Call for Papers: 2011 Athabaskan Languages Conference

[James Crippen]

The 2011 Athabaskan Languages Conference (ALC) will be held in
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, 27 June to 29 June, 2011. The
title of this year’s conference is: Äłâshe Chʼû Ghàkwatsʼìnje
(Southern Tutchone), Ełekòī̀de (Tagish), Woosh Een Áyá Yoo
X̱ʼatudli.átk (Tlingit), We Are Talking Together (English). This
year’s conference themes are intergenerational learning, narrative
uses of language, and exchange between language groups. Presentations
on any topic related to Athabaskan languages are welcome, but the
conference organizers especially encourage topics relating to the
conference themes.

The Athabaskan Languages Conference (also known as the Dene Languages
Conference) brings together linguists, speakers, educators and policy
makers from across the Athabaskan region. Over the past few decades
this conference has become the principal forum in which members and
researchers of geographically distant but culturally and
intellectually related Athabaskan communities can compare knowledge
and learn from each other.

The host of this year’s ALC is the Language Revitalization Programme –
Yukon First Nation Self Government Secretariat – Council for Yukon
First Nations.

Abstracts can be submitted from 1 February to 31 March, and reviewing
will be completed by 30 April. We are using the EasyAbs online
abstract management service from the LINGUIST List. The website for
abstract submission is:

http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/ALC2011

Abstracts can be plain text (.txt), PDF (.pdf), OpenOffice documents
(.odt), or Microsoft Word documents (.doc). PDF submissions are
preferred, particularly if you are using phonetic symbols.

For more information about the Athabaskan Languages Conference, please
visit our website:

http://www.uaf.edu/alc