Fw: IT support for small languages

[Nicole Kuplenik]

Hello!

Anybody interested?

Nicole Kuplenik
Ljubljana, Slovenia


> IT support for small languages
>
> a tutorial in conjunction with the
> ALLC/ACH conference
> G ô² eborg, Sweden, 9-10 June, 2004
> <http://svenska.gu.se/~svelb/ALLC-ACH-04/>
>
> The world's linguistic diversity is decreasing at an alarming rate. Even
> according to the most optimistic predictions, one fourth of the world's
> languages will be gone by the end of this century, unless we can do
> something to reverse this trend. A language is a reflection of the
> community that speaks it. When the language dies, not only the linguistic
> knowledge itself is lost, but also the unique philosophy and world-view of
> its people, embodied in the language, and, indeed, inseparable from it.
>
> Threatened language communities and linguists alike are becoming
> increasingly aware of this development, and increasingly concerned about
> it. In this connection, modern information and communication technologies
> can potentially be of enormous help. We can see many ways in which digital
> recording and storage technologies, the internet, multimedia, e-learning,
> corpus linguistics, language technology and other kinds of IT could be
> employed in support of small and threatened language communities.
>
> The aim of this two-day tutorial on IT support for small languages is to
> provide an up-to-date overview of this important area. It will cover
topics
> such as
> - Uses of IT in support of small languages (general documentation/resource
> creation, revitalization, teaching/learning, status raising, etc.)
> - Digital documentation of (small) languages:
> - - general
> - - modalities (writing, speech, video, etc.)
> - - resource types (corpora, lexicons, etc.)
> - - standards, formats
> - - intellectual property rights and ethical issues
> - Language technology for language support
> - Community-related multimedia products
>
> Organizers:
>
> Professor Peter Austin
> M Ê° it Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics,
> Director: Endangered Languages Academic Programme,
> School of Oriental and African Studies, UK
> <http://www.hrelp.org/acad_staff_pa.htm>
>
> Professor Lars Borin
> Chair in Natural Language Processing,
> Director: Bank of Swedish,
> G ô² eborg University, Sweden
> <http://svenska.gu.se/~svelb/>
>
> Practical details:
>
> You register for the tutorial using the main ALLC/ACH conference
> registration form, found here: <http://www.hum.gu.se/allcach2004/Reg/>.
The
> tutorial fee is 625 SEK (incl VAT) (about 70 Euro), which includes lunch
> and coffee/tea. Note that it is possible to register only for the
tutorial;
> you don't need to register for the main conference.
>
> The tutorial webpage: <http://svenska.gu.se/~svelb/ALLC-ACH-04/>.
> The ALLC/ACH conference website: <http://www.hum.gu.se/allcach2004/>
>
> In case you have questions, please contact Lars Borin
> <lars.borin at svenska.gu.se>
>
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