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Confs: Conference on Minority Languages
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Message 1: Conference on Minority Languages, Kiruna Sweden
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 04:39:28 +0000
From: birger.winsa <birger.winsafinska.su.se>
Subject: 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