29.414, Calls: Language Documentation/India

Wed Jan 24 22:03:27 UTC 2018

LINGUIST List: Vol-29-414. Wed Jan 24 2018. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 29.414, Calls: Language Documentation/India

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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:03:14
From: Mahboob Zahid [zahidmahboob4u at gmail.com]
Subject: The Approaches and Methodologies for the Study of Indigenous and Endangered Languages

Full Title: The Approaches and Methodologies for the Study of Indigenous and Endangered Languages 

Date: 04-Feb-2018 - 04-Feb-2018
Location: New Delhi, India 
Contact Person: Mahboob Zahid
Meeting Email: zahidmahboob4u at gmail.com
Web Site: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEN-CsEZmbTXZUNk8o6jW-6yb5DKNplwpapeGrjpbrSY-Otw/viewform?usp=sf_link, or please click here 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation 

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2018 

Meeting Description:

The Approaches and Methodologies for the study of Indigenous and Endangered
Languages, which will be held on 4 February, 2018 in New Delhi, India.

The conference aims at exploring the issues, as listed below in the research
agenda of the project on indigenous and endangered languages, amongst the
scholars of the field with somewhat different focus areas and approaches, so
that they can bring with them different perspectives and enrich the existing
understanding of the study of language endangerment. The focus all the while
shall remain on the languages under threat in the region of Delhi-NCR and
adjoining areas. As we know, India houses four distinct language families with
hundreds of languages as classified members, which are Indo-Aryan, Dravidian,
Tibeto-Burman and Astro-Asiatic Languages (i.e. indigenous languages of the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands). The constitution of India enlists 22 languages
in its 8th Schedule and 38 languages are on the doorstep demanding inclusion.
However, these numbers do not represent the linguistic diversity of the
region. The processes of standardization and homogenization amongst others
have created threats to hundreds of languages of the country and consequently
leading to their extinction. Language is an integral part of the social
identity and ethnicity of a group. In order to preserve a social group's or
tribe's cultural identity, it is essential to understand the urgency and draw
a roadmap for preserving their cultural, social and linguistic heritage and
identity. This conference aims at starting a renewed discourse and a series of
initiatives on such issues by expanding the horizons of research and
applications of linguistics to the fields of social planning and welfare. We
require supporting and promoting research in Indigenous and Endangered
Languages paying greater attention to the marginal languages, non-scheduled
languages, languages of tribal and nomadic communities and the languages that
deserve a measure of social empathy and academic attention for promoting
social justice. In this context this conference will place major thrust on
outlining the various approaches and methodologies specifically relevant for
the study of the languages in the urban set up.  

Sub-themes of the Conference- The sub-themes of the conference include but are
not limited by the following:

  a. Language Endangerment
  b. Language Documentation
  c. Language Vitalization
  d. Language Politics
  e. Language Policy and Implementation
  f. Language Contact and Hybridity
  g. Language Convergence
  h. Language Death
  i. Specific endangered languages
  j. Other related areas pertaining to the above themes in Anthropology,
Sociology, Culture Studies, etc.

Registration:As this conference is funded under the UGC Project, there will be
no registration fee charged and the local hospitality shall be taken care of. 

Accommodation: This conference is for one day and there is no provision for
accommodation.

Travel Allowance: The TA to the delegates will be reimbursed as per the
permissible rates of the UGC. Local hospitality will be taken care of on the
day of the conference.

Call for Papers:

Abstract: 

All the abstracts received are subject to review and only those papers whose
abstracts get approved by the reviewers will be selected for presentation.
Kindly register and provide the abstracts electronically on
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEN-CsEZmbTXZUNk8o6jW-6yb5DKNplwpape
GrjpbrSY-Otw/viewform?usp=sf_link . 

a. Word limit: 200-250
b. Font: Times New Roman
c. Font size: 12'
d. Spacing: 1.15
e. Key Words: 5-7

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