LINGUIST List 15.1336

Wed Apr 28 2004

Confs: General Linguistics/G�teborg, Sweden

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    Message 1: IT Support for Small Languages

     Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:06:26 -0400 (EDT)
    From: lars.borin <lars.borinsvenska.gu.se>
    Subject: IT Support for Small Languages


    IT Support for Small Languages

    Date: 09-Jun-2004 - 10-Jun-2004 Location: G�teborg, Sweden Contact: Lars Borin Contact Email: lars.borinsvenska.gu.se Meeting URL: http://svenska.gu.se/~svelb/ALLC-ACH-04/

    Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics

    Meeting Description:

    IT support for small languages

    a tutorial in conjunction with the ALLC/ACH conference G�teborg, Sweden, 9-10 June, 2004 http://svenska.gu.se/~svelb/ALLC-ACH-04/

    The world's linguistic diversity is decreasing at an alarming rate. Even according to the most optimistic predictions, one fourth of the world's languages will be gone by the end of this century, unless we can do something to reverse this trend. A language is a reflection of the community that speaks it. When the language dies, not only the linguistic knowledge itself is lost, but also the unique philosophy and world-view of its people, embodied in the language, and, indeed, inseparable from it.

    Threatened language communities and linguists alike are becoming increasingly aware of this development, and increasingly concerned about it. In this connection, modern information and communication technologies can potentially be of enormous help. We can see many ways in which digital recording and storage technologies, the internet, multimedia, e-learning, corpus linguistics, language technology and other kinds of IT could be employed in support of small and threatened language communities.

    The aim of this two-day tutorial on IT support for small languages is to provide an up-to-date overview of this important area. It will cover topics such as - Uses of IT in support of small languages (general documentation/resource creation, revitalization, teaching/learning, status raising, etc.) - Digital documentation of (small) languages: - - general - - modalities (writing, speech, video, etc.) - - resource types (corpora, lexicons, etc.) - - standards, formats - - intellectual property rights and ethical issues - Language technology for language support - Community-related multimedia products

    Organizers:

    Professor Peter Austin M�rit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics, Director: Endangered Languages Academic Programme, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK http://www.hrelp.org/acad_staff_pa.htm

    Professor Lars Borin Chair in Natural Language Processing, Director: Bank of Swedish, G�teborg University, Sweden http://svenska.gu.se/~svelb/

    Practical details:

    You register for the tutorial using the main ALLC/ACH conference registration form, found here: http://www.hum.gu.se/allcach2004/Reg/ . The tutorial fee is 625 SEK (incl VAT) (about 70 Euro), which includes lunch and coffee/tea. Note that it is possible to register only for the tutorial; you don't need to register for the main conference.

    The tutorial webpage: http://svenska.gu.se/~svelb/ALLC-ACH-04/ The ALLC/ACH conference website: http://www.hum.gu.se/allcach2004/

    In case you have questions, please contact Lars Borin lars.borinsvenska.gu.se