CFP: ILA Annual Conference, Language Policy and Planning

[Francis Hult]

CALL FOR PAPERS
53rd Annual Conference of the
INTERNATIONAL LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION
April 11-13, 2008
SUNY College at Old Westbury
Old Westbury, NY 11568
LANGUAGE POLICY AND LANGUAGE PLANNING

Plenary Speakers
Guy Dumas,
Associate Deputy Minister Responsible for the application of language policy for the Quebec Government
Richard Bourhis, Université de Montréal Québec
Ofelia Garcia, Teachers College, Columbia University
Serafin Coronel-Molina, Indiana University

Language Policy involves any action established by a society regarding language use and form in public contexts as determined by convention and/or laws administered within national and local governments, the courts, the workplace, the media, and education systems. Matters of interest to Language Planning include policies on official language, the use and form of minority languages, which languages will be taught in the school system, and bilingualism planning; as well as the linguistic industries driven by the market in the process of globalization. Under this rubric, abstracts of not more than 425 words are solicited on such topics as:

Language Planning and Globalization
Spanish in the United States
French and English in Canada
Indigenous /Endangered/Minority languages
Languages in Contact
Pidgins and Creoles
Language Planning in Education
Policies on Bilingualism
Official Language Policy
Creoles and Standardization
Human and Machine Translation Industry
Language Planning and Human Development
Immigrant Languages
Dialects and Standardization

While papers on the main topic are particularly welcome, individuals are encouraged to submit abstracts on any subject in theoretical and applied linguistics.
Submit abstracts in an anonymous, titled, single-spaced attachment of not more than 425 words in length, with name, address and affiliation in the body of an email. Please send abstract as a camera-ready attachment (in a Microsoft Word file, if possible) to the conference coordinator, Annika Wendt (annikawendt at yahoo.com). Within the body of the email, please also indicate any audio-visual equipment needed.
Those wishing to propose panels or special sessions should contact the conference chair, Kathleen O'Connor-Bater (oconnorbaterk at oldwestbury.edu) before submitting an abstract for the panel together with abstracts for each of the constituent papers.
Time allotted will be 20 minutes for delivery of the paper plus 5 minutes discussion.
Deadline for receipt of abstracts is January 15, 2008.
For up-coming conference information, see ILA website (www.ilaword.org <https://ruby1604.utsa.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ilaword.org> ). 

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