Sociolinguistics, Kazakhstan

[Harold F. Schiffman]

Forwarded from Linguist-List:
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:52:28 -0700
From: Greg Thomson <gthomson at mac.com>
Subject: Psycho/Sociolinguistics Conf., Kazakhstan : 2nd Notice


DEAR COLLEAGUES!

THE AL-FARABI KAZAKH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS
KAZAKH LANGUAGE: PSYCHOLINGUISTIC AND SOCIOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH LABORATORY

INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC-RESEARCH
CONFERENCE IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF AL-FARABI
KAZAKH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS AND SOCIOLINGUISTICS: CONDITIONS AND PERSPECTIVES

Conference date: September, 18-19, 2003.

THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARE OFFERED FOR DISCUSSION BY CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS:

SOCIOLINGUISTIC TOPICS
- LANGUAGE SITUATIONS AND LANGUAGE POLICY
- SOCIAL AND REGIONAL VARIATION
- INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES
- SOCIETAL BILINGUALISM
- LANGUAGES IN CONTACT
- SOCIOLINGUISTICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS

PSYCHOLINGUISTIC TOPICS
- NATIVE LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND CHILD BILINGUALISM
- SPEECH PERCEPTION AND COMPREHENSION
- SPEECH PRODUCTION
- MENTAL LEXICON
- BILINGUALISM AND MULTILINGUALISM
- PSYCHOLINGUISTICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

CONFERENCE WORKING LANGUAGES: KAZAKH, RUSSIAN, ENGLISH PLEASE, ADD
YOUR THESIS (1-2 PAGES) TO YOUR APPLICATION FORM .  THESIS TEXT SHOULD
BE PRINTED AND IN ELECTRONIC FORM( IN RTF-FORMAT: FILES SHOULD BE
NAMED AFTER AUTHORS' SURNAMES).

DEADLINE: NOVEMBER, 30, 2002.
E-MAIL: altyn at kaszu.kz
PHONE NUMBERS (3272) 47-27-97 (13-29)
THE CONFERENCE MATERIALS ARE PLANNED TO BE PUBLISHED.
REGISTRATION COST: $50 BY ELECTRONIC TRANSFER TO ACCOUNT NUMBER
199117351, BENEFICIARY UMATOVA, ZHANNA, BANK: KAZKOMMERTZBANK,
ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN. SWIFT: KZKOKZKX; CORR/ACC. NO. 890-0223-057.
CORRESPONDING BANK: BANK OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA. SWIFT: IRVTUS3N.
CHIPS: 0001.
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS: ALL  PAYMENTS CONNECTED WITH CONFERENCE
PARTICIPATION ARE PAID BY THE PARTICIPANT.
Place: 480078, Kazakhstan, Almaty -city, al-Farabi - avenue, 71,
KazNU, philological faculty.

WE WELCOME YOUR INVOLVEMENT!

                      CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Sincerely yours,
Zhanna Umatova