ILA 53rd Annual Conference on Language Policy/Planning

[Harold F. Schiffman]

ILA 53rd Annual Conference on Language Policy/Planning
Short Title: ILA 53rd Annual Conferenc

Date: 11-Apr-2008 - 13-Apr-2008
Location: Old Westbury, New York, USA
Contact Person: kathleen o'connor-bater
Meeting Email: oconnorbaterk at oldwestbury.edu
Web Site: http://www.ilaword.org


Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2008

Meeting Description

The International Linguistic Association announces its 53rd Annual
Conference to be held at SUNY College at Old Westbury in Old Westbury, NY
(Long Island)  on April 11-13, 2008 on the topic of Language Policy and
Language Planning.

Language Policy involves any action established by a society regarding
language use and form in public contexts as determined by convention
and/or laws administered within national and local governments, the
courts, the workplace, the media, and education systems. Matters of
interest to Language Planning include policies on official language, the
use and form of minority languages, which languages will be taught in the
school system, and bilingualism planning;  as well as the linguistic
industries driven by the market in the process of globalization. Under
this rubric, abstracts of not more than 425 words are solicited on such
topics as:

Language Planning and Globalization
Spanish in the United States
French and English in Canada
Indigenous/ Endangered/ Minority languages
Languages in Contact
Pidgins and Creoles
Language Planning in Education

Policies on Bilingualism
Official Language Policy
Creoles and Standardization
Human and Machine Translation Industry
Language Planning and Human Development
Immigrant Languages
Dialects and Standardization

While papers on the main topic are particularly welcome, individuals are
encouraged to submit abstracts on any subject in theoretical and applied
linguistics.

Submit abstracts in an anonymous, titled, single-spaced attachment of not
more than 425 words in length, with name, address and affiliation in the
body of an email. Please send abstract as a camera-ready attachment (in a
Microsoft Word file, if possible) to the conference coordinator, Annika
Wendt (annikawendtyahoo.com). Within the body of the email, please also
indicate any audio-visual equipment needed.

Those wishing to propose panels or special sessions should contact the
conference chair, Kathleen O'Connor-Bater (oconnorbaterk at oldwestbury.edu)
before submitting an abstract for the panel together with abstracts for
each of the constituent papers.

Time allotted will be 20 minutes for delivery of the paper plus 5 minutes
discussion.  Deadline for receipt of abstracts is January 15, 2008.

For up-coming conference information, see ILA website (www.ilaword.org).

http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-3361.html

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