<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Announcement: Melbourne <span class="gmail-il">Linguistics</span> in the <span class="gmail-il">Pub - Tuesday</span> 8th November 2016</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"><br></span></b></p><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:tahoma;font-size:13.3333px"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="Calibri" size="3" color="#1A1A1A"><span style="font-size:12pt"><b>Including children in language documentation and revitalization</b></span></font>    </span></font></div>Language documentation and revitalization projects often focus on adult speakers of a language (Chelliah & de Reuse 2010: 169-170). While it is important to work with adults, it is also important to include the broadest range of speakers as possible, including children. Working with younger speakers can give novel insights into a language, encourage greater community participation, and increase interest in language transmission across generations. Documentation with younger populations also creates a record of child language use, and child-directed speech, which are important for developing pedagogical materials and any future revitalization work. In an Australian context there has been a burgeoning interest in child language documentation in recent years. At this LIPS meeting we’ll discuss why it is important to work with children in both language documentation and revitalization projects. I will guide participants in practical techniques and tools for applying for ethics approval and in the development of their own suite of resources for eliciting and recording children’s language use.<br><br>There is no reading for this meeting but I’d be interested in having participants write down:<br>(1) all the obstacles they see to working on child language documentation<br>(2) the benefits for doing so in their language<br>(3) more global benefits<br><br> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Date:      Tuesday 8th November, 2016</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Time:       6:00 - 8:00 pm<br>Venue:     Function room (upstairs)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">              <b>University hotel</b> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Address: </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">272 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Phone:   </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(26,13,171)">(03) 9347 7299</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">                </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"><a href="http://www.unihotel.com.au/" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr>unihotel.com.au/</a></span></p><div style="background-position:100% 50%;background-size:initial;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;margin-left:4px;padding-bottom:2px;display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px"> </div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"> (menu available online)</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"><br>LIP is an occasional gathering of language activists and <span class="gmail-il">linguists</span> in Melbourne and is coordinated by the MLIP committee: <span class="gmail-il">Ruth</span> Singer, Stefan Schnell (Melbourne Uni) and Harriet Sheppard, Jonathan Schlossberg, Alan Ray, Jonathon Lum (Monash Uni)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Contact <span class="gmail-il">Ruth</span> Singer (University of Melbourne) with any questions: </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:rsinger@unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">rsinger@unimelb.<wbr>edu.au</a></span></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"><br>You can receive these announcements by signing up to the RNLD mailing list: </span><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://www.rnld.org/node/5" target="_blank">http://www.rnld.org/<wbr>node/5</a></span></u></p><div style="display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px"></div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"> </span></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jonathan Schlossberg<br>PhD Candidate<br>ELDTA Linguistics Research Program<br>University of Newcastle<br><br></div></div>
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