LINGUIST List 17.3667

Tue Dec 12 2006

Confs: Historical Ling,Sociolinguistics/Canada

Editor for this issue: Jeremy Taylor <jeremylinguistlist.org>


Directory         1.    Shelley Stigter, Workshop on the Structure of Native American Languages


Message 1: Workshop on the Structure of Native American Languages
Date: 08-Dec-2006
From: Shelley Stigter <shelley.stigteruleth.ca>
Subject: Workshop on the Structure of Native American Languages



Workshop on the Structure of Native American Languages Short Title: WSCLA


Date: 30-Mar-2007 - 01-Apr-2007 Location: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Contact: Inge Genee Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.uleth.ca/conferences/wscla12

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Sociolinguistics

Meeting Description:

The central objective of this workshop is to bring together linguists who are engaged in research on the formal study of the Aboriginal languages of the Americas in order to exchange ideas across theories, language families, generations of scholars, and, importantly, across the academic and non-academic communities who are involved in language maintenance andrevitalization.

Special Theme Interfaces: Formal Linguistics at the Interface in Aboriginal Languages of the Americas

Invited Speakers Sonya Bird (UVictoria) Clare Cook & Jeff Mühlbauer (UBC) Ryan Heavyhead (Red Crow CC) Arok Wolvengrey (First Nations U)

E-mail address: wscla12uleth.ca. Notification of acceptance will be in the first week of February.

For updated information: http://www.uleth.ca/conferences/wscla12 (under construction)