Brian Doyale: CFP: Panel on indigenous languages, International Pragmatics Conference, July 2003

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

From: Brian Doyle <brian at gael-image.com>
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>From: "McGinnis, Scott" <smcginnis at nflc.org>
>Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 12:15:15 -0400
>To: <heritage-list at Glue.umd.edu>
>Subject: Call for papers: Panel on indigenous languages, International
>Pragmatics Conference, July 2003 - DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 15 OCTOBER
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>Call: IPrA conference panel on indigenous languages
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>Abstracts are invited for the 8th International Pragmatics Conference,
>Toronto, Canada, 13-18 July 2003 to contribute to the panel
>"Indigenous language stability and change: Multilingualism and
>political autonomy", organized by Donna Patrick, Brock University,
>Canada (see abstract below).
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>For more details on the conference and panel submissions see
>http://ipra-www.uia.ac.be/ipra/
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>Please send your abstract by 15 October 2002 to Donna Patrick at
>dpatrick at spartan.ac.brocku.ca or the Department of Applied Language
>Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada L2S 3A1. Please
>state your full name, address and email address in the message. You
>can also send your abstract directly to the IPrA Secretariat.
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>Indigenous language stability and change: Multilingualism and
>political autonomy
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>This colloquium will explore the issue of indigenous language
>stability and change in multilingual contexts, where aboriginal
>languages are used and valued alongside other languages used in the
>community. It will examine indigenous communities that are concerned
>with the vitality and 'survival' of their own territory, language, and
>way of life but, at the same time, are engaged in political, legal,
>and other campaigns that require the use of 'modern' methods,
>including a dominant state language. We will investigate how
>multilingual resources are used to gain greater autonomy and control
>over local institutions, land, and economic activities and the
>consequences of these language practices for the 'survival' of
>indigenous languages. We welcome papers that explore language
>practices in the paradoxical situations in which many indigenous
>groups around the world find themselves: trying to protect their
>rights and to maintain their cultural and linguistic practices, but
>needing to master a dominant state language in order to engage in the
>modern political processes necessary to achieve these goals. Possible
>topics include the problems of implementing language rights in
>multilingual communities and of standardizing languages in these
>contexts, the notion of linguistic hybridity, and the role and value
>of dominant state languages in minority settings.
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