[EDLING:859] The Efficiency of Intercomprehension: A Holistic Approach

[Francis M Hult]

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> The Efficiency of Intercomprehension: A Holistic Approach
> Date: 13-Jun-2005
> From: Eric Castagne <eric.castagneuniv-reims.fr>
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>
>
> Date: 07-Jul-2005 - 09-Jul-2005 Location: Gap (Provence Alpes Cte d'Azur),
> France
>
>
> Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Philosophy of
> Language; Sociolinguistics; Translation
>
> Meeting Description:
>
> The Efficiency of intercomprehension: A Holistic Approach The aim of this
> conference is to help eminent researchers from around the world come
> together (respecting man-woman parity) and share their different points of
> view, given their different research backgrounds, in order to show that in
> Europe (and perhaps even globally), it is important to opt for
> plurilingualism, for cultural diversity so that sharing our various
> heritages can become true riches thanks to a globalisation respectful of
> the other's feelings, thought and experience. So that the world can become
> one and multiple at the same time.
>
> Efficience de l'intercomprhension: Approche Holistique L'objectif du
> colloque sera de runir, dans un cadre d'excellence de la pense et de la
> recherche respectant la parit femmes/hommes, des acteurs internationaux de
> divers continents et de diverses disciplines qui contribueront l'tude du
> thme propos en montrant qu'en Europe en particulier et plus gnralement
> dans le monde, il importe de faire le choix du plurilinguisme, de la
> diversit culturelle et de l'enrichissement patrimonial accessible grce la
> mondialisation pratique avec respect, c'est--dire en faisant le choix d'un
> autre sentiment, d'une autre pense, d'une autre exprience: un monde un et
> multiple la fois.
>
> Le Conseil General des Hautes-Alpes,
>
> La Delegation Generale a la Langue Francaise et aux Langues de France du
> Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication,
>
> and
>
> Le Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches sur les Langues, les
> Litteratures, la Lecture et l'elaboration de la pensee (EA 3794) de
> l'Universite de Reims Champagne-Ardenne as part of its European
> InterComprehension programme (EIC)
>
> are glad to announce the
>
> International pluridisciplinary symposium - Gap (France) july 7-9 2005
> Second international conference on European InterComprehension
> The Efficiency of intercomprehension: a holistic approach
>
> At a time when the globalisation of exchanges increases and the European
> Union expands to 25 countries, a two-fold question is becoming more and
> more important in the minds of people all around the world and in Europe
> in particular, who come from various countries with populations,
> histories, languages and cultures both ancient and diverse : will they
> choose to understand each other? And if so, which way(s) will they choose
> to reach that goal?
>
> With information and knowledge the global circulation of which still
> persists (despite pessimistic predictions) in many different languages
> thanks to the action of a number of various means of diffusion, and with
> the will to construct a European Union that respects the varied identities
> (demographic, linguistic, historical and cultural) of the countries it is
> composed of, it is impossible to consider the choice of one common idiom
> satisfactory.
>
> History shows that no language has ever been able to become and remain the
> international or universal language. Contrary to current assumption,
> international English (or ''globish'') does not work for a majority of
> speakers who are forced to (over-)simplify what they want to express.
> French, which for a long time has sustained the values of universality,
> never succeeded in reaching universal status. And Esperanto, a language
> artificially created from common romance roots and with a minimal grammar,
> has never really been taught or spoken.
>
> The main reason for this is that no ''one common idiom'' solution can
> guarantee the majority of speakers the linguistic autonomy required for
> the
> majority of situations, i.e. too few people actually manage to master all
> the aspects of a foreign language. Another reason dwells in the fact that
> any language that knew (inter)continental expansion would evolve in such a
> way as to split into several varieties impeding intercomprehension :
> there are several types of Chinese (Shanghai, Beijing, Macao?), of Spanish
> (in Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Argentina?), of French (in Europe, Quebec,
> Africa?), of English (in Europe, America, Australia, Africa?), of Arabic
> (in Syria, Egypt, Algeria, Mauritania?)...
>
> The aim of this conference is to help eminent researchers from around the
> world come together (respecting man-woman parity) and share their
> different
> points of view, given their different research backgrounds, in order to
> show that in Europe (and perhaps even globally), it is important to opt
> for plurilingualism, for cultural diversity so that sharing our various
> heritages can become true riches thanks to a globalisation respectful of
> the other's feelings, thought and experience. So that the world can become
> one and multiple at the same time.
>
> Gnral information
>
> Speakers:
> Claire Blanche-Benveniste (France), Ulla Brestam (Sweden), Lera
> Boroditsky (USA), Franoise Canon-Roger & Jean- Emmanuel Tyvaert (France),
> Eric Castagne (France), Augustin Giovannoni (France), Erik Hemming
> (Finland), Pierre Janin (France), Stavros Karamoudis (Greece), Bernard
> Laks (France), Ludmila Mekov (Slovakia), Elvire Maurouard (Haiti) & Ali
> Abdelfattah (Egypt), Hanan Bahey El-Dine Mounib (Egypt), Ketty Salem
> (Syria), Tsvia Walden (Israel), Gerd Wotjak (Germany), ?
>
> Key-words:
> Efficiency, cognition, language(s), thought(s), (inter)comprehension,
> plurality, diversity, parity, comparison, experience,
> inter/transnationality, pluri/inter/transdisciplinarity, genders.
>
> Location:
> Foyer Saint-Louis de Charance - route de Veynes - 05000 Gap (France)
>
> Organisation contact:
> Dr. Eric Castagne eric.castagneuniv-reims.fr