Conference (event)
Andre Cramblit
andrekar at NCIDC.ORG
Thu Nov 4 21:51:39 UTC 2004
Dear Endangered Languages Folks:
I would like to draw your attention to the following conference:
Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America
Call for Papers
Call Deadline: Jan 14, 2005
The CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF NATIVE AMERICA
(1st annual CELCNA meeting) will be held April 8-9, 2005, on the
University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The sponsors of this conference are: (1) Center for American Indian
Languages (CAIL), University of Utah, (2) Department of Anthropology,
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, (3)
Department of Linguistics, U of Utah and (4) College of Humanities, U
of Utah.
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Leanne Hinton (Chair, Dept of
Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley).
We invite papers dealing with any aspect of endangered Native American
languages, in particular on documentation or revitalization. Papers
are 20 minutes each in length, with an additional 10 minutes for
discussion. ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED by Jan 14, 2005. The program
committee will attempt to provide notification of acceptance by Jan. 21
(by e-mail).
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 must be submitted electronically. Submissions should be in
Microsoft Word document, 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 in addition to your abstract appropriate contact
details, which include: contact author's name, e-mail address for the
period of time from January to April 2005, and a telephone contact
number.
… More than one abstract may be submitted per person; however, only one
paper per person will be accepted for presentation. (The only
exception may be in instances where at least one of the papers has
multiple authors.)
… Address abstracts to: lyle.campbell at linguistics.utah.edu (Lyle
Campbell), no later than Jan. 14, 2005.
Additional information on CELCNA will be posted on
www.hum.utah.edu/linguistics. Address enquiries for further
information to:
Phatmandu7 at aol.com (Jen Mitchell), or julialice at yahoo.com (Julia Pratt)
If you need further information not easily arranged via e-mail, please
call: Tel. 801-581-8047 (Julia Pratt), or 801-585-9785 (Linguistics
Dept.), during business hours (Mountain Standard Time), or Fax
801-585-7351.
Pre-conference event: For those interested, the Fourth Annual
University of Utah Student Conference in Linguistics takes place
immediately before the CELCNA meeting, on April 7. Leanne Hinton is
the keynote speaker for this conference, also, which is a separate and
independent meeting. (Additional information will be posted on
www.hum.utah.edu/linguistics.)
Many thanks,
Lyle
--
Dr. Lyle Campbell,
Professor of Linguistics, Director of the Center for American Indian
Languages
Dept. of Linguistics, University of Utah, 255 S. Central Campus Drive,
Salt Lake City,
Utah 84112-0492 Tel. 801-581-3441 (office), 801-585-9785
(Linguistics Dept.),
Fax 801-585-7351
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