26.1690, Calls: Anthropological Linguistics, Sociolinguistics/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-26-1690. Mon Mar 30 2015. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 26.1690, Calls: Anthropological Linguistics, Sociolinguistics/USA

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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:45:36
From: Nicholas Ostler [nicholas at ostler.net]
Subject: The Music of Endangered Languages

Full Title: The Music of Endangered Languages 
Short Title: FELNOLA 

Date: 07-Oct-2015 - 10-Oct-2015
Location: New Orleans LA, USA 
Contact Person: Brenda Lintinger
Meeting Email: FELNOLA2015 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.ogmios.org/conferences/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 03-May-2015 

Meeting Description:

The theme this year will be to consider the role of music and songs in the revitalization and preservation of endangered languages. As always, FEL invites abstract of papers concerning any language in the world, if they address the conference theme. The Conference will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

There are many ways in which the music culture of endangered language communities is critical to sustaining and revitalizing language.

Consider the following four categories:

- Songs are a vehicle for carrying forward the essence of history and culture. The repetitive, structured, danceable sounds of music are found in almost every society - along with language. What people perform or listen to becomes an issue of cultural significance.

- People use language in music to re-create and celebrate who they have been and establish what they wish to be.  New words added to an old song look backward to earlier struggles and makes a statement about the present and future.

- Music is one of the ways that communities establish themselves and try to survive. Endangered peoples and cultures, not necessarily those in distant forests, are often large minority groups within nations that can suddenly erupt into civil war or persecution.

- Speakers of endangered languages can utilize the modern forms of music and musical instruments to make their language relevant, compatible to other languages and generate interest in their mother tongue, both from within the community and from outside.

Call for Papers:

FELNOLA (FEL XIX) thus calls for abstracts addressing the following, though not limited to, kinds of discussions in a number of areas related to the themes of music and endangered languages:

Language Preservation and Revitalization / Increasing Language Awareness:
To what effect are songs and music employed in the preservation of endangered languages? How does this profit the communities? 

Identity and Multicultural Urban Settings:
In what ways can languages and music be studied along the lines of maintaining cultural identity in a multi-cultural urban setting? 

Dimensions of Community and Place; Local, Urban and Rural:
How do endangered languages speakers use their music to co-exist in urban and rural areas? What kind of knowledge is lost with language shift and how does such loss of such knowledge change communities?

Children and Youth / Education and Schools:
Why should the music of endangered language communities be part of school curriculua? How is music used to advance the revitalization in school settings? 

Popular Music - Considerations and Influence:
What is the influence of indigenous music in popular music? How can that popularity be parlayed into the development and teaching of indigenous languages and music? 

Economic Aspects of the Cultures and Music of languages:
How have local communities supported the music culture of endangered language groups as part of preserving regional identity?  What about specific economic activities such as tourism? 

Submission Details:

Single page abstracts of up to 500 words should be submitted in English (except by arrangement with the Chairman).

Format of Presentation:

Presentations will be 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for discussion and questions and answers. Keynote lectures (by invitation only) will be 45 minutes each.

In addition to the abstract, on a separate page, please include the following information:

Name(s): Names of the author(s)
Title: Title of the paper
Institution: Institutional affiliation, if any
E-Mail: E-mail address of first author, if any
Address: Postal address of the first author
Tel: Telephone number of the first author, if any

The subject line of the e-mail should state:

FEL Abstract: last name of the first author : title of paper

The email should be sent to the following addresses:

FELNOLA2015 at gmail.com
LintingerBW at aol.com
nicholas at ostler.net

Submitters will be informed about their abstracts by June 1st 2015. Those whose abstracts are accepted will be required to submit their full papers for publication in the Proceedings by August 2nd, 2015, together with their registration fee (to be announced soon).

Important Dates:

Abstract Arrival Deadline: May 3, 2015.

Notification of Acceptance of Paper: June 1, 2015.

Full papers will be due by August 2, 2015. It is a condition of speaking at the conference that authors will submit a hard copy of their paper by this deadline. (Further details on the format of text will be specified to the authors.)

Conference Dates: October 7-10, 2015,

Requests for further information about the conference should be directed to the Conference Chair, Brenda Lintinger, FELNOLA2015 at gmail.com or the FEL Chair nicholas at ostler.net

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