27.74, Calls: Na-Dene, Applied Ling, General Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Doc/Canada

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Subject: 27.74, Calls: Na-Dene, Applied Ling, General Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Doc/Canada

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Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 11:30:53
From: Alessandro Jaker [amjaker at gmail.com]
Subject: Dene Languages Conference Applied Ling, General Ling, Historical Ling, Lang Doc/Canada

 
Full Title: Dene Languages Conference 
Short Title: DLC 

Date: 06-Jun-2016 - 07-Jun-2016
Location: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada 
Contact Person: Alessandro Jaker
Meeting Email: amjaker at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.uaf.edu/alc/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation 

Language Family(ies): Na-Dene 

Call Deadline: 14-Mar-2016 

Meeting Description:

The Dene Languages Conference is the world's most important annual conference for the study of Dene (Athabascan) languages, bringing together linguists, educators, language learners, and language activists from all parts of Denendeh and beyond.  The theme for this year’s conference is “Language and History”.  There will also be a special session on “Standardization and Variation”.

Invited Speakers:
Keren Rice (University of Toronto)
Leslie Saxon (University of Victoria)
Michael Krauss (Alaska Native Language Center)
James Kari (Alaska Native Language Center)

Keynote Speaker:
Fred Sangris (Yellowknives Dene First Nation)

Conference Theme: “Language and History”

Language is in many ways a product of history.  Language changes over time, and the languages we speak today are the result of many changes accumulated over thousands of years.  At the same time, Dene languages are known to be remarkably conservative, particularly in their verb system, where many seemingly irregular or fossilized patterns provide a direct window into the linguistic past.  Finally, learning one’s traditional language creates, for many people, a sense of connection with history, with one’s ancestors, and with one’s traditional lands.

Call for Papers:

In this context, we invite presentations on any of the following topics:
- Historical linguistics and linguistic reconstruction.
- Subgrouping.  
- Use of historical or archival materials.  
- Reconnecting with history through language.  Presentations relating positive experiences of heritage language learners reconnecting spiritually with their ancestors, community, and traditional culture by re-learning their heritage language; language learning as a healing process.
- Learning language through history.  Using elders’ stories about the old days as part of language teaching.
- Linguistic change in progress.  Is the language changing right now?  Is this good or bad?  Should we write the language the way it’s used right now, or try to bring back “old language”?  All viewpoints on this topic are welcome, provided they are supported with examples and evidence.

Abstract Submission Information:

Proposers should submit abstracts of no longer than 2 pages (including all pictures, references, graphs, and examples) to Dr. Alex Jaker, amjaker at gmail.com.  Abstracts should be anonymous, but in your email message please provide the name(s) of all presenters, the title of the abstract, and contact information for the author(s) as part of the message.  Abstracts will be reviewed by a committee, both for quality and relevance to this year’s conference theme or special session topic.  While presentations on any aspect of Dene language, culture, and history are welcome, priority will be given to those presentations which fit this year’s themes.

Oral presentations will be 20 minutes long plus 10 minutes for questions and discussion.  There will also be a limited number of spaces available for poster presentations; please indicate in your email message whether you prefer to give an oral presentation, present a poster, or either one.

Notification of Acceptance of abstracts will be on April 4, 2016.




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