LINGUIST List 18.1515

Thu May 17 2007

Calls: General Ling/Sweden; Anthropological Ling,Socioling/Malaysia

Editor for this issue: Ania Kubisz <anialinguistlist.org>

Directory         1.    Carita Paradis, SALC Conference
         2.    Nicholas Ostler, Working Together for Endangered Languages
Message 1: SALC Conference
Date: 17-May-2007
From: Carita Paradis <carita.paradisvxu.se>
Subject: SALC Conference


Full Title: SALC Conference Short Title: SALC

Date: 29-Nov-2007 - 01-Dec-2007 Location: Lund, Sweden Contact Person: Carita Paradis Meeting Email: carita.paradismagicspelling.com by June 1st 2007. Abstracts will then be reviewed by two members of the Scientific Committee, and notification of acceptance will be sent by August 1st. Please indicate whether an oral or poster presentation is preferred, and if a poster presentation is acceptable if the space of the program does not allow for an oral presentation. If you wish your contribution to be considered for one of the theme sessions, please indicate this. The conference will be held in English.

Registration fees, including conference participation, book of abstracts, and coffee/snacks: - Faculty: 50 euro/450 SEK (40 euro/360 SEK for SALC members) - Students: 40 euro/360 SEK (30 euro/270 SEK for SALC members) On-line registration facilities will be announced soon.

Important Dates - Feb 23: First Call for Papers - June 1: Deadline for abstract submission - August 15: Notification of acceptance - October 1: Programme announced - Nov 29 (afternoon) - Dec 1 (whole day): Conference

Scientific Committee - Jóhanna Barddal, Department of Linguistics, University of Bergen - Ingar Brinck, Department of Philosophy, Lund University - Alan Cienki Department of Language and Communication, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam - Östen Dahl, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University - Caroline David, Département d'études anglophones, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier III - Per Durst-Andersen, Centre for Language, Cognition and Mentality, Copenhagen Business School - Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen, Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen - Adam Glaz, Department of English UMCS, Lublin - Peter Gärdenfors, Department of Cognitive Science, Lund University - Peter Harder, Department of English, University of Copenhagen - Merle Horne, Department of Linguistics, Lund University - Anders Hougaard, Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark - Daniel Hutto, Philosophy, University of Hetyfordshire - Esa Itkonen, Department of Linguistics, University of Turku - Christer Johansson, Department of Linguistics, University of Bergen - Henryk Kardela, Department of English, Universytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej - Suzanne Kemmer, Department of Linguistics, Rice University - Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University - Maarten Lemmens, English Linguistics, Universitè de Lille3 - Cornelia Mueller, Department for Cultural Studies, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) - Chris Sinha, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth - Victor Smith, Copenhagen Business School - Göran Sonesson, Department of Semiotics, Lund University - Paul Thibault, Linguistics and Media Communication, Agder University

Organizing Committee - Jordan Zlatev, Lund University and Umeå University - Mats Andrén, Lund University - Marlene Johansson Falck, Stockholm University - Carita Lundmark, Mid Sweden University - Ulf Magnusson, Luleå University of Technology - Carita Paradis, Växjö University
Message 2: Working Together for Endangered Languages
Date: 17-May-2007
From: Nicholas Ostler <nostlerchibcha.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Working Together for Endangered Languages



Full Title: Working Together for Endangered Languages Short Title: FEL XI

Date: 26-Oct-2007 - 28-Oct-2007 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Contact Person: Maya David Meeting Email: mayadavidchibcha.demon.co.uk with the subject of the e-mail stating: ''FEL Abstract: last name of author(s): title of paper.'' Abstracts will acknowledged on receipt.

The name of the first author will be used in all correspondence. Writers will be informed once their abstracts have been accepted and they will be required to submit their full papers for publication in the proceedings before 1 September 2007 together with their registration fee. Failure to do so will result in the disqualification of the writers to present their papers. Once accepted, full papers can be submitted in English or Malay. Each standard presentation at the Conference will last twenty minutes, with a further ten minutes for discussion and questions and answers. Plenary lectures will last forty-five minutes each; these are awarded by invitation only.

Important Dates

- Abstract arrival deadline - 31 May 2007 (extended from 15 May)

- Committee's decision: 25 June 2007

- In case of acceptance, the full paper should be sent by 1 September 2007. (Further details on the format of text will be specified to the authors)

- Conference dates: 26-28 October 2007

The site for the 2007 conference of the Foundation of Endangered Languages, hosted jointly this year with SKET, University of Malaya, will be Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

University of Malaya is the oldest university in Malaysia, and SKET is responsible for 80 co-curricular courses, including ''Ethnic Relations.'' (http://www.um.edu.my).

The Foundation for Endangered Languages is a non-profit organization, registered as Charity 1070616 in England and Wales, founded in 1996. It exists to support, enable and assist the documentation, protection and promotion of endangered languages. (http://www.ogmios.org).

Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia, in an enclave within the state of Selangor. Besides the Malay peninsula Malaysia includes the Sarawak and Sabah regions of Borneo. It has 140 indigenous languages. The indigenous people of Malaya, the orang asli, numbered 105,000 in 1997, 0.5 per cent of the nation's population. By contrast in 1990 there were 900,000 indigenous people in Sabah, and 1.7 million in Sarawak. As the country's largest city, K.L. hosts spectacular modern buildings, notably the Petronas Twin Towers, and most recently, the 'Eye of Malaysia' Ferris wheel. K.L.'s best-preserved colonial buildings are mostly in Merdeka Square, and its Chinatown is also famous. The Batu Caves, 272 steps below ground, house the Hindu Lord Muruga. K.L.'s climate is equatorial: warm, sunny and often wet, year-round.