28.3310, Calls: Anthro Ling, Applied Ling, Lang Acquisition, Lang Doc, Socioling/UK

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Subject: 28.3310, Calls: Anthro Ling, Applied Ling, Lang Acquisition, Lang Doc, Socioling/UK

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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:28:39
From: Mari Jones [mcj11 at cam.ac.uk]
Subject: 8th Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment

 
Full Title: 8th Cambridge Conference on Language Endangerment 

Date: 04-Jul-2018 - 04-Jul-2018
Location: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Mari Jones
Meeting Email: mcj11 at cam.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/news/eighth-cambridge-conference-language-endangerment 

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Language Documentation; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 09-Apr-2018 

Meeting Description:

Language Endangerment: Language Revitalisation and Reversing Language Shift

Language revitalisation strategies aim to increase the number of speakers of
an endangered language. This process may be an integral part of reversing
language shift (RLS). These strategies, which make the endangered language an
attractive and useful resource for modern users may be developed and
implemented by linguists, the state, language activists and the speakers
themselves. 

The standard fee is £45 with a reduced fee of £25 for students (proof of
student status will need to be presented). This includes lunches and
refreshments at the conference and a wine reception in the Scholar’s Garden at
Peterhouse. 

Please note that all bookings and payment have to be made via the conference
website by June 25 2018. We regret that there is no provision for delegates to
pay on the day.


Call for Papers:

This conference invites papers that reflect on these issues: To what extent
are the attitudes and approval of the speech community key to the successful
implementation of RLS strategies? Should revitalisation strategies involve
both ‘top down’ and ‘bottom-up’ initiatives? If there are opposing views
within the speech community as to how language revitalisation should proceed,
how can the linguist help facilitate consensus-building? How context-specific
are successful revitalisation strategies and to what extent is it possible to
replicate these strategies across different situations of language
obsolescence (including, for example, creoles, signed languages and whistled
languages)? What might the consequences of language revitalisation be in terms
of the linguistic structure of the variety being revitalised? To what extent
are ‘new speakers’ in speech communities where an endangered language is being
revitalised also agents of linguistic change?

Abstracts: (200 words maximum) to be submitted via email to the organisers by
April 9 2018. Please include in the abstract document your name and your
affiliation as you would like to see them in the programme.  

Paper format: 20 minutes + 10 minutes for questions




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