<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b style="font-family:arial"><font size="4">Announcement: <font color="#38761d">Linguistics in the Pub in London (LIPIL)</font></font></b><font face="arial" size="4"><b><font color="#0b5394"> </font><font color="#000000">Tuesday</font> 10th November 2015</b></font><b style="font-family:arial"><font size="4"> - Language Documentation in your lunch-break? Doing urban fieldwork </font></b></div></div></div><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:12.8px"><br></p></blockquote><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px">Language documentation has been traditionally thought of as occurring in distant (sometimes exoticised) locations, but in recent years there has been a growing interest in the possibilities for this sort of research in large urban centres that teem with linguistic diversity. Cities such as London offer many opportunities for working with speakers of under-described languages, but approaches towards urban language documentation need to be carefully considered. This LIPIL session focuses on how urban fieldwork with diaspora groups differs from the traditional model of linguistic fieldwork, the particular challenges and also possible advantages of urban fieldwork, and ways in which our methods and goals can, and should, be adapted in this setting. </p></blockquote><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">LIPIL</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> is an occasional gathering of language activists and linguists in London and serves as an informal forum for the discussion of languages, linguistics and related issues. We meet roughly once a month and discuss a selected theme or issue. </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">LIPIL</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> is coordinated by Lauren Gawne (SOAS, University of London) and is open to everyone who is interested. A s</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">ummary of the discussion is posted on the </span><a href="http://www.paradisec.org.au/blog/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px">Endangered Languages and Cultures blog</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">. You can also Tweet on the night with the #</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23LIPIL&src=typd" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">LIPIL</a></span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">hashtag.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></p><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px">Background reading:</div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px">Read about the <a href="http://elalliance.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Endangered Language Alliance</a> in New York, <a href="http://mlm.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Multilingual Manchester</a> or the <a href="http://soasunion.org/activities/society/7438/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Sylheti Project</a> at SOAS<a href="http://soasunion.org/activities/society/7438/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"></a>. Bring your knowledge of other examples along to discuss too!</blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">   </span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial">Date:             Tuesday 10th November 2015</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br><span style="font-family:arial">Time:             6:00 - 8:00 pm</span><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial">Venue:          Upstairs room, <a href="http://www.the-perseverance.moonfruit.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><b>The Perseverance</b></a></span><b><br></b></span></p><blockquote style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">63 Lambs Conduit Street,<br>Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 3NB<br></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:arial">ph: <a href="tel:020%207405%208278" value="+442074058278" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">020 7405 8278</a></span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial"><br></font><span style="font-family:arial">Food and drinks available at the venue.</span><br></span><span style="font-family:arial"><br></span>Contact Lauren Gawne with any questions: <a href="mailto:lg21@soas.ac.uk" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">lg21@soas.ac.uk</a> <br>You can receive these announcements by signing up to the RNLD mailing list: <a href="http://www.rnld.org/node/5" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.rnld.org/node/5</a> or visiting the <a href="http://www.paradisec.org.au/blog/2015/08/introducing-lipil-linguistics-in-the-pub-in-london/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">LIPIL Facebook page</a>.</p></blockquote></div>