Call for Registration: FEL X Mysore - VITAL VOICES: Endangered Languages & Multilingualism

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The Foundation for Endangered Languages: Tenth Conference in association with
the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India. 25-27 October 2006.
Registration is now open, 
through downloadable forms which can be found at
http://[1]www.ogmios.org[2]
and at
http://www.ciil.org/Main/Announcement/Abstracts/Registration.htm[3]

  For most, there is 10% DISCOUNT for registration (with payment) BY 10
SEPTEMBER. 

  Details of the programme, including abstracts of accepted papers, 
and the deal offered to attendees, including visits to linguistic sites at
CIIL, and local excursions, can found at
http://www.ciil.org/Main/Announcement/Abstracts[4]
The Foundation for Endangered Languages, in association with the Central
Institute of Indian Languages, will hold its annual 2006 conference in India,
home of more than a thousand languages and dialects, and a consciously
multilingual policy stance by the Government of India. Although many of these
languages enjoy political and economic patronage, others are struggling to
survive. Among these strugglers are the languages of the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, where communities are not only tiny, but also some of the most
anciently independent tribes on the planet. The viability of many such small
languages is threatened.

  This year's conference concerns the effects of multilingualism on smaller
languages. A crucial question for this conference is how far poorly-conceived
language planning policies may actually contribute to environmental imbalance
and instability, dangers that are often very little understood. As we
understand the effort to revitalize languages, this is no more than the support
they need to develop in the face of new demands, including the increased bi- and
multi-lingualism coming from globalization, urbanization and language contact.  

  ‘VITAL VOICES’ refers to the growing awareness that the survival and
development of endangered languages are necessary for humanity’s future,
however endangered they may look amidst the statistics generated for policy in
our globalized economy.

  The programme will include a keynote lecture by Professor Lachman
Khubchandani: 
 LANGUAGES THREATENED IN A PLURAL FRAMEWORK: Dialectics of Speech Variation and
Globalization
Different sessions, with some 30 talks over three days, will focus on: 

  Outlining the Danger
Development and Changes
Effects of Contact
Roles for Religion
Literacy Choices & Documentation
Extreme Endangerment
Majority-Minority Relationships
Emerging Complexity
Cooperation with Neighbour Languages
Community Response for Language Support

THE CONFERENCE VENUE

  The CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF INDIAN LANGUAGES, Mysore, (CIIL) was set up by the
Government of India in July 1969. It is a large institute with seven regional
centers spread all over India, and is engaged in research and training in
Indian languages other than English and Hindi. It helps to evolve and implement
India’s language policy and coordinate the development of Indian languages.
MYSORE is a city in the Southern Indian[5] state of Karnataka[6]. The former
capital of the princely state of Mysore, ruled by the Wodeyar dynasty since the
14th century, it is now the administrative seat of Mysore District[7], the
second largest in Karnataka, 135 km[8] from Bangalore[9], the state capital.
The city is known for its palaces and many other attractions. One of these is
the Brindavan Gardens laid out beside the Krishnarajasagar dam (19km),
particularly beautiful at night. There are also the Royal Palace, the Chamundi
Hills, Srirangapatnam Temple, Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, Oriental Research
Institute, and Museums of Folklore, and of Art and Archeology. The conference
dates (25-27 October) will allow participants, if they wish, to witness Diwali
(the festival of lights) on 23 October before coming to Mysore. A
language-related excursion is planned for 28-29 October after the conference. 

TRANSPORT

  BUS: Mysore has inter-city and sub-urban public bus transportation.  

  RAIL: Mysore is connected to Bangalore[10] to the northeast via Mandya[11],
and to Hassan[12] to the northwest, to Chamarajanagar[13] via Nanjangud[14] to
the southeast. 

  AIR: The nearest accessible airport is at Bangalore[15].

  -- 
Foundation for Endangered Languages
Registered Charity: England and Wales 1070616
172 Bailbrook Lane, Bath BA1 7AA, England
+44-1225-852865  nostler at chibcha.demon.co.uk[16]
http://www.ogmios.org[17]


Links:
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[1] http:///
[2] http://www.ogmios.org/
[3] http://www.ciil.org/Main/Announcement/Abstracts/Registration.htm
[4] http://www.ciil.org/Main/Announcement/Abstracts
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka
[7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore_District
[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre
[9] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore
[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore
[11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandya
[12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan
[13] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamarajanagar
[14] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjangud
[15] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore
[16] mailto:nostler at chibcha.demon.co.uk
[17] http://www.ogmios.org/
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