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chibcha.demon.co.uk>Fifth International Conference hosted by the Foundation for Endangered Languages "Endangered Languages and the Media" ---------------------------------------- Agadir, Morocco - 21-24 September 2001 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Among the most powerful instruments of the process we have come to know as "globalization" are the mass media. Through the medium of the written and spoken word, the increasingly concentrated ownership of the world�s mass media exercises a strong influence on the hearts and minds of all but the very remotest of the world�s languages. The pattern of use and control of the world�s press and broadcasting has shifted even faster than the speed of shrinkage of the world�s minority languages. What exactly is the relationship between the globalization of the media and increased pressure on minority languages? Is there a hopeful side, as the cost and technology bases of the media are revolutionized? The fifth international conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages aims to pinpoint the processes and seek new tactics for coping with them: hoping, at the very least, to channel some of the power of the media for the good of small languages. We hope to find answers to many questions, not all of them obvious. For example: what effect does the global availability of satellite broadcasting have on the world�s smaller languages? what is the meaning of a free press if some languages are denied a voice in it? must the Internet inevitably exclude smaller languages from access to the electronic media, or is it ultimately a force for diversity? is a big fashionable metropolitan language always the guarantee of commercial success in the music recording industry? how can speakers of minority languages get access to training in journalism? is it the state�s responsibility to subsidize broadcasting in minority languages? Why? what happens when emigrant communities abroad are better served by media in their new country than those from their old home? To seek answers to these and other questions, the Foundation for Endangered Languages hereby calls for papers to be presented at its fifth conference, 'Endangered Languages and the Media', planned for the University of Agadir, Morocco, for 21-24 September 2001.� It is no coincidence that we choose this venue for the conference, at the heart of one of the most promising regions of Morocco in terms of economic activity, but also in terms of intellectual activity trying to come to terms with the identity crisis that faces most North Africans. In Agadir, as in most of Morocco and North Africa, the streets echo with a polyphony of local and foreign languages: Tashelhit (Southern Amazigh, known as Berber), Darija (Moroccan Arabic), as well as Standard Arabic, French, Spanish, English and the occasional note of German, Italian or Japanese. Agadir, on the Atlantic coast of southern Morocco, has great sweeping beaches but none of the nondescript high rise blocks of the Mediterranean beach resorts. For those interested in wildlife, in September the River Sous can provide a rich variety of migrating seabirds and waders. The river valley itself is one of the most famous ornithological regions in the country. Agadir was first settled by Hanno, a Carthaginian explorer on his way south round Africa in the 5th century BC. 2000 years later, ca 1500, it was re-founded as a Portuguese staging-post for more sustained circumnavigation. It came under Moroccan rule around 1536. We invite contributions not only from the academic disciplines of linguistics and media studies, but also from active practitioners in the field � those with first-hand experience from which we can learn of the world�s threatened languages and their struggle for survival and equal status with those of international communication in the ether and on the printed page. We have much to learn from each other, and we invite you to share your knowledge and experience with us in the beautiful setting of an ancient city that has long been at the crossroads of communication between Europe and Africa. The conference will also provide ample opportunity to explore the surrounding area as well. The Foundation for Endangered Languages is a registered charity in England and Wales. FEL conferences, besides being opportunities to discuss the issues from a global viewpoint, are working meetings of the Foundation, defining our overall policy for future years. Participants at the conference therefore, unless offering media coverage, need to be members of the Foundation. There are full facilities to join on arrival, but all proposers are strongly urged to join as soon as possible, and so take full part in the Foundation's activities in the lead-up to the conference. Presentations will last twenty minutes each, with a further ten minutes for discussion. Authors will be expected to submit a written paper for publication in the Proceedings well in advance of the conference. All presentations should be accessible largely in English, but use of the languages of interest, for quotation or exemplification, may well be appropriate. Organizers: Hassan Ouzzate Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco Nicholas Ostler Foundation for Endangered Languages, Bath, England Christopher Moseley BBC Monitoring Service, England Nigel Birch EPSRC, United Kingdom R. McKenna Brown���� Virginia Commonwealth University, USA ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Abstracts should not exceed 500 words. They can be submitted in either of two ways: (preferably) by electronic submission, but also on paper. They should be in English. A) Electronic submission: Electronic submission (by 10 April 2001) should be in plain ascii text email message, giving the following details: # NAME : Name of first author # TITLE: Title of the paper # EMAIL: E-mail address of the first author # ADDR: Postal address of the first author # TEL: Telephone number of the first author, if any # FAX: Fax number of the first author and in a separate section # ABSTR: Abstract of the paper B) Paper abstracts: Three copies should be sent, (again, for delivery by 10 April 2001), to: Christopher Moseley 2 Wanbourne Lane Nettlebed Oxfordshire RG9 5AH England (fax +44-1491-641922) This should have a clear short title, but should not bear anything to identify the author(s). On a separate sheet, please include the following information: NAME : Names of the author(s) TITLE: Title of the paper EMAIL: Email address of the first author, if any ADDR: Postal address of the first author TEL: Telephone number of the first author, if any FAX: Fax number of the first author, if any The name of the first author will be used in all correspondence. If possible, please also send an e-mail to Christopher Moseley at <Chris_MoseleyMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
let.uu.nl>Conference Announcement Call for Papers TiLT 2001 The first conference on Tools in Linguistic Theory will take place at the Utrecht institute of Linguistics OTS July 6----July 8 2001 Abstracts are invited for 7 presentations on theoretical syntax. Deadline for abstract receipt: Monday April 23th, 2001 Notification of acceptance: Monday May 7th, 2001 The conference is specifically concerned with foundational issues in theoretical syntax. The emphasis is on a strong reading of the term 'theoretical': issues directly concerned with the model itself (the 'theory'), and the tools needed to further develop the model. Issues include the nature of the primitive syntactic objects, and the fundamental principles governing the combinatorics of these objects (see the statement of purpose at our web site for more background and details). The format of the conference is very much workshop-like with ample opportunity for discussion (during and after presentations) in a setting which facilitates effective informal interaction. The conference will have 14 presentations. 7 presentations will be given by invited speakers. Invited speakers will include: - Michael Brody - Chris Collins - Samuel Epstein - John Frampton - Dominique Sportiche - Ed Stabler - Edwin Williams 7 presentations will be selected on the basis of the submitted abstracts. Selected presentations will be 45 minutes including discussion (and interaction during presentation). Selected speakers will be offered free meals and lodging during the conference and may expect to be reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses. Authors should limit themselves to one single and one joint abstract. Abstracts should be at most two pages long, in a 12 point font with 1-inch margins. They may be sent either electronically (name, address, affiliation in the body, the abstract itself anonymous; WordPerfect, PDF, or MSWord attachments) or by regular mail (1 copy with name, address and affiliation, 5 anonymous copies). E-mailed abstracts should be sent to tiltMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue