25.4445, Calls: General Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics/Australia

Thu Nov 6 21:38:50 UTC 2014

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Subject: 25.4445, Calls: General Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics/Australia

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Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:38:27
From: Jim Wafer [James.Wafer at newcastle.edu.au]
Subject: Australian Linguistic Society

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Full Title: Australian Linguistic Society 
Short Title: ALS 

Date: 10-Dec-2014 - 12-Dec-2014
Location: Newcastle NSW, Australia 
Contact Person: Mark Harvey
Meeting Email: als2014 at newcastle.edu.au

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 09-Dec-2014 

Meeting Description:

Australian Linguistic Society: 45th Annual Conference 
University of Newcastle, 10-12 December 2014

www.als.asn.au/conferences/newcastle-2014

The 45th annual conference of the Australian Linguistic Society is being hosted by the University of Newcastle. The conference dates are Wednesday, 10 December – Friday, 12 December.

Plenary Speakers:

Professor Isabelle Bril, CNRS
Dr Pia Lane, University of Oslo
Professor Paul Smolensky, Johns Hopkins University

Call for Papers:

''Learning Indigenous languages - can universities help?''

We are calling for expressions of interest for a workshop preceding the Australian Lingusitics Society Annual Conference  
Date: Tuesday 9 December, 
Time: 12 - 5 pm
Place: Wollotuka Institute, Birabahn Building, Callaghan Campus, University of Newcastle, Ring Road (near Design Bus Stop and Parking areas P2 and P6. See campus map:
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/about-uon/our-environments/our-campuses/newcastle/map)

Background:

Indigenous language awareness is essential for professions such as teachers, legal and health professionals, community and language revitalisation workers. And yet training in Indigenous languages is rarely available to them through university courses on Indigenous Australian languages.  Nor are there many tertiary courses for speakers of Indigenous languages to enrich their study of their first language. None of the languages still spoken by children have a university on their country, thus restricting their access.  This workshop aims to bring together people who want to improve the situation, and to discuss what universities could do to get more language skills into the hands of people doing
grass-roots language work.

Format:

Session 1 ''showcase'' format of 10 minute presentations on what people are doing

Session 2: workshop groups exploring focus questions

Call:

Please send one paragraph descriptions of presentations, and one to two focus questions for discussion.  We encourage participants to prepare a poster, or single Powerpoint slide, to accompany their brief presentation. If you wish to participate but not give a presentation, you are still welcome to propose one or two focus questions that you would like to have discussed in a workshop group, and bring with you some kind of visual representation of your work or interests.

Deadline 1 December for expressions of interest in presenting and/or attending: 
email:  Jim Wafer, James.Wafer at newcastle.edu.au,

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