Call for Registration: FEL X Mysore - VITAL VOICES: Endangered Languages & Multilingualism
Nicholas Ostler
nostler at chibcha.demon.co.uk
Fri Aug 18 14:39:01 UTC 2006
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://www.ogmios.org
and at
http://www.ciil.org/Main/Announcement/Abstracts/Registration.htm
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
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 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India> state of Karnataka
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka>. 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
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore_District>, the second largest in
Karnataka, 135 km <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre> from
Bangalore <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore>, 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
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore> to the northeast via Mandya
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandya>, and to Hassan
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan> to the northwest, to
Chamarajanagar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamarajanagar> via
Nanjangud <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjangud> to the southeast.
*Air*: The nearest accessible airport is at Bangalore
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore>.
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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
http://www.ogmios.org
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