27.681, Calls: Anthropological Ling, Discourse Analysis, Lang Acq, Lang Doc, Socioling/UK

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Subject: 27.681, Calls: Anthropological Ling, Discourse Analysis, Lang Acq, Lang Doc, Socioling/UK

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Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:11:10
From: Cassie Smith-Christmas [Cassie.SmithChristmas at uhi.ac.uk]
Subject: Small Language Planning: Communities in Crisis

Full Title: Small Language Planning: Communities in Crisis 

Date: 06-Jun-2016 - 08-Jun-2016
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Cassie Smith-Christmas
Meeting Email: soillseconference2016 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.soillse.ac.uk/en/soillsefel-conference-2016/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Language Acquisition; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 12-Feb-2016 

Meeting Description:

Building on the success of the Soillse conferences held in 2011 and 2015, and
a number of FEL conferences (recently 2013 EL Beyond Boundaries; 2014
Indigenous Languages' Value to the Community and 2015 The Music of EL), this
conference aims to provide a forum for minority language researchers, policy
makers, practitioners and activists to exchange research findings and
experiences in order to stimulate fresh perspectives on minority language
revitalisation.  It will also mark the 20th anniversary of FEL, an
organisation which seeks to promote language diversity and prevent or stop
language endangerment. In many cases, minority languages are vulnerable and
many of them may even face extinction if no measures are taken to ensure their
documentation, preservation and/or revitalisation. These measures may involve
processes and initiatives of language planning, both in linguistic terms and
policy-making, as well as archiving and education at state and community
levels. Thus, although not limited to small language planning, the particular
focus of this year’s conference lies in issues pertinent to language planning
at the meso and micro levels, strategic interventions in support of minority
language groups with weaker demographic densities, as well as to minority
languages considered 'stateless' and/or without state support. 

Confirmed Plenary Speakers:

- François Grin (University of Geneva)
- Leena Huss (Uppsala University)
- Brian Ó Curnáin (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)

Call for Papers:

Presentations may take one of four formats: paper presentations (20 minute
paper + 10 minute for questions); poster presentations; panels; or discussion
groups. Both panels and discussion groups will be scheduled for 90-minute
blocks in length. Panels are intended to be a series of linked papers on a
particular theme, while discussion groups are intended to serve as a more
informal platform to raise and debate key issues in language planning.
Facilitators are encouraged to be creative in how they mediate the various
discussion groups. 

Abstracts for paper or poster presentations should be no more than 300 words,
not including references.  Abstracts for panels should include each individual
abstract plus a rationale of no more than 300 words for the panel as a whole.
Discussion groups should also be no more than 300 words and should include the
names of at least three confirmed discussants as well as the facilitator(s).
Participants should clearly mark what format is intended for their
presentation under the title of their abstracts. If intended as a traditional
paper presentation, please indicate whether or not you would be happy to give
the paper in poster form instead. Abstracts addressing any aspects of minority
language planning will be considered, but we particularly welcome abstracts
addressing the following themes: 

- Language planning at the micro and meso levels
- Comparative analysis of minority language and/or endangered language
communities
- The challenge of prioritisation in small language planning
- The discursive bias and small language communities
- The need for complementary efforts in language planning
- Sociological theory and minority language sustainability
- Challenges to minority language diversity and post-modern culture
- Causal links between minority language status and endangerment
- Lessons learnt from successful minority languages
- Lessons learnt  from revitalisation of endangered languages

Please e-mail abstracts as Word documents to  soillseconference2016 at gmail.com
with 'Abstract Submission' in the subject line and your name and affiliation
in the body of the e-mail.

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