22.4573, Confs: Sociolinguistics/Spain

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Subject: 22.4573, Confs: Sociolinguistics/Spain

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Date: 11-Nov-2011
From: Vanessa Bretxa [vanessa.bretxa at ub.edu]
Subject: Challenges for Medium-sized Language Communities: a Juridical-politic Perspective


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Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:48:34
From: Vanessa Bretxa [vanessa.bretxa at ub.edu]
Subject: Challenges for Medium-sized Language Communities: a Juridical-politic Perspective

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Challenges for Medium-sized Language Communities: a Juridical-politic Perspective 

Date: 18-Nov-2011 - 18-Nov-2011 
Location: Barcelona, Spain 
Contact: Vanessa Bretxa 
Contact Email: vanessa.bretxa at ub.edu 
Meeting URL: http://www.ub.edu/cusc/llenguesmitjanes/?lang=en 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

In the era of globalization, Catalan is a medium-sized language in deep contact with international languages like Spanish and English. At this conference we want to know what other similar communities are doing in order to protect themselves from the possible threats of this new world order. 

Program:

9:30 
Presentation: Antoni Milian (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

10h 
The case of French in Quebec. Internal Threats and Challenges:  André Bräen, University of Ottawa (Ottawa University).

11 
The case of French in Quebec. Threats and challenges of globalization (FTAA / NAFTA, WTO) : Jose Woehrling, University of Montreal (Montreal University)

12
Coffee break

12.30 
The case of Estonian in Estonia. Threats and challenges of English and the Russophone minority : Mart Rannut, Ülikool Tallinn (Tallinn University)

13.30 
Medium-sized languages in the media. Protection against the English and other international languages, Iñigo Urrutia, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea






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