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Fri May 16 15:01:23 UTC 2003

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF GEOLINGUISTICS

Announcing the International Conference on

LANGUAGE IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION


        Globalization is like the weather that Mark Twain described: Everybody talks about it but nobody does anything about it.  Globalization is feared by some but appears to be inevitable and when it is discussed that is almost exclusively in terms of transnational corporations and world markets.  But there is at least one other important aspect.

        The American Society of Geolinguistics (ASG) will address LANGUAGE IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION at an international conference to be held October 2-4, 2003 at Baruch College (CUNY).  It will deal with a broad spectrum of geolinguistic topics ranging from global challenges to bilingualism, translation, creoles and linguas francas, to World English in commerce and tourism, the death or deformation of minority languages, and the backlash that endangered languages may produce at the brink.

        Send today a proposal (of not more than 250 words) for a 20-minute paper to be read at the conference.  Proposals must reach the secretary by 15 July 2003, but earlier submissions are invited, particularly if you wish to speak on a certain day or time.  Those coming to the conference from overseas are advised that visas to visit the United States take now much longer to obtain than was the case in the past.  ASG usually holds these international conferences every second year, but the huge success of the LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY (October 2-5, 2002) conference, with a program of 60 papers and participants from more than two dozen countries, has prompted ASG to have this 2003 conference.  As with all ASG conferences, papers are refereed and proceedings are published.  In 2003 conferees will be offered reduced hotel rates and will be able to enjoy New York City at the height of its cultural and entertainment seasons.  Contact the secretary of the conference: Professor Wayne H. Finke, Modern Languages, B6-280, Baruch College, 1 Bernard Baruch College, New York, NY  10010-5585.  E-mail: wayne_finke at baruch.cuny.edu


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