar-2007 
Location: Gainesville, FL, USA 
Contact: Brent Henderson 
Contact Email: bhendrsn at ufl.edu 
Meeting URL: http://www.doce-conferences.ufl.edu/acal-alta/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Description 

Meeting Description: 

Symposium at Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 38) and African
Language Teacher's Association (ALTA 11): 'Documenting Endangered
Languages in Africa.' 

A symposium ''Documenting Endangered Languages in Africa'' will be held on
March 24th, 2007 as part of the Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL
38) and African Language Teacher's Association (ALTA 11) at the University of
Florida.

Schedule of talks:
Ronald Schaefer 
'Edo North, residual zones, and language endangerment'

Tucker Childs
'What happens to class when a language dies? Language changes vs. language
death'

James Essegbey
'Locative predication in Nyangbo: losing typological characteristics 
due to contact'

Salikoko Mufwene
'Language endangerment: the story from sub-saharan Africa'

Azeb Amha
'Language and ethnicity: exploring the Zargula and Gamo linkages'

Bruce Connell
'Language ecology and language endangerment: an instance from the 
Nigeria-Cameroon borderland.'

Maarten Mous
'Language documentation as a challenge to description'





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