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Tue Oct 16 16:00:42 UTC 2007

Please note that our own Phil Cash Cash is a keynote speaker for this event!

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Date: Oct 16, 2007 2:58 AM
Subject: HRELP announcement
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75 years of Linguistics at SOAS
5 years of the Endangered Languages Project

Conference on Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory
7-8 December 2007
SOAS, London

The conference features plenary lectures from two leading academics, Philip
Cash Cash and Richard Hudson.

About the conference
In 2007 the Department of Linguistics at School of Oriental and African
Studies celebrates its 75th anniversary. Founded in 1932 as the first
department of general linguistics in Britain, the research carried out by
linguistics within the department has made a significant and lasting impact
on the fields of language documentation and description and linguistic
theory.

This conference marks both the 75 year tradition of linguistics within the
School and the 5th anniversary of the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages
Project, comprising the Endangered Languages Academic Programme(ELAP), the
Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR), and the Endangered Languages
Documentation Programme (ELDP).

The conference aims to bring together researchers working on linguistic
theory and language documentation and description, with a particular focus
on innovative work on underdescribed or endangered languages, especially
those of Asia and Africa. Our goal is to provide a forum to discuss the ways
that linguists and others, including community members, can respond to the
current challenges to linguistic diversity and build on experiences of the
past.

Themes
•       implications of language documentation and description for
linguistic theory
•       implications of linguistic theory for language documentation and
description
•       experiences of language documentation and description and linguistic
theory at SOAS
•       new techniques and opportunities for documenting and describing
languages
•       community-oriented outcomes of endangered languages research

Full details for the conference, including the programme, registration
forms, venue information and accommodation suggestions are available now
from: http://www.hrelp.org/events/conference2007/index.html

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