LINGUIST List 22.4573 Tue Nov 15 2011 Confs: Sociolinguistics/Spain 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.     Vanessa Bretxa , Challenges for Medium-sized Language Communities: a Juridical-politic Perspective Message 1: Challenges for Medium-sized Language Communities: a Juridical-politic Perspective Date: 11-Nov-2011 From: Vanessa Bretxa <vanessa.bretxaub.edu> Subject: Challenges for Medium-sized Language Communities: a Juridical-politic Perspective E-mail this message to a friend Challenges for Medium-sized Language Communities: a Juridical-politic Perspective Date: 18-Nov-2011 - 18-Nov-2011 Location: Barcelona, Spain Contact: Vanessa Bretxa Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.ub.edu/cusc/llenguesmitjanes/?lang=en Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics Meeting Description: In the era of globalization, Catalan is a medium-sized language in deep contact with international languages like Spanish and English. At this conference we want to know what other similar communities are doing in order to protect themselves from the possible threats of this new world order. Program: 9:30 Presentation: Antoni Milian (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) 10h The case of French in Quebec. Internal Threats and Challenges: André Bräen, University of Ottawa (Ottawa University). 11 The case of French in Quebec. Threats and challenges of globalization (FTAA / NAFTA, WTO) : Jose Woehrling, University of Montreal (Montreal University) 12 Coffee break 12.30 The case of Estonian in Estonia. Threats and challenges of English and the Russophone minority : Mart Rannut, Ülikool Tallinn (Tallinn University) 13.30 Medium-sized languages in the media. Protection against the English and other international languages, Iñigo Urrutia, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 15-Nov-2011       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.