LINGUIST List 21.4551 Sun Nov 14 2010 Confs: Gaelic, Scottish, Scots, Historical Ling, Socioling/UK Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Robert McColl Millar , Language Attrition; Dialect Attrition Message 1: Language Attrition; Dialect Attrition Date: 12-Nov-2010 From: Robert McColl Millar <r.millarabdn.ac.uk> Subject: Language Attrition; Dialect Attrition E-mail this message to a friend Language Attrition; Dialect Attrition Date: 04-Dec-2010 - 04-Dec-2010 Location: Scotland, United Kingdom Contact: Robert McColl Millar Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://abdn.ac.uk/frlsu Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics Subject Language(s): English; Gaelic, Scottish; Scots Meeting Description: Language Attrition, Dialect Attrition A One-Day Symposium A.K. Bell Library, Perth 1000-1700, 4 December 2010 Fee: £30; Students, Unwaged and OAP: £25 This fee will include a sandwich lunch. The FRLSU December Symposia provide the opportunity for speakers to give more in-depth papers than other conferences in an intimate and sympathetic environment. Contact Robert McColl Millar (r.millarabdn.ac.uk) for further details 10:00 Theoretical and Methodological Insights on Attrition David Britain (Bern) 11:00 Attrition in Shetland Dialect Mercedes Durham (Aberdeen) 12:00 Lexical Attrition in East Central Scots John Kirk (Belfast) 13:00 Lunch and Forum for Research on the Languages of Scotland and Ulster AGM 14:00 Attrition in the Dialects of the Scottish Fishing Communities Lisa Bonnici and Will Barras (Aberdeen) 15:00 The Place of Dialect in Scottish Gaelic Revival Efforts Will Lamb (Edinburgh) 1600 For whom is Language Attrition an Issue? Perceived Attrition of Scots in a Small Central Belt Town: A Sociolinguistic Perspective. James Costa (Lyon) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 14-Nov-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.