Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native America

[Harold F. Schiffman]

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Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native
America
Short Title: CELCNA

Date: 31-Mar-2006 - 02-Apr-2006
Location: Salt Lake City, USA
Contact Person: Zeb Pischnotte
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.cail.utah.edu

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics;
General Linguistics; Language Description

Call Deadline: 16-Jan-2006

CONFERENCE ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF NATIVE AMERICA

Dates: The Conference on Endangered Languages and Cultures of Native
America (2nd annual CELCNA conference) will be held March 31-April 2,
2006, on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Deadline: ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED by Jan. 16, 2006. The program
committee will attempt to provide notification of acceptance by Jan. 30
(by e-mail).

Keynote speaker: Victor Golla.

Call for papers: We invite papers dealing with any aspect of endangered
Native American languages, in particular on documentation or
revitalization. Native American participants are especially invited.
Papers are 20 minutes each in length, with an additional 10 minutes for
discussion.

Features to note:

Session in Spanish (ponencias en espaol): One session will be set aside on
Sunday morning, April 2, for papers in Spanish. Abstracts in Spanish (or
English) can be submitted for consideration for this session. (Due to
popular demand.)

Posters: Abstracts are also invited for the poster session. This can
include also demonstration of tools and toys for language documentation.

Forum discussions: The program will include open discussion sessions
dedicated to: (1) Discussion of training for documentation of endangered
languages, and employment considerations for students dedicated to work
with endangered languages. (2) Databasing and aids for language
documentation. (3) Open forum to address matters that arise during the
conference.

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 should be submitted by e-mail. 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 with your abstract appropriate contact details, which
include: contact author's name, e-mail address for the period of time from
January to April 2006, and a telephone contact number.

- Only one abstract per person may be submitted. (The only exception may
be in instances where at least one of the papers has multiple authors.)

- Address: Please send abstracts to: lyle.campbelllinguistics.utah.edu (by
Jan. 16, 2006).

Accommodations: University Guest House, the official conference hotel -
100 yards from the meeting venue (Officers' Club) and CAIL (Center for
American Indian Languages). To book accommodations, please contact the
Guest House directly (mention CELCNA for the conference booking):

University Guest House University of Utah
110 South Fort Douglas Blvd.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84113-5036
Toll free: 1-888-416-4075 (or 801-587-1000), Fax 801-587-1001
Website http://www.guesthouse.utah.edu
(Please make reservations early, since rooms will be held for the
conference only until early March.)

Sponsors: The sponsors of this conference are: (1) Center for American
Indian Languages (CAIL), University of Utah, (2) Smithsonian Institution
Department of Anthropology of the National Museum of Natural History, (3)
Department of Linguistics, U of Utah and (4) College of Humanities,
University of Utah.

Registration fee: $35 (students $20) [to cover cost of rooms,
refreshments]

Additional information: for further information contact: Zeb Pischnotte
z.pischnotteutah.edu, or for particular questions, write to Lyle Campbell
at lyle.campbelllinguistics.utah.edu. If you need information not easily
arranged via e-mail, please call: Tel. 801-587-0720 or 801-581-3441 during
business hours (Mountain Standard Time), or Fax 801-585-7351.

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