Calls: Graduate Student Colloquium on Language Documentation

[Harold Schiffman]

Graduate Student Colloquium on Language Documentation

Date: 12-Mar-2009 - 14-Mar-2009
Location: Honolulu, HI, USA
Contact Person: Hiroko Sato
Meeting Email: hirokosahawaii.edu

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Documentation

Call Deadline: 20-Sep-2008


The 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation at
the University of Hawai'i, March 12-14 2009.

Call for Papers for a graduate student colloquium on Language Documentation, to
be submitted as part of the 1st International Conference on Language
Documentation and Conservation at the University of Hawai'i, March 12-14 2009.
This colloquium, organized by and for graduate students, will provide an
opportunity for graduate students to share their research and experiences.

Abstract Deadline: September 20th 2008.

We welcome abstracts from graduate students in linguistics and related areas
dealing with language documentation and conservation or focusing on issues
including, but not limited to:

- Time limitation in the graduate program and its implication for language
documentation
- Responding to community requests for revitalization during the
graduate program
- Fieldwork and language documentation for graduate students in L3 and issues
for translation
- Conflicts and compromises on research and goals between communities and
researchers

Presentation format:
Papers will be allowed 20 minutes with 10 minutes of question time.

Abstract submission:
Abstracts must be first submitted directly to the session organizer, Hiroko
Sato, at hirokosahawaii.edu by September 20th 2008. Once the session has been
organized, accepted abstracts will be submitted to the main conference website.
Please note that we have obtained a deadline extension from the conference
organizers for this themed session.

Maximum abstract length is 400 words. Please send your abstract as a pdf
attachment to hirokosahawaii.edu.
Notification of Acceptance: by October 17th, 2008

http://linguistlist.org/issues/19/19-2634.html#2


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