LINGUIST List 13.3296

Sat Dec 14 2002

Confs: Conference on Minority Languages

Editor for this issue: Karolina Owczarzak <karolinalinguistlist.org>

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1. birger.winsa, Conference on Minority Languages, Kiruna Sweden

9th International Conference on Minority Languages

Short Title: ICML - IX
Location: Kiruna, Sweden
Date: 06-JUN-03 - 07-JUN-03

Web Site: http://www.finska.su.se/konf03.html
Contact Person: Organizing Committee
Meeting Email: fguestfinska.su.se

Linguistic Subfield(s): 
Anthropological Linguistics, Sociolinguistics


Meeting Description: 

The conference will be held in Kiruna [Kiruna municipality] Sweden,
June 6-7, 2003. Four official languages of Sweden are spoken in the
municipality of Kiruna: Finnish, Me�nkieli, Saami and
Swedish.

The main theme of the conference will be revitalization of use of
languages, especially languages spoken by small groups of people.
				
- Case studies of revitalization of minority languages. 
- Language emancipation. 
- Implementation of the European Charter for Regional or Minority
Languages with particular attention to smaller language groups.
- Language policies and language planning.
- Cultural development (literature, theatre, music etc.) and social
capital in minority regions.
- Experiences from bilingual education and immersion classes for
children who use smaller languages.
- Any topic concerning minority languages in the Barents and Baltic
regions