27.2967, Calls: Lang Doc, Socioling/Georgia

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Subject: 27.2967, Calls: Lang Doc, Socioling/Georgia

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Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 09:51:36
From: Natia Putkaradze [natia.putkaradze at tsu.ge]
Subject: International Conference on Endangered Languages

 
Full Title: International Conference on Endangered Languages 
Short Title: ICEL 2016 

Date: 20-Oct-2016 - 24-Oct-2016
Location: Tbilisi, Georgia 
Contact Person: Camiel Hamans and Tinatin Bolkvadze
Meeting Email: gashol.ge at gmail.com
Web Site: http://gashol.ge/index.php?lang=en 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Aug-2016 

Meeting Description:

Meeting Description:
Today the problem of language vitality is one of the important issue of modern
theoretical and practical sociolinguistics. We are pleased to invite scholars,
students and stakeholders from across the multidisciplinary field of
endangered languages. 

The Conference is organized by the Giorgi Akhvlediani Society for the History
of Linguistics and Ivané Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. The
conference is organized under the auspices of CIPL, Comité International
Permament des Linguistes. 

The conference will be held 20-24 October, 2016 at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi
State University (Tbilisi, Georgia).
  
  


Call for Papers: 

The aim of the conference is to gather the researchers working on the problems
on endangered languages in different countries or regions. We welcome the
papers focusing on diverse topic areas from individual case studies to
methodological considerations. The main themes of the conference are:

- Language endangerment and endangered languages
- Types and extent of Language Endangerment
- Attitude of governments and majority language speakers feel about language
endangerment
- Policy and planning of endangered languages
- Documentation of endangered languages
- Preservation and/or revitalization of endangered languages
- Databases of endangered languages
- Structure of endangered languages and their relevance for the field of
theoretical linguistics and language typology
- Education on endangered languages
- Strategies and learning tools for endangered languages
- Besides that we welcome other topics related with the endangered languages

Proposals for papers should be submitted in the form of abstracts of 400 words
as Word doc, accompanied by the affiliation, email address and 150 bio of the
participant and mailed to: gashol.ge at gmail.com
 
The official languages of the conference are English and Georgian.
 
The deadline for submission of abstracts is August 15, 2016. The conference
editorial board will select the papers to be presented at the conference.
Final selection will be made by August 20, 2016; notification of acceptance
will be sent by August 20, 2016.
 
Conference Fee: € 120
 
Editorial Board of the Conference:
Bernhard Hurch, University of Graz, Austria 
Reinier Salverda, University College London

Executive Board of the Conference:
Camiel Hamans, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland 
Tinatin Bolkvadze, Giorgi Akhvlediani Society for the history of linguistics,
Tbilisi State University

Important Dates:
Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts: August 15, 2016
Notification of Acceptance: August 20, 2016
Program Announcement: August 25, 2016




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