Language Conference

[Andre Cramblit]

CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF NATIVE AMERICA
 

Call for Papers

 
Dates:  The Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native  
America (2nd annual CELCNA conference) will be held March 31-April 2,  
2006, on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah.
 
Keynote speaker:  Victor Golla.
 
Call for papers:  We invite papers dealing with any aspect of  
endangered Native American languages, in particular on documentation or  
revitalization. Native American participants are especially invited.  
Papers are 20 minutes each in length, with an additional 10 minutes for  
discussion.

Deadline:  ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED by Jan. 16, 2006. The program  
committee will attempt to provide notification of acceptance by Jan. 30  
(by e-mail). 
 
Features to note:  

Session in Spanish (ponencias en español):  One session will be set  
aside on Sunday morning, April 2, for papers in Spanish.  Abstracts in  
Spanish (or English) can be submitted for consideration for this  
session.  (Due to popular demand.)

Posters: Abstracts are also invited for the poster session.  This can  
include also demonstration of tools and toys for language  
documentation.

Forum discussions: The program will include open discussion sessions  
dedicated to:  (1) Discussion of training for documentation of  
endangered languages, and employment considerations for students  
dedicated to work with endangered languages.  (2) Databasing and aids  
for language documentation.  (3) Open forum to address matters that  
arise during the conference. 
 
Abstract submission guidelines:  

The abstract should be no more than 500 words in length.  It should  
include the title of the paper and the name (or names) of the  
author/authors, together with the author’s/authors’ affiliation.  (If  
the paper is accepted, this abstract will be reproduced in conference  
materials to be distributed to other participants.)
 
Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail.  Submissions should be in  
Microsoft Word Format (.doc), Rich Text Format (RTF), or Portable  
Document Format (PDF).  If possible, avoid special fonts (or arrange  
with the organizers so they can be read). 
 
Please include with your abstract appropriate contact details, which  
include: contact author’s name, e-mail address for the period of time  
from January to April 2006, and a telephone contact number.
 
Only one abstract per person may be submitted.  (The only exception may  
be in instances where at least one of the papers has multiple authors.)
 
Address:  Please send abstracts to: cail.utah at gmail.com. Questions  
should be addressed to z.pischnotte at utah.edu (by Jan. 16, 2006).
 
Accommodations: University Guest House, the official conference hotel –  
100 yards from the meeting venue (Officers’ Club) and CAIL (Center for  
American Indian Languages). To book accommodations, please contact the  
Guest House directly (mention CELCNA for the conference booking):
 

University Guest House University of Utah

110 South Fort Douglas Blvd.

Salt Lake City, Utah 84113-5036

Toll free:  1-888-416-4075 (or 801-587-1000), Fax 801-587-1001

Website  www.guesthouse.utah.edu

 (Please make reservations early, since rooms will be held for the  
conference only until early March.)
 
Sponsors:  The sponsors of this conference are: (1) Center for American  
Indian Languages (CAIL), University of Utah, (2) Smithsonian  
Institution Department of Anthropology of  the National Museum of  
Natural History, (3) Department of Linguistics, U of Utah and (4)  
College of Humanities, University of Utah.
 
Registration fee:  $35.
 
Additional information:  for further information contact:  Zeb  
Pischnotte z.pischnotte at utah.edu, or for particular questions, write to  
Lyle Campbell at lyle.campbell at linguistics.utah.edu.  If you need  
information not easily arranged via e-mail, please call: Tel.  
801-587-0720 or 801-581-3341 during business hours (Mountain Standard  
Time), or Fax 801-585-7351.







.:. 

André Cramblit: andre.p.cramblit.86 at alum.dartmouth.org is the  
Operations Director Northern California Indian Development Council  
NCIDC (http://www.ncidc.org) is a non-profit that meets the development  
needs of American Indians

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