Call for papers: Linguistic perspectives on endangered languages -- DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 30 MARCH

[Scott McGinnis]

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Linguistic Association of Finland is organizing a symposium on

LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES

to be held at the University of Helsinki, August 29 - September 1, 2001.



The symposium will bring together linguists interested in questions
relating to
endangered languages. We invite papers addressing general linguistic
questions
as well as papers taking the viewpoint of one (or more) particular
language(s).
Themes include documentation of endangered languages, standardization of
language corpora, and the possible effects of endangerment on the
grammar of a
language. Other topics relating to language endangerment are also
welcome.


Invited speakers:

David Harrison (University of Pennsylvania), Nomads on the internet:
Documentation, endangered languages and technologies

William McGregor (Aarhus Universitet), Structural changes in language
shift/obsolescence: a Kimberley (Australia) perspective

Marja-Liisa Olthuis (Sámi Assizes, Finland): The Inarisaami language as
an
endangered language

Tapani Salminen (University of Helsinki), Linguists and language
endangerment
in north-western Siberia

Stephen A. Wurm (The Australian National University), Languages of the
world and language endangerment


Activities:

Lectures by invited speakers
Presentations by participants (20 min + 10 min for discussion)
Demonstrations by participants


Abstracts:

The deadline for submission of abstracts (in English; max 500 words) is
March
30, 2001. Please submit your abstract by e-mail to the following address
<el-organizers at ling.helsinki.fi>. The abstract should be included in the
body
of the message. Participants will be notified about acceptance by April
20,
2001.
The accepted abstracts will be published on the webpage of the symposium
http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/el.html


Demonstrations

The participants are also encouraged to give demonstrations of their
projects
(research, revitalization, documentation etc). If you are interested in
giving a demonstration, please contact the organizers at
<el-organizers at ling.helsinki.fi>.


Registration:

The deadline for registration for all participants is June 21, 2001.
Register
by(SKY)/Symposium. For participants coming from abroad we recommend
payment in cash upon arrival. However, it is possible to pay via
Eurogiro or
SWIFT to our account (number 800013-1424850) with Leonia Bank plc,
Helsinki,
Finland. SWIFT-address: PSPBFIHH; Telex 121 698 pgiro sf


Accommodation:

The organizers will provide a list of hotels later.



For further information, please contact <el-organizers at ling.helsinki.fi>
or
visit our homepage http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/el.html



The organizing committee:

Marja-Liisa Helasvuo, Langnet Graduate School, P.O. Box 4, FIN-00014
University
of Helsinki, Finland, e-mail: <Marja-Liisa.Helasvuo at Helsinki.fi>

Seppo Kittilä, Dept of General Linguistics, Hämeenkatu 2 A 7-8,
FIN-20014
University of Turku, e-mail: <sepkit at utu.fi>

Leena Kolehmainen, Dept of German, P.O. Box 4, FIN-00014 University of
Helsinki, Finland, e-mail: <Leena.Kolehmainen at Helsinki.fi>

Matti Miestamo, Dept of General Linguistics, P.O. Box 4, FIN-00014
University of Helsinki, Finland, e-mail: <matmies at ling.helsinki.fi>

Krista Ojutkangas, Dept of Finnish Language and General Linguistics,
Fennicum,
FIN-200014 University of Turku, Finland, e-mail
<Krista.Ojutkangas at utu.fi>

Esa Penttilä, Dept of English, University of Joensuu, P.O. Box 111,
FIN-80101
Joensuu, e-mail <Esa.Penttila at Joensuu.fi>

Pirkko Suihkonen, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology,
Department of Linguistics, Inselstrasse 22, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany,
e-mail <suihkonen at eva.mpg.de>