Apologies if it's a cross-posting! Marina Dossena >Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 20:03:13 -0000 >From: LINGUIST List <[log in to unmask]> > >LINGUIST List: Vol-14-508. Thu Feb 20 2003. ISSN: 1068-4875. > >Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:56:02 +0000 >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: European Minority Languages and Research, UK > >1st Mercator International Symposium on European Minority Languages and >Research > >Short Title: 1st Mercator Symposium >Location: Abersystwyth, United Kingdom >Date: 08-Apr-2003 - 10-Apr-2003 >Web Site: http://www.aber.ac.uk/%7Emerwww/indeng.htm >Contact Person: George Jones >Meeting Email: [log in to unmask] >Linguistic Subfield(s): General Linguistics > >Meeting Description: > >This two-day symposium will take a wide-ranging look at the research >and information agenda for minority languages in the global age, >pinpointing priorities in the fields of academic research and >dissemination of information and awareness around European minority >languages. The discussion will look at the degree to which the >existing corpus of research and documentation on various aspects of >minority languages supplies the needs of minority language speakers >and communities and the extent to which it facilitates processes of >language revitalisation and normalisation. Presentation This two-day >symposium will take a wide-ranging look at the research and >information agenda for minority languages in the global age, >pinpointing priorities in the fields of academic research and >dissemination of information and awareness around European minority >languages. The discussion will look at the degree to which the >existing corpus of research and documentation on various aspects of >minority languages supplies the needs of minority language speakers >and communities and the extent to which it facilitates processes of >language revitalisation and normalisation. > >The conference will be an opportunity for participants to present >their own most recent work and to indicate what they see as the >'cutting edge' of research and information activity in their >field. Contributions will be welcomed from those working with minority >languages and their promotion in other professions. The discussion >will seek to bring together academic research and language promotion, >examining ways in which one can supply the needs of the other. NOTE: >The last date for presenting papers is January 28, 2003. > >We envisage that the major strands of the conference may include the >following, although we remain open to propositions which may not >precisely fit any of these categories, or which may relate to more >than one: > >1. Minority Languages and the Media, including particularly the >internet >2. Minority Languages and Education >3. Minority Languages, Legislation and Language Planning >4. Minority Languages and Economics >5. Minority Languages in New EU Member States / Eastern Europe >6. Minority Languages and Linguistics (including descriptive >linguistics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics etc) >7. Language transmission / acquisition >8. Territory and migration in relation to minority languages >9. Language and cultural change in the wake of globalisation > >We also want to emphasise certain 'overarching' themes, i.e. ones >which cut across all the above categories, for instance globalisation >and the linkage between research and language promotion or >revitalisation. In all categories emphasis should be on innovative >work, the identification of lacunae, and perceived needs of >communities at both at grass roots level and in the political sphere. > >For further information >Mercator Media >[log in to unmask] > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >LINGUIST List: Vol-14-508