Fwd: European Mincorty Language Conference CFP

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

 From LinguistList, there's a conference on European Minority
Languages in Aberystwyth
>
>Date:  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:56:02 +0000
>From:  jhamersma at fa.knaw.nl
>Subject:  European Minority Languages and Research, UK
>
>1st Mercator International Symposium on European Minority Languages
>and Research
>
>Short Title: 1st Mercator Symposium
>Location: Abersystwyth, United Kingdom
>Date: 08-Apr-2003 - 10-Apr-2003
>Web Site: http://www.aber.ac.uk/%7Emerwww/indeng.htm
>Contact Person: George Jones
>Meeting Email: george.jones at aber.ac.uk
>Linguistic Subfield(s): General Linguistics
>
>Meeting Description:
>
>This two-day symposium will take a wide-ranging look at the research
>and information agenda for minority languages in the global age,
>pinpointing priorities in the fields of academic research and
>dissemination of information and awareness around European minority
>languages. The discussion will look at the degree to which the
>existing corpus of research and documentation on various aspects of
>minority languages supplies the needs of minority language speakers
>and communities and the extent to which it facilitates processes of
>language revitalisation and normalisation. Presentation This two-day
>symposium will take a wide-ranging look at the research and
>information agenda for minority languages in the global age,
>pinpointing priorities in the fields of academic research and
>dissemination of information and awareness around European minority
>languages. The discussion will look at the degree to which the
>existing corpus of research and documentation on various aspects of
>minority languages supplies the needs of minority language speakers
>and communities and the extent to which it facilitates processes of
>language revitalisation and normalisation.
>
>The conference will be an opportunity for participants to present
>their own most recent work and to indicate what they see as the
>'cutting edge' of research and information activity in their
>field. Contributions will be welcomed from those working with minority
>languages and their promotion in other professions. The discussion
>will seek to bring together academic research and language promotion,
>examining ways in which one can supply the needs of the other.  NOTE:
>The last date for presenting papers is January 28, 2003.
>
>We envisage that the major strands of the conference may include the
>following, although we remain open to propositions which may not
>precisely fit any of these categories, or which may relate to more
>than one:
>
>1. Minority Languages and the Media, including particularly the
>internet
>2. Minority Languages and Education
>3. Minority Languages, Legislation and Language Planning
>4. Minority Languages and Economics
>5. Minority Languages in New EU Member States / Eastern Europe
>6. Minority Languages and Linguistics (including descriptive
>linguistics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics etc)
>7. Language transmission / acquisition
>8. Territory and migration in relation to minority languages
>9. Language and cultural change in the wake of globalisation
>
>We also want to emphasise certain 'overarching' themes, i.e. ones
>which cut across all the above categories, for instance globalisation
>and the linkage between research and language promotion or
>revitalisation. In all categories emphasis should be on innovative
>work, the identification of lacunae, and perceived needs of
>communities at both at grass roots level and in the political sphere.
>
>For further information
>Mercator Media
>george.jones at aber.ac.uk
>
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