GURT 2006 Conference: Endangered and minority lgs

[Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong]

CONFERENCE NOTICE AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 2006
Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties:
Defining, Documenting, and Developing
March 3-5, 2006

Washington, DC
Co-organizers: Kendall King & Natalie Schilling-Estes
Georgetown University Linguistics Department

The Faculty of Languages and Linguistics at Georgetown University is 
pleased to announce the 2006 Georgetown University Round Table on 
Languages and Linguistics (GURT). The theme of this year’s conference 
is  ‘Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties: 
Defining, Documenting and Developing’. GURT will take place on the 
campus of Georgetown University in Washington, DC, March 3-5.

Confirmed plenary speakers include Nancy Hornberger, William Labov, 
Suzanne Romaine, Elana Shohamy, and Walt Wolfram. The conference will 
also feature symposia organized by Joy Kreeft Peyton, Ofelia Garcia, 
Teresa McCarty, Leena Huss & Pia Lane, and Cristina Sanz.

We invite proposals for colloquia, individual papers, and poster 
presentations related to the conference theme.  The proposal 
submission 
deadline is November 1, 2005.

For more details about the conference, please visit our website at 
http://www.georgetown.edu/events/gurt/2006/

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Kendall King, Ph.D.
http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/akk25/
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Please visit our GURT 2006 website:
http://www.georgetown.edu/events/gurt/2006/
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