LINGUIST List 22.1301: Language Documentation/Netherlands

LINGUIST List 22.1301
Sat Mar 19 2011 Confs: Language Documentation/Netherlands Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org>
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Directory 1. Esrih Bakker , NWO Endangered Languages Programme Conference Message 1: NWO Endangered Languages Programme Conference
Date: 17-Mar-2011 From: Esrih Bakker <elphum.leidenuniv.nl> Subject: NWO Endangered Languages Programme Conference E-mail this message to a friend NWO Endangered Languages Programme Conference Short Title: NWO-ELP Conference Date: 08-Apr-2011 - 09-Apr-2011 Location: Leiden, Netherlands Contact: Esrih Bakker Contact Email: elphum.leidenuniv.nl Meeting URL: http://www.hum.leiden.edu/lucl/research/conferences/upcoming- conferences/nwo-elp-conference.html Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation Meeting Description: The Netherlands is a leading place where languages with different degrees of vitality from all parts of the world are being documented, described and theorized about. However, this vast resource for the humanities, social and cognitive sciences has never been show-cased in one place before. To round-off the Endangered Languages Programme (ELP), a funding initiative of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), a two-day international conference is being organized at Leiden University on April 8- 9, 2011, to provide a forum for putting this work on stage in conference presentations as well as posters. Friday, April 8 9.00-9.45 Registration 9.45-10.00 Opening 10.00-11.00 Keynote speech Nicholas Evans Explaining linguistic diversity: four challenges for 21st century linguistics 11.00-11.30 Mark Dingemanse Ideophones as a challenge for language documentation and description 11.30-12.00 Hidetoshi Shiraishi & Bert Botma Breaking in Nivkh 12.00-12.45 Poster presentations 12.45 -14.30 Lunch and poster viewing session 14.30-15.00 Azeb Amha Whistling names in Oyda 15.00-15.30 Aone van Engelenhoven 'Speak correct, write correct, read correct': Fataluku perceptions on language documnetation (Timor Leste) 15.30-16.00 Marian Klamer, Antoinette Schapper, Greville Corbett & Gary Holton Cardinal, ordinal, and distributive numerals in the Papuan languages of Alor and Pantar 16.00-16.30 Coffee break 16.30-17.30 Keynote speech Willem Adelaar tba 17.30 Drinks and dinner Saturday, April 9 9.30-10.00 Coffee 10.00-10.30 Ulrike Mosel Lexical flexibilty in Teop 10.30-11.00 Matt Coler The documentation of Muylaq' Aymara 11.00-11.30 Loretta O'Connor I'd rather scrub the hubcaps: On the relevance of documentation in the speaker community 11.30-12.00 Ana Vilacy Galucio Documentary linguistics in Brazil: Theory and practice 12.00-12.30 Harald Hammarström & Sebastian Nordhoff How many languages have so far been described? 12.30-14.00 Lunch and poster viewing session 14.00-15.00 Public Lecture by Lourens de Vries Demonentaal en mensentaal 15.00-17.30 Public Events More information on the public events will follow soon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. 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