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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">From: Gary Taylor-raebel
<<a href="mailto:gary_taylor_raebel@yahoo.com">gary_taylor_raebel@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: LL Event<br>
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Hi Ron and All</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">I've been sent the
following invite. If anyone's in London
at the time, then it may be of interest. I shall certainly try and get
along :</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><strong>BRITISH</strong><strong> ACADEMY</strong><strong> ANNUAL LECTURE </strong></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><strong>> Language
diversity, endangerment, and public awareness</strong></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><strong>Professor David
Crystal, OBE, FBA, University
of Bangor Wednesday, 23
February 2011 > 5.3Opm - 630pm, followed by a drinks reception </strong></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><strong>> The British Academy,
10 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y SAIl</strong></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Despite a number of events
in recent years devoted to language diversity, language endangerment, and
multilingualism, such as the International Year of Languages in 2008, public
awareness of the issues is still remarkably limited. Only one in four of the
population know that half the languages of the world are so seriously
endangered that they are unlikely to survive the present century. </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">> This paper reflects on
why the ecolinguistic crisis has made so little impact on public consciousness,
despite a great deal of effort by academic authors. A renewed plea is made for
the greater involvement of the arts, in the broadest sense, in getting the
issues across to the general public, and especially to young people at home and
in school. Some progress has been made over the past decade, especially in the
worlds of radio, television, and cinema, but artists have generally ignored
global linguistic themes.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">> Three specific
recommendations are made. Artworks on the theme of language diversity and
endangerment need to be regularly commissioned. A major award at Nobel level
needs to be instituted. And countries need to build Houses of Languages.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><b>> About the speaker</b></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">> David Crystal is
honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Bangor.
Well known for his writing on a wide range of subject-areas in language and
linguistics, the background to this lecture is treated in Language Death
(Cambridge University Press, 2001). He delivered keynote speeches to the UNESCO
International Expert Meeting on Endangered Languages in 2003, the Barcelona
Linguapax Forum in 2004, the Dialogue of Cultures conference at Reykjavik in <em>2005, </em>and a UNESCOCat linguistic forum in
2007, and the above lecture is a synthesis and updating of their various
elements.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">British Academy <strong>Annual </strong>Lecture
</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">> The annual keynote
British Academy Lecture was established to mark the Academy’s move to new
headquarters in Carlton House Terrace in 1998. The lecture is intended to
address a wide audience and advance public understanding of the subjects which
the Academy promotes. In general, the chosen subject alternates between the
humanities and social sciences.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">> Attendance is free and
registration is not required for this event. Seats will be allocated on
arrival.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><br>
Gary Taylor-Raebel </p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">London</p>
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